AVEVA Integrated Shipbuilding

Anticipating and addressing the challenges of the shipbuilding industry

Product Strategy
AVEVA Solutions Limited

Published December 2010

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Contents
Page

1. Executive Summary 3
1.1 AVEVA Integrated Shipbuilding 3
1.2 Business Areas within the Shipbuilding 4
Process

2. Executive Management Information 5

3. Business Capture and Sales 6

4 Planning and Control 7

5. Engineering and Design 8

6. Procurement and Supply Chain 9

7. Stock and Logistics 10

8. Production 11

9. Commissioning and Delivery 12

10. The Extended Shipyard 13

11. Summary 14

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1. Executive Summary
Marine projects demand sophisticated design capabilities
staggering amounts of data and documents, complex schedules,
and huge quantities of materials and resources. To make matters
worse, these resources are evolving and changing throughout the
shipbuilding process as part of a dynamic workflow that demands
tight coordination between internal and external parties. In order
to succeed under these conditions, shipyards must have highly
developed capabilities for generating, coordinating and managing
this complex equation of information, materials allocation and
resource availability within the contractually agreed time schedules
and costs.
The ideal marine design and management solution must include a
business support system that fully integrates and maintains
consistency between all the dimensions of the operation and
throughout the shipbuilding process.
With the acquisition of the MARS process management software in
2010, AVEVA extended its shipbuilding portfolio to include all key
design and management capabilities essential for the creation of a
comprehensive marine solution. Designed specifically for the
shipbuilding industry, AVEVA MARS optimises project control,
logistics and materials management, as well as resource and
production planning. The timely availability of accurate material
and production information has been shown to dramatically
improve productivity and profitability, reducing overall production
cost and project build time.
RESOURCES MATERIALS
AVEVA
TIME Integrated COST
SCHEDULE Shipbuilding
Doing the
Right Things
INFORMATION
The business challenge for the shipbuilding industry
The addition of the AVEVA MARS products into the AVEVA Marine
portfolio creates an unmatched, world-class engineering and
information management offering specifically for the marine
industry, with integrated planning for design and production,
materials control and project management.
1.1 AVEVA Integrated Shipbuilding
AVEVA dominates the shipbuilding industry, with 43 of the top 50
global shipyards relying on its design and management software
solutions. The acquisition of the market-leading Tribon Software in
2004 provides AVEVA with decades of expertise in the creation of
design and production information for the shipbuilding process. The
addition of the MARS process management technology in 2010
rounds out the portfolio and reinforces AVEVA’s firm commitment to
providing industry-leading solutions for the shipbuilding industry.
AVEVA Integrated Shipbuilding supports design development at all
stages of the production process and across all technical
disciplines. Design data is transformed into production for parts
manufacture and assembly with automated tools that ensure
production information is accurate, and tuned to the specific needs
of each shipyard. Carefully managed and accurate information has
been proven to create huge savings in shipbuilding production costs
and project schedules.
AVEVA NET is the information management infrastructure upon
which AVEVA’s integrated environment is built. AVEVA NET supports
the access and management of information across an organisation
and throughout the entire lifecycle of a ship. It provides a secure
environment for vendors, owners, classification societies and
partners to share and collaborate on project information. AVEVA
NET’s open interfaces meet the latest ISO standards and provide a
vehicle to dynamically interact with existing shipyard design,
production and enterprise resource applications for efficient
knowledge management and design reuse.
Uniquely in the marine industry, AVEVA is able to offer a fully
integrated business system for efficient shipbuilding, covering all
dimensions of the design and construction process. With AVEVA,
design and production follow a well defined and managed process
that gives shipyards the right information at the right time, so they
can make the right decisions.
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1.2 Business Areas within the Shipbuilding Process

‘A successful shipyard
A successful shipyard understands the needs of different business
operations and their evolving responsibilities, which begin with an understands the needs of
initial proposal and continue through vessel commissioning. One
way to ensure that the often competing needs and interests of different business operations
different groups are fully addressed is to analyse the complexities of
each strategic business area. This document divides the ship and their evolving
construction process into nine key business operations, and
examines the unique operational requirements of each, and their responsibilities, which begin
impact on the overall process.
with an initial proposal and
T
T
Executive Management Information
Business Capture and Sales
continue through vessel
T
T
Planning and Control
Engineering and Design
commissioning...’
T Procurement and Supply Chain
T Stock and Logistics
T Production
T Commission and Delivery
T Extended Shipyard

