Marine Digital Thread
Ship construction
Make the shift to the digital shipyard. Maximize efficiency on the construction floor by integrating engineering, manufacturing and logistics. Focus on manufacturing process planning and quality management. Optimize shipbuilding strategy by leveraging a digital twin of the yard.
What is digital ship construction?
Digital ship construction offers a better way to manage the shipbuilding process. This approach relies on integrating the three core systems involved in ship construction: product lifecycle management (PLM), manufacturing operations management (MOM) and enterprise resource management (ERM). This ensures a closed loop between design and manufacturing, which minimizes risk and enables continuous improvement.
Rethink your ship construction process
Adapt your ship construction process to today's increasingly complex and innovative designs.
Optimize production capacity
Digital tools can help assess process and planning scenarios to ensure resources are optimized across the shipyard. (Fincantieri)
Create a digital shipyard
Integrate engineering, manufacturing and logistics in a single shared digital environment to drive efficiency across the entire enterprise. (Hyundai Heavy Industries)
Improve efficiency through digitalization
Create a digital twin of the ship and the shipyard to improve efficiency and reduce the need for costly physical mock-ups. (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering)
Navigate toward digital ship building
Maximize efficiency, decrease the cost of change and establish a connected process for continuous improvement. Transform your shipbuilding organization into an industry leader. Explore our solution paths to help create your digital shipyard.
Integrate your engineering, manufacturing and logistics processes through a centralized data backbone to share information seamlessly. Everyone can access up-to-date data in real time, leading to less time being wasted and fewer errors.
Focus on better manufacturing process planning and quality management by managing your manufacturing bill of materials (mBOM) and bill of process (BOP) in a single planning environment. This gives you the flexibility to improve manufacturing plans and enhance collaboration across the supply chain. By integrating quality management from the start, you can ensure you meet customer expectations and industry standards.
Manage your shipyard facilities with the help of digital technologies. Utilize a digital twin of the yard to optimize the layout and utilization, predict the return on investment of upgrades, and adopt innovative technologies, such as virtual reality and advanced robotics, more easily.
Shipbuilders benefit from digital ship construction
Increase data-sharing and reuse
Data management solutions store all shipbuilding data in one place, allowing for better collaboration and reuse. (Hyundai Heavy Industries)
Reduce development costs
Use simulation in production planning to reduce development costs and the risks associated with missed delivery dates. (Fincantieri)
Increase design productivity
Create a single source of truth so engineers can access up-to-date design data. (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering)
Hyundai Heavy Industries
World’s largest shipbuilder creates first digital shipyard environment to improve productivity in Korea
Company:Hyundai Heavy Industries
Industry:Marine
Location:Ulsan
Siemens Software:Teamcenter, Tecnomatix
To deploy truly innovative product lifecycle management, we have implemented Siemens Digital Industries Software, which allows integrated management across the whole process of sales, design, production and after-sale services.
Explore our resource library
Create a full digital twin of the vessel, shipyard and equipment to connect engineering, manufacturing and logistics data. Control assembly planning and integrate quality throughout the entire process. Use simulation tools to plan shipyard operations before the first plates are cut. Explore our resource library to learn more about a digital ship construction approach.
Marine engineering solutions for ship construction
Manufacturing process planning
Quality management
Product lifecycle management
Manufacturing execution management
Application development platform
Industrial IoT
Frequently asked questions
A digital shipyard is achieved by integrating the three main systems involved in ship construction: product lifecycle management (PLM), manufacturing operations management (MOM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP). Connecting these systems in one environment creates a single source of truth, leading to better visibility and decision-making.
With a digital ship construction solution, you can realize three key benefits:
- Maximized planning efficiency and productivity during the ship construction process
- Building complex vessels faster by eliminating process inefficiencies and suboptimal planning
- Fewer quality issues with closed-loop quality management
Secure data management, bill-of-materials management, quality management, production planning tools and process validation tools are important capabilities to look for in a ship construction solution.
Yes, our ship construction solutions, part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, are flexible and scalable, meaning they'll work with your established tools and processes.
Choosing a solution that's flexible in its configuration increases the likelihood of a smoother implementation. A cloud-based solution paired with the leading low-code application development environment can streamline the process and speed up implementation. Choosing a partner that provides excellent customer service is also critical to a smooth implementation.
For most shipbuilding projects, 80-90% of the project's total cost will be spent during construction. Therefore, efficient planning is key to success. Our solutions for ship construction can create a data backbone that connects key disciplines across the construction process, giving you full transparency into production and helping ensure quality at every stage of the shipbuilding process.
Learn more
Watch
Video | Managing the MBOM and BOP in shipbuilding
Read
Article | Q&A on implementing a virtual shipyard
Ebook | Six keys to digital manufacturing success for ship construction
Infographic | Increase collaboration in shipbuilding