Page 95 - IDEF 2017

and have already been developed for years Expectations from MSB and SSM
shouldn’t be nationalized. and anniversary messages...
The Ministry of National Defence has been able to
Nowadays it is not possible to sustain products increase the proportion of domestic contributions
that find buyers only in the domestic market in defence spending with the policies it has
and are not competitive on a world scale. We prepared for years. With the local development of
need to concentrate our limited resources in land and sea vehicles, developments in aviation
innovative areas that we can market globally. and space, weapons and rocket production and
The products to be developed in this way will material developments, the needs of the Turkish
have higher export potential. Armed Forces are now mostly met with domestic
products
Utilities to be provided by the main-sub
industry communication... The Undersecretariat for Defence Industries,
Today, no organization produces 100% of which was established with one of the steps
its high-tech products. It is possible with a taken after the Cyprus Peace Operation,
strong supplier industry to invest more in has significantly reduced Turkey’s foreign
innovation and quality. It is very important dependency on the defence field. We have two
that all stakeholders are in close contact with defence companies on the list of the world’s 100
each other. SSM is doing it very successfully largest defence companies. Although there is still
with its policies. Now it is time to renew the a lot to do, a strong defence ecosystem has been
industrialization portal with supplier life created.
cycle concepts in mind. With processes like
supply chain management, it will be possible 51 countries, 960 defence and aviation companies
to supply the right product, in the right place, use SAP products
at the right time. 76% of the world’s total trading volume goes over
SAP systems. We support the business processes
Production, investment and of more than 335,000 SAP customers at different
export works for 2017 scales operating in more than 25 industries. 98%
SAP is contributing to the development of of the world’s most valuable brands use SAP. SAP
our country as the driving force of Turkey’s Turkey has 55 partners and a strong ecosystem
growth in the Turkish Defence Industry and 25 with more than 5000 consultants.
different sectors in which it operates.
51 countries, 960 defence and aviation companies
SAP solutions are used by institutions and use SAP products. SAP provides the infrastructure
companies that direct and are the locomotive for Turkey’s leading institutions and private
of the Turkish Defence Industry such as sector companies. SAP products like military
Ministry of National Defence, Undersecretariat planning and operations, military supply chain,
for Defence Industries, Air Force command, maintenance and engineering, procurement,
Coast Guard Command, Aselsan, Havelsan, budget and finance are being used by 44 armies
STM, TEI, Otokar, BMC, Savronik, Meteksan (19 NATO member countries) throughout the
Defence and Milsoft. world.
According to our investment policy, one of
the SAP Development Centers is established With SAP, the Turkish Defence Industry will have
in Istanbul. Within SAP Development Center standards-based solutions that the world’s most
Turkey which is located in Teknopark Istanbul, advanced armies rely on for years. Thanks to
a project is started by Turkish engineers SAP’s proven practices and processes, Turkish
working on distributed big data management. military institutions will be able to reach the
As a result, SAP’s Vora solution was developed same level as military institutions of developed
as a product on the shelf and presented to countries around the world.
the world market.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank
Time Media for its contributions to the defence
industry with this publication.

www.time-medya.com
95