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2. Executive Management This lack of integration is often caused by the use of generic PLM
software and other technology not designed to meet the needs of
Information
the shipbuilding industry. What may seem a cost-effective solution
can demand extensive customisation, which ultimately provides a
Business Requirements
less than optimised system at a very high total cost of ownership.
In order to make informed business decisions on large projects and
individual activities, corporate executives and senior management
For the executive management team charged with making critical
require a reliable and accurate information infrastructure. For their
business decisions, the consequences of a poorly integrated
decisions to be fully informed, the information provided must meet
information management system can have a direct impact on the
the unique sensitivities of the marine industry, spanning a wide
bottom line. Business risk is dramatically increased when decisions
range of disciplines including overall planning, design, production
are made using incomplete or inaccurate information. The
and materials management, across multiple, concurrent projects.
competitiveness of a shipyard is seriously impaired and the overall
One of the key responsibilities of executive decision-makers is to
agility of the organization is compromised. Poor decisions and
reduce business risk throughout their organisation and this can
systemic inefficiencies can cost a shipyard hundreds of thousands
only be achieved with complete, dynamic and cross-functional
of dollars in rework and missed opportunities.
information.

The AVEVA Solution

Operational Realities
AVEVA provides the industry’s most complete and fully integrated
More often than not, the reality of the modern shipyard actually
shipbuilding solution. Designed specifically for the marine industry,
handicaps the executive decision process. Poorly informed
and with decades of proven success, the AVEVA Marine portfolio
decisions can lead to fundamental design errors and a major impact
offers an unmatched range of design, process control and
on downstream production. Project knowledge is locked inside
information management capability. Ensuring that information is
isolated systems which cannot be easily shared, leading to
available and accessible underpins the entire architecture of the
incomplete and inaccurate pools of information, that are incapable
AVEVA solution. Using tools such as a user-definable management
of giving a complete overview across multiple projects. It can be
dashboard, executive decision makers not only have the access they
impossible to dynamically synchronize data sets, making it difficult
need to monitor and measure project and information status, but
to capture an evolving view of the status of a project, something
can also be alerted to potential issues the moment they arise. This
that is essential for informed decision making.
allows them to manage by exception, supporting early and informed
decisions that reduce the operational risk to their shipyard, and
ensure a rapid return on investment through major cost savings.

‘Designed specifically for the

marine industry, and with
decades of proven success,
the AVEVA Marine portfolio
offers an unmatched range of
design, process control and
information management
capability...’

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3. Business Capture Operational Realities

Within many shipyards the cost estimation and tendering process
and Sales
can be complex and time consuming. A lack of computerized and
consistent information can make a company highly dependent on
Business Requirements
key individuals, and the absence of a well documented process
Before a shipyard can engage in any vessel construction project, it
obstructs the integration with planning, procurement and supply
must compete with other yards to present the most attractive
chain management.
proposal to the contracting owner that balances cost, slots and
marker lists. Having an integrated business system across all project
Those shipyards with a less systematic approach to tendering can
disciplines is critical to delivering quick and accurate tender
suffer inefficiencies during each proposal, since they cannot easily
documentation. The ultimate profitability of the business demands
draw on past estimates and experience for future projects. The
that the tendering and business capture processes produce accurate
consequence can be a rigid and manpower-intensive process that
and competitive proposals that can be efficiently delivered
produces a less than optimised proposal. Changes are very time
throughout the lifecycle of the project, which often extends three
consuming and costly, restricting a shipyard’s ability to respond to
years or more into the future.
project opportunities, and reducing its overall competitiveness.

The AVEVA Solution

Using a fully integrated shipbuilding model, the AVEVA solution
directly addresses systemic weaknesses that so often compromise
the tendering and business capture process. AVEVA delivers a
consistent cost management solution that takes into account all
relevant cost elements, from early estimation and pre-calculation
through future projects and program cost management where actual
costs are monitored and aggregated in a real-time environment.

