SAP consulting for defence companies
Defence programmes run for years, require cost by contract and restrict access to information tightly. Conforcus sets up project-based cost and progress billing in PS, production costing in CO and an authorization design that fits this structure.
In defence, production follows orders and projects. Development, prototype, serial production and delivery stretch over years, and cost has to be tracked by contract and project at every phase. Bills of material are deep and change often; volumes are low and part costs high. Then comes confidentiality: who may see which project's cost, stock and documents is part of the SAP design. A standard manufacturing setup does not cover this alone.
Conforcus combines two strengths here: project accounting with PS and integrated production costing with CO. We set up project structure (WBS), budget, commitments, actual cost and progress billing as one flow, and link production order costs to the right project. Authorizations are configured to the confidentiality requirements. Our project planning, budget workflow and progress billing packages and extended authorization for goods movements are the ready-made solutions we use. AMS follows go-live.
Where defence companies struggle
- On multi-year projects, budget, commitments and actual cost are not tracked by contract, so overruns surface late.
- In project-specific production, order costs are not linked to the project structure; product and project margins are calculated separately.
- Progress and milestone billing is prepared outside SAP, so revenue and cost do not match in the same period.
- Confidentiality requires separating access to projects, stock and documents; standard authorization roles are often not enough.
What Conforcus delivers for defence companies
- Project-based cost and progress billing tracking with PS: WBS structures, project budget, commitments and actual cost.
- Integrated production costing with CO: production order costs tracked by project and contract.
- Authorization design that meets confidentiality requirements, plus our ready-made extended authorization for goods movements.
- S/4HANA projects and AMS after go-live, together with our project planning, budget workflow and progress billing packages.
From the field
For Nurol Holding and its group companies, our S/4HANA project and AMS cover Türkiye and the UK. At Otokar we implemented our inflation accounting solution. Our references in defence also include BMC and Meteksan.
Solutions that matter in this industry
Our Defence references
Frequently asked questions
How do we track cost by project and contract in SAP?
In PS each contract is set up as a project structure (WBS), where budget, commitments and actual cost are tracked. Production order costs flow to the right project through CO.
How do you meet our confidentiality requirements in SAP authorizations?
We configure authorizations to your confidentiality requirements; who may see which project, stock and document is part of the design. Extended authorization for goods movements is also among our ready-made solutions.
At what scale have you delivered project accounting and progress billing?
The largest example comes from outside defence: at Rönesans Holding, project-based accounting and end-to-end progress billing went live across FI, CO and PS for more than 200 companies at once. We bring the same PS and CO experience to defence projects.