Defense Forces & Public SecurityPurposeDue to the specific nature of their missions and tasks,armed forces, police organizations, and aid organizationsneed to be able to use amultilevel system architecture that allows for offline useto perform the following activities from thedomestic baseforoperations and exercises: Flexibly plan and execute operations and exercises (planning, relocation of contingents, execution, redeployment of contingents) Trigger and control accompanying or subsequent business processes (such as purchase orders, maintenance tasks, budgeting) Automate/automatically trigger and execute subsequent processes as a result of organizational changesTheDefense Forces & Public Security (DFPS)component enhances the standard SAP functions, thus meeting the requirements outlined above by providing functions for the following businesstasks and processes: Organizational Flexibility(mapping organizational structures and material and personnel resource planning) Accounting Materials Management Support for Flight Operations MaintenanceThe component also comprises additional functions for theoperationof a distributed system landscape.The particularstrengthsof this component are: End-to-end mapping of the organizational structures for the domestic base and operations and exercises Complete process chains from planning through implementation and execution to the completion of operations and exercises Provision of information and evaluation options Integration of personnel and material information and resource management Organizational flexibility during day-to-day operation: Changes to organizational structures and resource requirements are taken into account and implemented immediately in downstream processes Offline capabilities (functions can be used even if communication between involved systems is broken temporarily) for individual organizational units through a decentralized system architecture that is also designed for the integration of mobile applicationsNoteSpecificmobile applicationsfor armed forces, police organizations, and aid organizations are provided with the componentSAP Mobile Defense & Security, which isprovided separately. Integration into the standard processes of the SAP system (Accounting, Human Resources, Logistics, and so on) Component-specific workflows and object status and authorization management New object types for the specific mapping of the business elements of armed forces, police organizations, and aid organizations User interfaces that provide the user with all relevant functions in an integrated environmentImplementation ConsiderationsIn order to use the full range of functions of theDefense Forces & Public Securitycomponent, you must: have activated the requiredbusiness functions: Defense Forces & Public Security(EA-DFP)You use this business function to activate the functions of the componentDefense Forces & Public Security.The following BC Sets are available for this business function: BC Set EA-DFPS-MENU for adding component-specific entries to the SAP Easy Access menu BC Set EA-DFPS-AKH for adding component-specific entries to the application component hierarchy BC Set EA-DFPS-IMG for adding component-specific entries to Customizing BC Set EA-DFPS-CIF for enhancements to the core interface(CIF) for using theAdvanced Planning and Optimization(APO) component Discrete Industries Mill Products(DIMP_SDUD) from the business function setDiscrete Industries Mill Products(DIMP) Human Capital Management(EA-HR) Financial Extension(EA-FIN) PLM Extension(EA-PLM) SCM Extension(EA-SCM) Public Services(EA-PS) make theCustomizing settingsin Customizing underDefense Forces & Public Security use theSAP componentsmentioned belowIntegrationTheDefense Forces & Public Securitycomponent is integrated with many other components of the SAP system. The following gives you an overview of themost important componentsthat you need to be able to use the full range of features of theDefense Forces & Public Securitycomponent. The individual sections of this documentation discuss in more detail the relevant component integrations.SAP ERP Central Component (SAP ECC)The following SAP ECC components are required in particular: Human Resources ManagementThe organizational structures and personnel assignment of armed forces, police organizations, and aid organizations are mapped flexibly with support of the components Organizational Management(PA-OS) Personnel Administration(PA-PA) LogisticsThe execution of logistics processes is based on, for example, the standard functions of the following components: Materials Management(MM) Warehouse Management(LE-WM) Batch Management(LO-BM) Plant Maintenance(PM) Project System(PS)The following components are also used: Product Lifecycle Management(PLM)The functions ofPLM product data replicationare used to distribute data between the systems involved in the multilevel system landscape. Integrated Product and Process Engineering(LO-MD-PPE)New iPPE nodes, variants, and relationships are used to map end-to-end, cross-process objects for materials management planning (for processes required for planning armed forces, procurement, organization, logistics, and so on). AccountingThe business processes can be integrated usingAccountingfunctions, in particular the functions of the following components: Controlling(CO) Funds Management(PSM-FM) Flexible Real Estate Management(RE-FX) Cross-application componentsThe following components are also used Document Management(CA-DMS)Documents are included in component-specific objects using the functions of theDocument Managementcomponent. Data Retention Tool(CA-GTF-DRT)For data archiving purposes, use the DART functions. Time Zones(CA-GTF-TIM)SAP NetWeaverThe followingSAP NetWeavercomponents are required in particular: Basis Computing Center Management System(BC-CCM)To monitor the systems involved in the distributed system landscape, use the CCMS tools. User and Authorization Management(BC-SC-USR)The systems involved in the distributed system landscape are provided with the required users and authorizations on the basis of the standardUser and Authorization Managementtools. Case Management(BC-SRV-CM)Case Managementfunctions support the execution of approval processes for mapping organizational structures, including resource planning. Business Workflow(BC-BMT-WFM)To support processes, in which several agents are involved, and perform any approval steps or send any information, appropriate workflows can be triggered. Application Link Enabling(BC-MID-ALE)The ALE functions are used to distribute data between the systems involved in the multilevel system landscape. Archive Development Kit(BC-CCM-ADK)For data archiving purposes, use the functions of theArchive Development Kit(ADK). Interactive Forms Based in Adobe Software(BC-SRV-FP)You use theForm Builderto create forms. Exchange Infrastructure(BC-XI)In a distributed system landscape, you can synchronize the involved systems using theSAP Exchange Infrastructure(SAP XI). ServiceIn particular, in addition to its other tasks, theSolution Manager(SV-SMG) is used to set up and dismantle systems in the decentralized system landscape. SAP Business Information WarehouseYou use the SAP BW functions to work with the shipped or customer-specific Business Content forDefense Forces & Public Security.