Enabling Ultra Maritime to collaborate with confidence across its supply chain
How JOSCAR supports Ultra Maritime in building trusted relationships, reducing duplication, and working collaboratively across the Defence ecosystem.
Who is Ultra Maritime?
Ultra Maritime is a global Defence organisation specialising in the design, development, and delivery of mission-critical systems and technologies for naval forces worldwide.
With deep expertise across maritime domains, Ultra Maritime supports customers with highly engineered solutions that demand the highest standards of performance, security, and reliability. Operating in a highly regulated environment, the organisation plays a key role in enabling naval capability through innovation, technical excellence, and operational assurance.
What was their challenge?
Increasing complexity across the supply chain
A growing need for trusted, up-to-date supplier information
The risk of duplicated effort for both Buyers and suppliers
The challenge of maintaining strong relationships while managing compliance
Crucially, Ultra Maritime recognised that these challenges could not be addressed in isolation
“In the way that the Defence industry is at the moment and the challenges that we’re facing, it’s second to none that you’ve got peers and people that you can trust, and that you’re all working together to achieve one aim.”
Lisa Harvey, Procurement Director, Ultra Maritime
Why collaboration matters
Defence is built on partnership. While organisations may operate independently, success depends on shared understanding, mutual trust, and the ability to lean on one another when challenges arise.
JOSCAR is more than a data platform - it is a network.
By participating in JOSCAR, Ultra Maritime benefits from alignment with peers across the Defence sector, enabling a shared approach to supplier assurance and engagement.
It reinforces the sense that Defence organisations are working together towards a shared objective - strengthening the resilience and effectiveness of the supply chain as a whole.
How Ultra Maritime is able to benefit
Reduced duplication of work
Suppliers are not repeatedly asked for the same information, improving engagement and response times.
Greater trust and confidence
Validated data provides assurance that supplier information is accurate, current and reliable.
A more resilient supply chain
Working as part of a trusted network helps Ultra Maritime respond more effectively to industry-wide challenges.
Working better together
“It creates a really warm, friendly atmosphere and a genuine sense of community. Being part of the JOSCAR community also gives us real influence - through the governance and technical working groups, we gain behind-the-scenes insight and have a say in the questionnaires used to engage our suppliers.”
Lisa Harvey, Procurement Director, Ultra Maritime
In an increasingly complex Defence environment, Ultra Maritime recognises the value of collaboration - having trusted peers, shared standards, and a common platform to work from.