This is based not only on new information, but on the capture and
intelligent reuse of historical information from past tenders, as well
as current information from sister-ship projects. This reduces risk in
both material estimation and business logistics for the shipyard by
helping to ensure that tenders are accurate and repeatable, and
draw on past project experience as part of a continual optimisation
process.

AVEVA allows the business capture and sales teams the flexibility
they need to be more competitive by responding quickly with
accurate and informed proposals. Executive management can also
operate with a much greater degree of confidence in the quality of
the tendering process, integration with project execution, and its
impact on the overall business.

‘Using a fully integrated shipbuilding model, the AVEVA

solution directly addresses systemic weaknesses that so often
compromise the tendering and business capture process...’

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4. Planning
and Control
Business Requirements
Planning and schedule control lie at the heart of any well executed
project. Planning and project directors, together with their staff,
are responsible for the coordination of all tasks for both design and
production in a multi-project environment. This critical
responsibility touches on virtually every aspect of a project and
plays a pivotal role in build strategy, productivity, quality,
optimisation and cost-effective execution. The multi-disciplinary
nature of this management process demands a comprehensive view
of the overall project as it constantly evolves. The ability of a
shipyard to tightly manage security, planning and project control
can make the difference between business success and failure.
Operational Realities
The use of different tools for different planning tasks is the norm
for many shipyards. This situation makes it very difficult to ensure
any degree of planning integrity and strategic coordination.
Disconnected security strategies mean that engineers can
incorporate non-validated information into project designs, with
major downstream consequences. Without automated integration
between the different planning levels, the only way to coordinate
activity is through manual synchronization which can be time
consuming and prone to error. The overall lack of project
traceability actually promotes poor quality information, causing
unnecessary additional design loops.
The result can have a major impact on productivity and cost. To
provide just three examples: a lack of integration between
production planning and design planning leads to late availability
of drawings for production, assembly and outfitting. A lack of
integration between planning and material management results in
materials not being in the right place at the right time. And a lack
of integration within the design processes themselves can
necessitate expensive rework later in the production phase.
Without an integrated approach to the planning and control
process, schedules will be unrealistic and the actual status of
project activities will not be fed back into the process, adversely
impacting later activities, and making it difficult to measure and
improve performance. Poor logistics ultimately lead to project
delays and reduced quality.
‘AVEVA provides seamless
integration with design
information, materials, and
resource management to
ensure reliable planning that
is efficient, cost effective and
maintains build quality...’
The AVEVA Solution
The AVEVA solution for shipyards supports planning and control
from high-level strategic coordination to individual shop floor
operations and across multiple projects. It measures project
performance based on an EVMS (Earned Value Management System)
methodology, providing seamless integration with design
information, materials, and resource management to ensure
reliable planning that is efficient and cost-effective, and maintains
build quality.
Initial major milestones can be established together with rough-cut
plans using work breakdown structures (WBS) to define primary
scheduling targets. The WBS elements are linked and scheduled with
the major milestones for strategic planning, and task work packages
are defined down to the lowest level within a WBS. In combination
with strict permission controls and a customisable workflow for the
validation of information, an AVEVA solution manages information
status throughout the project lifecycle.
This fully integrated and highly granular planning and control
process allows planners to create accurate scheduling that reflects
current project conditions, and use it as a tool to monitor project
status, identifying and mitigating conflicts. Simulations can also be
run to analyse potential scheduling impacts and a dispatch view can
be created for foremen in the field to monitor and manage work
group schedules. Formal processes can be established to manage
the flow of information to external classification societies and
interdepartmental stakeholders, to ensure consistency and
compliance. AVEVA’s integrated planning capabilities provide the
administrative control that is essential to project execution
integrity and productivity for both current and future projects.
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5. Engineering
and Design

Business Requirements
Most of the planning and execution of the shipbuilding process is
highly dependent on the design of the vessel. While the design and
management teams are tasked with engineering all aspects of the
ship, they are also responsible for ensuring that relevant
engineering, material and production information is optimised and
available to support the manufacturing, assembly and
commissioning processes. The engineering team must be able to
make full reuse of past designs, and rapidly create and validate new
designs to maximise the efficiency of the vessel and its production
process. To achieve this, they require world-class applications that
include instrumentation, electrical and piping schematics and all
aspects of hull design and outfitting, which must be tightly
integrated with the planning and production disciplines used
throughout the project lifecycle.

