NetSuite Aerospace and Defense ERP Software

Q: What Is Aerospace and Defense ERP Software?

The aerospace and defense industry must operate with high degrees of precision, traceability, security, and compliance, often driven by government contracts and strict regulatory oversight. Purpose-built ERP software helps companies streamline and integrate financial, supply chain, and customer relationship processes, avoid costly errors, reduce compliance risk, and improve operational efficiency.

Navigate strict compliance requirements, manage complex contracts, and optimize your global supply chain with ERP software built for the unique demands of the aerospace and defense industry.

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What Is Aerospace and Defense ERP Software?

Aerospace and defense ERP software is a business management system designed to help A&D manufacturers, contractors, and suppliers run their operations on a single platform. Purpose-built A&D ERP helps integrate financial, supply chain, and customer relationship processes while avoiding costly errors, reducing compliance risk, and improving operational efficiency.

Drive precision, compliance, and efficiency

Optimize A&D operations

The only constant for aerospace and defense companies is change. NetSuite ERP helps by supporting common industry standards, accurately tracking project costs, and enabling the real-time supply chain monitoring needed to deliver complex, multiyear, milestone-driven contracts on time and on budget.

NetSuite Aerospace and Defense ERP software features

Aerospace and defense companies operate in highly regulated, complex environments that demand robust operational control, data visibility, and compliance. NetSuite Aerospace and Defense ERP helps in key areas.

Project and program management

Handle large, complex projects with integrated scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, milestone tracking, and performance measurement functionality.

Integrated financial management

Stay on track with project-based accounting, multicurrency transactions, advanced billing, revenue recognition, and audit-ready reporting.

Supply chain and inventory management

Gain real-time visibility into global supply chains and parts and inventory tracking—including lot/batch and serial number traceability—with integrated supplier management and demand forecasting.

Compliance and quality management

Adhere to regulatory requirements including ITAR, DFARS, and AS9100D with automated compliance tracking, documentation, audit trails, and integrated quality control processes.

Manufacturing execution and planning

Leverage shop floor control, production scheduling, work order management, capacity planning, and integration with engineering change orders.

Document and configuration management

Control CAD drawings, product structures (BOMs), engineering changes, and related documents to support product lifecycle management and version control.

Contract management

Manage contract creation, amendments, deliverables, progress billing, and regulatory compliance for complex, long-term agreements.

Analytics and reporting

Create powerful, customizable dashboards and real-time analytics to track key performance indicators, program health, spend analysis, and compliance.

Risk and security management

Track risks, enforce access controls, and adopt the cybersecurity best practices vital to defense and aerospace environments.

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NetSuite has really allowed us to be able to scale so much faster and so much more profitably than we would have been able to otherwise.

Barak Ben-Gal, CFO, Saildrone

NetSuite Aerospace and Defense ERP software benefits

Protect profit margins. Detailed views into project spend, cost accounting by contract or project, and specialized revenue recognition rules help ensure contracts remain profitable.
Improve compliance. Support for standards like ITAR, EAR, DFARS, and AS9100D assist with strict adherence to legal and quality requirements.
Unify finance and operations. An integrated platform breaks down silos between your supply chain, shop floor, and back office, improving data accuracy and optimizing workflows.
Accelerate decision-making. A clear, real-time, end-to-end view into business workflows informs data-driven decisions, process improvements, and faster problem resolution.
Deepen project and contract visibility. Centralized information, automated tracking, and actionable insights help A&D companies deliver complex contracts, on time and on budget.

Challenges NetSuite Aerospace and Defense ERP Software solves

Complex project accounting. Unified financial management, project accounting, and reporting supports accurate billing, compliance, and real-time visibility into project health, material costs, and resource allocation.
Lack of end-to-end traceability. Supply chain management software with end-to-end visibility from procurement to delivery and robust inventory and lot/batch tracking supports strict traceability requirements.
Shifting regulations. By automating compliance documentation and maintaining audit trails, A&D firms can more easily meet standards like ITAR and AS9100D and minimize the risk of failed audits and lost contracts.
Eroding profitability. High-value, highly regulated, complex contracts require unified financial and project management tools to avoid cost overruns and delayed milestones that eat into margins. NetSuite supports accurate billing, compliance, and real-time financial visibility.
Siloed legacy systems. Replacing on-premises software and isolated spreadsheets provides leaders with the real-time insights needed to bid competitively, execute on M&A, and expand globally.

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How much does NetSuite Aerospace and Defense ERP software cost?

Companies of every size, from prerevenue startups to fast-growing businesses, have made the move to NetSuite. Looking for a better way to run your business but wondering about the cost?

Users subscribe to NetSuite for an annual fee. Your license is made up of three main components: core platform, optional modules, and number of users. There is also a one-time implementation fee for initial setup. As your business grows, you can easily activate new modules and add users—that’s the beauty of cloud software.

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