Air Force scraps massive ERP project after racking up $1 billion in costs

[douglas9]

The U.S. Air Force has decided to scrap a major ERP (enterprise resource planning) software project after spending US$1 billion, concluding that finishing it would cost far too much more money for too little gain.

Dubbed the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS), the project has racked up $1.03 billion in costs since 2005, "and has not yielded any significant military capability," an Air Force spokesman said in an emailed statement Wednesday. "We estimate it would require an additional $1.1B for about a quarter of the original scope to continue and fielding would not be until 2020. The Air Force has concluded the ECSS program is no longer a viable option for meeting the FY17 Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR) statutory requirement. Therefore, we are cancelling the program and moving forward with other options in order to meet both requirements."

The Air Force will instead need to use its "existing and modified logistics systems for 2017 audit compliance," the statement adds.


http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/442099/air_force_scraps_massive_erp_project_after_racking_up_1_billion_costs/

[jberryhill]

1. ERP!

They should apply the savings to the DERP project.

[Angry Dragon]

2. They should hire some out of work programmers and I bet it would work when done

and a lot cheaper too

[leftyohiolib]

3. no ecss stands for extraordinary cost support system

[DCKit]

4. Isn't Quick Books still in business? nt

[msongs]

5. so which incompetent air force thieves will be fired for this? military welfare run amok nt