Operational Realities The AVEVA Solution

Unlike most construction projects, it is commonplace for shipyards
to begin production well before the vessel design is complete. While
this can compress schedules, it also creates opportunities for
miscommunication, data inconsistencies, project delays and
expensive rework. The multi-disciplinary nature of engineering and
design means that most shipyards employ a wide range of 2D and 3D
design applications, from a host of different software suppliers that
provide little or no operational integration.
The result is a collection of isolated databases that actually lock
away the critical design information, making it difficult to share
and control project design information. These ‘silos‘ of information
demand a great deal of manual intervention to manage, negatively
impacting project productivity, and a lack of permission control can
result in designs based on incorrect or invalid information.
‘AVEVA integrates engineering
and design data into one product
model, ensuring a “single source
of truth” for all information...’
Built specifically for the needs of the marine industry, AVEVA design
solutions have been proven for decades in the world’s leading
shipyards. However, it is no longer enough to have world-class
design applications; they must also eliminate the information silos
between the engineering, planning and control processes.
AVEVA integrates engineering and design data into one product
model, ensuring a ‘single source of truth’ for all information,
whether engineering and design, functional design, detailed
design, or production, planning and materials data. AVEVA's focus
on interoperability enables huge flexibility in the choice of
engineering authoring tools, but also guarantees a high level of
integration across the other phases of the shipbuilding process. For
example, the solution provides an interface to industry-standard
mechanical CAD systems, as well as a common catalogue that shares
material information between design and material management
applications.
Additionally, it enables information to be securely used across
global deployments, via the Internet or an organisation's existing
private networks. This ability is crucial in a shipbuilding industry
that is increasingly reliant on subcontracting, outsourcing and
other dispersed relationships. This is essential to drive greater
efficiency into today’s highly competitive shipbuilding industry.

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6. Procurement and The AVEVA Solution

The key to the AVEVA Marine procurement and supply chain strategy
Supply Chain
is the ability for shipyards to start the procurement process at the
design stage and to maintain a collaborative exchange of
Business Requirements
information throughout the project lifecycle.
Procurement and materials management directors have one of the
most difficult coordination tasks in the shipyard. They are
The AVEVA solution provides this capability right from the earliest
responsible for the process of planning procurement of major
stages of the product, through a materials request system that
equipment, internal requisitioning of all equipment, material and
serves as a focal point for all purchase orders and enquiries.
services, negotiation with vendors, and executing and expediting
Through this system, designers can propose potential suppliers and
the actual purchase. These tasks are dependent on, and influenced
initial delivery dates. Using standard project component lists, part
by, a wide range of other activities so it is absolutely essential that
lists and material catalogues, plus the ability to link 3D objects
the information they require is accessible and accurate. Since the
directly to an item in those catalogues, designers can also select
shipbuilding process is in a constant state of flux, it is also critical
standard material items, with the correct standard and certificates,
that the procurement team be informed of changes in a timely way
for purchase order generation. A controlled workflow process
so they can take appropriate action to avoid unnecessary expense
ensures that orders complete the appropriate review cycle before
and delays.
being marked ‘Ready‘ and that they are tracked throughout the
delivery process until handover to supply and logistics.
Operational Realities
The greatest risk to creating an efficient procurement and supply
At the same time, the solution also enables detailed management of
chain process is poor quality information and a lack of coordination.
the project component catalogue, to ensure the orderly
It is all too common for procurement to be seen as a separate and
procurement of more complex, long-lead items, such as engines,
independent activity when it should be an integral part of the much
HVAC systems, etc.
wider design and production process.

The tools provided can actually reduce access to the complete and
accurate information set that is vital in the making of key project
decisions. Lack of visibility of an elemental activity like budgeting,
for example, can have serious cash flow consequences which, in
turn, can threaten the entire material procurement process.

Poor information quality has very direct project consequences,

which can include compromising the ability to negotiate effectively
with vendors, inability to identify long-lead items, incorrect and
incomplete orders, and delivering at the wrong time or location.
These weaknesses in the procurement process have a cascade effect
across the entire project. Incorrect materials and delivery delays
jeopardise work order and resource planning, which damages
project schedules and impacts production efficiency, costing time
and money.

