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    AVEVA Integrated ShipbuildingAnticipating and addressing the challenges of the shipbuilding industry

    Product StrategyAVEVA Solutions Limited

    Published December 2010

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    AVEVA Integrated Shipbuilding - an AVEVA White Paper

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    1. Executive Summary

    1.1 AVEVA Integrated Shipbuilding

    1.2 Business Areas within the Shipbuilding

    Process

    2. Executive Management Information

    3. Business Capture and Sales

    4 Planning and Control

    5. Engineering and Design

    6. Procurement and Supply Chain

    7. Stock and Logistics

    8. Production

    9. Commissioning and Delivery

    10. The Extended Shipyard

    11. Summary

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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 dramaticallyimprove productivity and profitability, reducing overall production

    cost and project build time.

    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. Theaddition of the MARS process management technology in 2010

    rounds out the portfolio and reinforces AVEVAs 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 AVEVAs 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

    NETs 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 fullyintegrated business system for efficient shipbuilding, covering all

    dimensions of the design and construction process. With AVEVA,

    design and production follow a well def ined and managed process

    that gives shipyards the right information at the right time, so they

    can make the right decisions.

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    The business challenge for the shipbuilding industry

    RESOURCES MATERIALS

    TIMESCHEDULE

    COST

    INFORMATION

    AVEVAIntegrated

    Shipbuilding

    Doing theRight Things

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    2. Executive Management

    Information

    Business Requirements

    In order to make informed business decisions on large projects and

    individual activities, corporate executives and senior management

    require a reliable and accurate information infrastructure. For their

    decisions to be fully informed, the information provided must meet

    the unique sensitivities of the marine industr y, spanning a wide

    range of disciplines including overall planning, design, production

    and materials management, across multiple, concurrent projects.

    One of the key responsibilities of executive decision-makers is to

    reduce business risk throughout their organisation and this can

    only be achieved with complete, dynamic and cross-functional

    information.

    Operational Realities

    More often than not, the reality of the modern shipyard actually

    handicaps the executive decision process. Poorly informed

    decisions can lead to fundamental design errors and a major impact

    on downstream production. Project knowledge is locked inside

    isolated systems which cannot be easily shared, leading to

    incomplete and inaccurate pools of information, that are incapable

    of giving a complete overview across multiple projects. It can be

    impossible to dynamically synchronize data sets, making it difficult

    to capture an evolving view of the status of a project, something

    that is essential for informed decision making.

    This lack of integration is often caused by the use of generic PLM

    software and other technology not designed to meet the needs of

    the shipbuilding industry. What may seem a cost-ef fective solution

    can demand extensive customisation, which ultimately provides a

    less than optimised system at a very high total cost of ownership.

    For the executive management team charged with making critical

    business decisions, the consequences of a poorly integrated

    information management system can have a direct impact on the

    bottom line. Business risk is dramatically increased when decisions

    are made using incomplete or inaccurate information. The

    competitiveness of a shipyard is seriously impaired and the overall

    agility of the organization is compromised. Poor decisions and

    systemic inefficiencies can cost a shipyard hundreds of thousands

    of dollars in rework and missed opportunities.

    The AVEVA Solution

    AVEVA provides the industrys most complete and fully integrated

    shipbuilding solution. 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. Ensuring that information is

    available and accessible underpins the entire architecture of the

    AVEVA solution. Using tools such as a user-definable management

    dashboard, executive decision makers not only have the access they

    need to monitor and measure project and information status, but

    can also be alerted to potential issues the moment they arise. Thisallows 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.

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    Designed specifically for the

    marine industry, and withdecades 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

    and Sales

    Business Requirements

    Before a shipyard can engage in any vessel construction project, it

    must compete with other yards to present the most attractive

    proposal to the contracting owner that balances cost, slots and

    marker lists. Having an integrated business system across all project

    disciplines is critical to delivering quick and accurate tender

    documentation. The ultimate profitability of the business demands

    that the tendering and business capture processes produce accurate

    and competitive proposals that can be efficiently delivered

    throughout the lifecycle of the project, which often extends three

    years or more into the future.

    Operational Realities

    Within many shipyards the cost estimation and tendering process

    can be complex and time consuming. A lack of computerized and

    consistent information can make a company highly dependent on

    key individuals, and the absence of a well documented process

    obstructs the integration with planning, procurement and supply

    chain management.

