National defence organisations have traditionally been large. In recent years, the size of the armed forces has been reduced in most western countries. At the same time, there is an increased demand for effectiveness and maneuverability. The enabler of increased mission effectiveness and maneuverability is typically modern ICT, which in turns makes defence material increasingly expensive. In order to cope with the increasing cost pressure, structures and management systems must be efficient.
In some cases, there are challenges with the division of work and cooperation between the Ministry of Defence and the defence forces. This requires focus on the governance of the whole sector.


How BearingPoint brings value

• BearingPoint is the trusted adviser of several defence organisations in building new structures and management systems to run modern operations.
• BearingPoint understands the industry specific needs of defence organisations to manage risk and maintain capacity to handle crisis time tasks.
• At the same time, BearingPoint can bring experience from other industries of how to apply efficiency improvement measures to areas that are similar in other industries. These improvement measures include setting up the KPIs used to ensure the success of the organisational change and sustainable results.
• An example of changing structures to improve efficiency is to concentrate support activities on shared service centers (SSC).
• Typically, normal time efficiency also improves crisis time effectiveness.
• The governance is improved by involving and committing all relevant actors to the change.