‘The key to the AVEVA Marine procurement and supply chain

strategy is the ability for shipyards to start the procurement
process at the design stage and maintain a collaborative
exchange of information throughout the project lifecycle...’

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7. Stock and
Logistics

Business Requirements
The primary interface between procurement and production is
formed by the stock and logistics activities. The stock manager’s
warehouse receives materials, tracks non-conformances and issues
material for planned tasks and work packages according to the
production schedule. The warehouse administration controls
standard activities such as inventory counting, goods return, stock
card controls, etc. Coordination and visibility of the different
functional areas throughout the project play an important role in
improving production efficiency and meeting project schedules. A
clear view of upstream and downstream priorities is vital to enable
the stock manager to synchronize activities with the project, and
deliver the right materials at the right time.
The AVEVA Solution
Operational Realities Stock administration within an AVEVA Marine environment means
In reality, it is unusual for the stock manager to have a broad view of seamless integration with procurement and planning to ensure that
planning, procurement and production priorities. The warehouse is material is directed to production in the right quantity at the right
typically isolated from project planning, making it difficult to time, in accordance with the real-time plan and production
guarantee that the right material will be available at the right time schedule. All warehoused goods are tracked, non-conformance is
for production work orders. With no structured interface between identified, and material attributes are monitored and flagged.
stock and planning, daily planning and re-planning activities are
performed with no consideration of material availability. From a A strict stocking workflow registers quality and non-conformance
warehouse perspective, there is also a complete lack of visibility status, identifies missing materials and enables automated material
between issued material and production operations, greatly borrowing, as well as recording the physical stock location for all
impairing overall project flexibility. materials. Using a warehouse dispatch view, material requisitions
are easily visualised, allowing the warehouse to plan schedules for
While the warehouse can sometimes be seen as a bottleneck in gathering and issuing material against the active production plans.
project execution, it is the lack of coordination with other project The seamless integration between stock and production planning
areas that lies at the root of this problem. The ability of the enables a dispatch function that provides real-time visibility of
warehouse to deliver the right materials at the right time depends material holdings, so that materials are only released to production
entirely on well-established links to procurement and production if resources are available to complete the work order. Providing
processes. The consequences of this are significant. Failure of advanced warehouse management capabilities, integrated with the
the warehouse to provide the materials to meet work order procurement, planning and production processes, delivers major
requirements results in a waste of resources, time and money. project benefits.

‘Stock administration within an AVEVA Marine environment

means seamless integration with procurement and planning
to ensure that material is directed to production in the right
quantity at the right time in accordance with the real-time plan
and production schedule...’