    Those shipyards with a less systematic approach to tendering can

    suffer inefficiencies during each proposal, since they cannot easily

    draw on past estimates and experience for future projects. The

    consequence can be a rigid and manpower-intensive process that

    produces a less than optimised proposal. Changes are very time

    consuming and costly, restricting a shipyards ability to respond to

    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 wellas 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.

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    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 cr itical

    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, causingunnecessary 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 controlprocess, 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 diff icult to measure and

    improve performance. Poor logistics ultimately lead to project

    delays and reduced quality.

    The AVEVA SolutionThe AVEVA solution for shipyards suppor ts 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 managethe flow of information to external classification societies and

    interdepartmental stakeholders, to ensure consistency and

    compliance. AVEVAs 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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    AVEVA provides seamless

    integration with designinformation, materials, and

    resource management to

    ensure reliable planning that

    is efficient, cost effective and

    maintains build quality...

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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

    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 thatprovide 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.

    The AVEVA Solution

    Built specifically for the needs of the marine industry, AVEVA design

    solutions have been proven for decades in the worlds 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 productmodel, 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 acrossglobal 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 todays highly competitive shipbuilding industry.

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    AVEVA integrates engineering

    and design data into one product

    model, ensuring a single source

    of truth for all information...

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    6. Procurement and

    Supply Chain

    Business Requirements

    Procurement and materials management directors have one of the

    most difficult coordination tasks in the shipyard. They are

    responsible for the process of planning procurement of major

    equipment, internal requisitioning of all equipment, material and

    services, negotiation with vendors, and executing and expediting

    the actual purchase. These tasks are dependent on, and influenced

    by, a wide range of other activities so it is absolutely essential that

    the information they require is accessible and accurate. Since the

    shipbuilding process is in a constant state of flux, it is also critical

    that the procurement team be informed of changes in a timely way

    so they can take appropriate action to avoid unnecessary expense

    and delays.

    Operational Realities

    The greatest risk to creating an efficient procurement and supply

    chain process is poor quality information and a lack of coordination.

    It is all too common for procurement to be seen as a separate and

    independent activity when it should be an integral part of the much

    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 eff iciency, costing time

    and money.

    The AVEVA Solution

    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 to maintain a collaborative exchange of

    information throughout the project lifecycle.

    The AVEVA solution provides this capability right from the earliest

    stages of the product, through a materials request system that

    serves as a focal point for all purchase orders and enquiries.

    Through this system, designers can propose potential suppliers and

    initial delivery dates. Using standard project component lists, par t

    lists and material catalogues, plus the ability to link 3D objects

    directly to an item in those catalogues, designers can also select

    standard material items, with the correct standard and certificates,

    for purchase order generation. A controlled workflow processensures that orders complete the appropriate review cycle before

    being marked Ready and that they are tracked throughout the

    delivery process until handover to supply and logistics.

    At the same time, the solution also enables detailed management of

    the project component catalogue, to ensure the orderly

    procurement of more complex, long-lead items, such as engines,

    HVAC systems, etc.

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    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 managers

    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 dif ferent

    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.

    Operational Realities

    In reality, it is unusual for the stock manager to have a broad view of

    planning, procurement and production priorities. The warehouse is

    typically isolated from project planning, making it difficult to

    guarantee that the right material will be available at the right time

    for production work orders. With no structured interface between

    stock and planning, daily planning and re-planning activities are

    performed with no consideration of material availability. From a

    warehouse perspective, there is also a complete lack of visibilitybetween issued material and production operations, greatly

    impairing overall project flexibility.

    While the warehouse can sometimes be seen as a bottleneck in

    project execution, it is the lack of coordination with other project

    areas that lies at the root of this problem. The ability of the

    warehouse to deliver the right materials at the right time depends

    entirely on well-established links to procurement and production

    processes. The consequences of this are significant. Failure of

    the warehouse to provide the materials to meet work order

    requirements results in a waste of resources, time and money.

    The AVEVA Solution

    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. All warehoused goods are tracked, non-conformance is

    identified, and material attributes are monitored and flagged.

