Infor CPQ for Aerospace and Defense: Elevate Performance and Meet Industry Demands

In the aerospace and defense industry, speed, flexibility, and precision are critical to business success. Without integrated engineering and manufacturing processes, growth potential is hindered. By addressing these challenges and optimizing your supply chain, Infor CPQ can help you break down barriers to profitability and stay ahead of the competition.

Achieve Measurable Performance Improvement
95%
less order errors
75%
reduction in training time
65%
decrease in quote labor time
Remove roadblocks to increased growth and profitability.
icon Increase Delivery Performance

Increase Delivery Performance

Infor CPQ streamlines your scheduling and planning processes, empowering you to: Reduce lead times. Increase on-time delivery. Utilize drag-and-drop features combined with actionable insights to prioritize tasks, optimize throughput, and enhance customer satisfaction.

icon Clear Supply Chain Visibility

Clear Supply Chain Visibility

To stay competitive, aerospace and defense manufacturers must: Maintain real-time visibility into raw materials, production schedules, and supplier interactions. Collaborate effectively with suppliers to reduce risks and improve profitability. With Infor CPQ’s collaboration tools, you can onboard suppliers quickly, share documents more efficiently, and synchronize your entire supply chain ecosystem. These tools ensure you meet customer delivery expectations while managing costs and inventory.

icon Win More Business

Win More Business

Turn quotes around in minutes instead of days with Infor CPQ’s cutting-edge configurator. Gain the confidence to quote faster, improving your chances of winning business by up to 40%. Whether you’re quoting for components, services, or complex projects, Infor CPQ provides real-time product and project costing insights, allowing you to provide accurate bids swiftly and effectively.

icon Maintain Regulatory Compliance

Maintain Regulatory Compliance

Adhering to regulatory standards such as ITAR and DFAR is a top priority for aerospace and defense manufacturers. With Infor CPQ: Track all projects and resources with high visibility and detail. Ensure full compliance with regulations like Earned Value Management (EVM), contract reviews, and audits, all while simplifying complex processes. Infor CPQ helps you manage contract value, milestones, and reporting, ensuring regulatory compliance in every step of the manufacturing lifecycle.

icon Increase Revenue Via Servitization

Increase Revenue Via Servitization

In an industry where competition is fierce, differentiating through service can give your business a competitive edge. Infor CPQ supports business model transformations by enabling you to deliver new value systems to your customers. With services like maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), you can transform how your business adds value, increasing customer retention and expanding your revenue streams.

<span>Cyber Resilience for Aerospace and Defense </span>

Cyber Resilience for Aerospace and Defense

A strong strategy for cyber resilience is essential for aerospace and defense manufacturers to stay competitive and secure. By adopting a proactive cybersecurity culture, you can protect your business from cyberattacks that might otherwise disrupt daily operations or harm your reputation.

  • Minimize the impact of cyberattacks on your supply chain and operational continuity with Infor’s integrated security measures.
  • Enhance business resilience with secure vendor and customer portals, ensuring compliance and seamless interactions.

 

 <span>Control & Quality Assurance</span>

Control & Quality Assurance

Maintain engineering control and quality assurance throughout the product lifecycle:

  • Engineering change control
  • First article inspections
  • Serial number, material lot, and audit tracking

This level of control ensures that your products meet customer specifications, pass rigorous tests, and comply with all necessary standards.

<span>Upgrade Your Performance While Ensuring Regulatory Compliance</span>

Upgrade Your Performance While Ensuring Regulatory Compliance

In aerospace and defense, adhering to stringent quality standards and regulatory scrutiny is non-negotiable. Whether you’re supplying precision components or managing large-scale governmental projects, Infor CPQ provides the following:

  • Costing, quality, and audit controls to meet industry standards
  • Specifications and data flow-down for compliance with ITAR, DFAR, etc.
  • Contract review and administration tools
  • PO and AP Automation with Supplier Portals

With features like engineering change control, CAD integration, and serial number tracking, Infor CPQ ensures your operations remain compliant and efficient.

<span>Regulatory and Project Management</span>

Regulatory and Project Management

  • Project Management tools with Earned Value Management (EVM) and milestone reporting
  • Secure ITAR-compliant portals for improved supply chain accuracy
  • FedRamp/.Gov certified cloud deployment (optional)

Infor CPQ ensures full compliance and transparency throughout your projects, providing you with the tools to track costs and deliver on-time, on-budget projects.

Why WM Synergy?

WM Synergy’s Professional Services team offers a hands-on approach to measurable and sustainable performance improvement.

icon Industry

Industry "Best Practice"

Our experts leverage a vast amount of industry experience and knowledge to help you establish best practices throughout your operation and drive performance improvement.

icon Software Optimization

Software Optimization

Although many enterprise software systems may have a wide breadth of modular functionality to address common challenges aerospace and defense manufacturers face, our applications specialists will apply the right features and functions to improve your unique processes.

icon Measurable Improvement

Measurable Improvement

Our business and technical assessments, training programs, and workshops deliver business performance improvement that is in line with your industry and overall business strategy.

icon Continuous Improvement

Continuous Improvement

Our Continuous Improvement team delivers dramatic results with their Kaizen events and provides you with the education needed to sustain success on your own.