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8. Production
Business Requirements
Management, design, planning, procurement and stock
management all culminate in the production process. It is here that
the quality and coordination of the previous processes will
determine the ultimate productivity of the production environment.
A well-managed production infrastructure is characterised by the
completion of a vessel that meets all defined quality standards and
is delivered on time and within budget. This is the most complex
phase of the project, and it is also the phase with the smallest
margin of error. Changes, and rework resulting from poor upstream
coordination, can have a massive impact on project schedules and
can ultimately make the difference between a profitable project and
one that makes a loss.
‘AVEVA enables an efficient production environment by providing
the right information at the right time...’
Operational Realities
With most ship production taking place in parallel with design and
procurement, the management of the production process is a
moving target. The production and project directors, together with
the shipyard foremen, struggle with the daily realities of the work
orders, BOMs, stock allocation, personnel, resource management,
and quality tracking. It is not uncommon to see mismatches
between design and production planning cause inaccurate or
incomplete information to be delivered at the wrong time.
Changes forced by uncoordinated project management can impact
all areas of the production process from parts manufacture to
assembly and pre-outfitting, as well as onboard erection and final
outfitting. Lack of integrated information results in delayed or
incorrect executive decisions that will almost certainly exacerbate
scheduling and resource conflicts. The consequences are schedule
delays and unplanned rework at the most expensive and disruptive
point of the project.
The AVEVA Solution
The benefits of AVEVA’s integrated shipbuilding solution are clearly
demonstrated when faced with the complexities of the production
process. AVEVA enables an efficient production environment by
providing the right information at the right time through consistent
coordination with design, quality control, logistics and production
planning.
Having the right information at all levels of management means
that shipyards have the accurate BOMs and managed stock they
need to meet assembly and outfitting requirements without delays,
missing material, or expensive rework. Tight integration between
design, material and production planning supports the most
ambitious building strategies including palletising, pre-outfitting
and block painting (with hotspot works control), etc.
Easy online access to any ship documentation, from production
locations anywhere in the world, reduces the time spent looking for
information and the risk of out-of-date data. Modifications are
tracked and analysed for design and material impact before being
validated, mitigating disruption across the production stages.
Object status and document versioning guarantee that the latest
information is available throughout the shipyard, improving
production quality. The measurable benefit of a marine solution
that is integrated with all aspects of the shipbuilding process
explains why hundreds of shipyards around the world rely on AVEVA
to reduce production risk and improve business profitability.
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9. Commissioning
and Delivery
Business Requirements
As the last phase of the shipbuilding process, commissioning and
delivery are important to successful and timely project completion.
Comprising both physical inspection and the delivery of process,
supplier and certification documentation, commissioning and
delivery represent the final test of any shipyard’s information
management system. An optimised delivery process is vital to the
project, to ensure that required documentation is created and
maintained throughout the lifecycle. A professional delivery can
help to secure prompt final payment, while leaving a lasting and
positive impression with the owner, laying the groundwork for
future contract opportunities.
Operational Realities
With many deliverables at the end of the fabrication process,
commissioning and delivery are complex and time consuming, and
often suffer from late execution of production tasks as delivery
deadlines rapidly approach. Missing, incomplete, inaccurate and
inconsistent information all contribute to delays in the
commissioning and delivery process. The more disconnected this
phase is from the project process, the more time consuming and
costly it can be. Ultimately, the result is two very expensive
situations that shipbuilders should seek to avoid: extended sea
trials and longer time at the outfitting quay.
Badly planned commissioning activities can also force yards to
employ expensive specialists at short notice to assist with the
execution of delivery requirements. Rather than preparing for the
delivery of the vessel throughout the project, many shipyards find
themselves under great pressure to compile the requisite documents
against a backdrop of looming deadlines.
‘AVEVA integrated shipbuilding
enables efficient professional
commissioning and
maintenance of all
ship systems...’
The AVEVA Solution
The integrated nature of the AVEVA shipbuilding solution provides
the consistent management of production schedules, design
specifications, vendor information and material control to allow
smooth and efficient commissioning and delivery. All critical
documentation and certifications are captured from the beginning
of the project and managed throughout the entire lifecycle. This
information-centric approach provides rapid access to critical
information, the ability to check, early in the project, for
incomplete or inconsistent data, and the flexibility to reformat and
repurpose documentation as demanded by the delivery process.
The strong technical dependencies between design, production and
commissioning are fully retained, regardless of shipyard and
supplier locations around the world. Commissioning and production
planning are consistently managed to remove bottlenecks and
accelerate the overall delivery process. All essential documentation
is classified and managed, to ensure efficient vessel certification
and complete handover to the shipowner.
The integrated shipbuilding environment also provides dramatic
improvements in the overall quality of the technical information
delivered to owners and their maintenance teams. For example,
relationships between schematic data, 3D routing, material and
vendor specifications can be fully visualized and quickly
understood, cutting the cost, time and disruption of on-board
maintenance activities.
AVEVA integrated shipbuilding enables the efficient professional
commissioning and maintenance of all ship systems, by providing
access to consistent, quality engineering information throughout
the managed commissioning, production planning and material
processes.
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10.The Extended The AVEVA Solution

