Aerospace and Defence

Aerospace and defence organisations face a wide range of strategic product planning challenges. From the extraordinary complexity of products, to long product development cycles, to intense regulatory scrutiny, these realities pose genuine concerns to today's aerospace and defence professionals. With the Vision Strategist™ product planning roadmapping solution from Sopheon, many of the world's leading aerospace and defence innovators have been able to:

Reduce the cost of product development. By minimising duplication of effort across multi-divisional R&D organisations, expanding re-use and eliminating non-productive projects, the Vision Strategist™ solution offers huge savings to aerospace and defence organisations at all levels.

Increase communication across programs and business units. The Vision Strategist™ product planning solution allows any user (Development, Engineering, Finance, etc) to visualise all concurrent programs and where they fit within the bigger picture. Dependencies become visible and the needs and resources are shared across programs and divisions.

Shorten development time. Roadmapping Technology clients have improved time-to-market by facilitating more cross-platform communication, promoting product/technology re-use and reducing product delays due to supplier miscommunication. For ongoing multi-year programs with numerous key suppliers, conveying the prime contractor's program goals and strategies to the supplier base dramatically improves all aspects of the relationship.

Protect against technological obsolescence, even despite long product cycles. By utilising multi-year roadmaps within the Vision Strategist™ solution, planners can extend the planning horizon, allowing planners to anticipate and prepare for technology refresh capability. Furthermore, with many of today's defence programs targeting upgrades to existing vehicles, having access to existing product roadmaps to perform 'what if' scenarios for next generation plans eliminates the need to start from scratch each time a new award is made.

Minimise disruption of R&D initiatives due to last-minute request from related business units. With the Vision Strategist™ solution, granular information can be captured and displayed in relation to time, giving participants a more accurate view of various needs within the company, currently and in the future. This helps participants be prepared to react to changes in the ever changing marketplace.