    A strict stocking workflow registers quality and non-conformance

    status, identifies missing materials and enables automated materialborrowing, as well as recording the physical stock location for all

    materials. Using a warehouse dispatch view, material requisitions

    are easily visualised, allowing the warehouse to plan schedules for

    gathering and issuing material against the active production plans.

    The seamless integration between stock and production planning

    enables a dispatch function that provides real-time visibility of

    material holdings, so that materials are only released to production

    if resources are available to complete the work order. Providing

    advanced warehouse management capabilities, integrated with the

    procurement, planning and production processes, delivers major

    project benefits.

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    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 def ined 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.

    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 exacerbatescheduling 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 AVEVAs integrated shipbuilding solution are clearly

    demonstrated when faced with the complexities of the production

    process. AVEVA enables an eff icient 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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    AVEVA enables an efficient production environment by providing

    the right information at the right time...

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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 certif ication documentation, commissioning and

    delivery represent the final test of any shipyards 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 f inal 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 seatrials 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.

    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 cr itical

    information, the ability to check, early in the project, for

    incomplete or inconsistent data, and the flexibility to reformat andrepurpose 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 informationdelivered 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 eff icient 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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    AVEVA integrated shipbuilding

    enables efficient professional

    commissioning and

    maintenance of all

    ship systems...

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    10.The Extended

    Shipyard

    Business Requirements

    One of the most significant changes in the shipbuilding industry

    over the last two decades has been the specialisation and

    globalisation of shipyards and suppliers. As these specialists

    improve product efficiencies and reduce costs, a growing number of

    major vessel projects rely on them for strategic components and

    assemblies. The result is the relentless rise of outsourcing and the

    increasing need to establish and maintain effective working

    relationships with suppliers around the globe.

    Likewise, on the design side, the use of subcontracting design

    companies or agencies has grown impressively. These organisations

    are not delivering physical product, so the logistics of the

    relationship are relatively straightforward, but their precious

    cargo - data - can be massively devalued by failure to deliver it

    properly into the world of production and planning, and manage it

    in an integrated way thereafter.

    The shipyard is no longer isolated within a single site, but must now

    extend and integrate its supply and management activities across

    other companies in distributed locations. The ability to take full

    advantage of the benefits offered by todays global shipbuilding

    industry can make the difference between success and failure. Themodern shipyard needs new tools and resources to create an

    efficient and effective extended shipyard.

    Operational Realities

    Shipyards have been dealing with global suppliers for decades, but

    the services, technology and assemblies being provided now

    demand a much higher degree of integration throughout the

    design, construction and delivery process. Suppliers are no longer

    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 thisincreasingly 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.

    The AVEVA Solution

    AVEVAs integrated marine solution provides the industrys most

    comprehensive set of tools for todays extended shipyard. All

    activities, including those from global suppliers, are viewed and

    managed using the same resources. Supplier work orders are

    integrated into the design, procurement, production and delivery

    process. Service level agreements, technical specifications and

    certifications are managed and controlled independently of

    geographical considerations. Third-party suppliers are no longer a

    black box on the schedule, but a fully integrated part of the total

    project plan.

    AVEVA provides the collaborative infrastructure necessary for all

    stakeholders to exchange key documents and information. Ship

    owners and classification societies can view plans and deliveryschedules to monitor the process and submit comments. Suppliers

    can monitor project schedules and design information to ensure

    delivery timing and technical compatibility. Through AVEVAs unique

    and powerful Global technology, 3D design and schematic

    information can be worked on and viewed from anywhere around

    the world. Status reports can be shared with the management and

    delivery teams to identify scheduling conflicts and technical

    exceptions early in the process. Linking procurement, electronic

    tendering and logistics, enables the support of virtual supply,

    where critical documentation for delivered equipment can be

    submitted electronically and automatically associated with the

    vessel model.

    AVEVA Global also translates the sharing of information into hard

    economic benefit. Work can be allocated to the most cost-effective

    locations; work centres can be added or removed as the project

    progresses, to use capacity wherever it exists; the uploading and

    downloading of project f iles to FTP sites is eliminated, reducing

    project administration costs. This technology helps organisations

    manage onsite and extended activities in a single, shared system, in

    hundreds of projects across the world.

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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 exper tise, explains why the worlds leading ship

    and offshore suppliers rely on AVEVAs integrated shipyard

    solutions.

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    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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