AVEVA’s integrated marine solution provides the industry’s most
Shipyard
comprehensive set of tools for today’s extended shipyard. All
activities, including those from global suppliers, are viewed and
managed using the same resources. Supplier work orders are
Business Requirements
integrated into the design, procurement, production and delivery
One of the most significant changes in the shipbuilding industry
process. Service level agreements, technical specifications and
over the last two decades has been the specialisation and
certifications are managed and controlled independently of
globalisation of shipyards and suppliers. As these specialists
geographical considerations. Third-party suppliers are no longer a
improve product efficiencies and reduce costs, a growing number of
‘black box’ on the schedule, but a fully integrated part of the total
major vessel projects rely on them for strategic components and
project plan.
assemblies. The result is the relentless rise of outsourcing and the
increasing need to establish and maintain effective working
AVEVA provides the collaborative infrastructure necessary for all
relationships with suppliers around the globe.
stakeholders to exchange key documents and information. Ship
owners and classification societies can view plans and delivery
Likewise, on the design side, the use of subcontracting design
schedules to monitor the process and submit comments. Suppliers
companies or agencies has grown impressively. These organisations
can monitor project schedules and design information to ensure
are not delivering physical product, so the logistics of the
delivery timing and technical compatibility. Through AVEVA’s unique
relationship are relatively straightforward, but their precious
and powerful Global technology, 3D design and schematic
‘cargo’ - data - can be massively devalued by failure to deliver it
information can be worked on and viewed from anywhere around
properly into the world of production and planning, and manage it
the world. Status reports can be shared with the management and
in an integrated way thereafter.
delivery teams to identify scheduling conflicts and technical
exceptions early in the process. Linking procurement, electronic
The shipyard is no longer isolated within a single site, but must now
tendering and logistics, enables the support of ‘virtual supply‘,
extend and integrate its supply and management activities across
where critical documentation for delivered equipment can be
other companies in distributed locations. The ability to take full
submitted electronically and automatically associated with the
advantage of the benefits offered by today’s global shipbuilding
vessel model.
industry can make the difference between success and failure. The
modern shipyard needs new tools and resources to create an
AVEVA Global also translates the sharing of information into hard
efficient and effective extended shipyard.
economic benefit. Work can be allocated to the most cost-effective
locations; work centres can be added or removed as the project
Operational Realities
progresses, to use capacity wherever it exists; the uploading and
Shipyards have been dealing with global suppliers for decades, but
downloading of project files to FTP sites is eliminated, reducing
the services, technology and assemblies being provided now
project administration costs. This technology helps organisations
demand a much higher degree of integration throughout the
manage onsite and extended activities in a single, shared system, in
design, construction and delivery process. Suppliers are no longer
hundreds of projects across the world.
simply shipping raw materials, but complete subsystems which must
be tightly coordinated with key project milestones and technical
certifications. Unfortunately, many shipyards do not have the tools
and resources they need to track, control and manage this
increasingly complex process. The result can be delays, cost
overruns, and technical incompatibilities that can cause disruptive
rework that jeopardises compliance with delivery specifications.

More often than not, contracts with global suppliers are treated as
separate and external activities by project and senior management
to the extent that these activities are seen as a ‘black box‘ on the
overall project schedule. There is no ability to apply the same level
of management and oversight to extended shipyard activities as is
applied to onsite activities. The inability to create a fully integrated
extended shipyard environment compromises the predictability,
efficiency and quality of vessel projects.

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11. Summary

The combination of AVEVA NET, AVEVA Marine and AVEVA MARS

comprises a powerful suite of applications that create a unique
opportunity for AVEVA customers to improve quality, mitigate risk
and reduce production costs. The complex and competitive ship
construction industry demands software solutions that span the
entire range of business areas found throughout the shipyard and
only AVEVA can deliver a comprehensive integrated shipyard
offering.

The AVEVA integrated shipyard delivers measurable benefits for

executive management, sales, design and engineering, logistics
and production. Each role has a very specific set of requirements
that can only be met with solutions developed for the marine
industry, by marine experts. The AVEVA solution electronically
tracks and controls the global exchange of information, provides an
unmatched collaborative environment, promotes knowledge
management and the reuse of information, secures the availability
and delivery of materials, improves logistics, and handles complex
supply chains between different partners around the world. Field-
proven software, supported by experienced professionals with
decades of marine expertise, explains why the world’s leading ship
and offshore suppliers rely on AVEVA’s integrated shipyard
solutions.

‘The AVEVA integrated

shipyard delivers measurable
benefits for executive
management, sales, design
and engineering, logistic and
production. Each role has a
very specific set of
requirements that can only be
met with solutions developed
for the marine industry, by
marine experts...’
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