EMEA 2012 – Consulting Services

ShipConstructor Senior Partner: Nick Danese, NDAR 1

ShipConstructor Consulting Services

     Why For everyone Optimize Minimize price of ownership Maximize return on investment 2

ShipConstructor Consulting Services

          Everyone grows and evolves differently Company- / Subcontractor- / Supplier-wide Empowered engineering and Engineering Implementation Improve existing usage Enhance procedures Assist with automation Template set-up Custom programming of scripts and applications Manager: Steve Iveson (40 years experience) 3

ShipConstructor Consulting Services

 5 stages 1.

Implementation 2.

Comprehensive 3.

Refresher 4.

Custom 5.

Automation 4

ShipConstructor Consulting Services

 Process 1.

Initial review with client 2.

Review data offsite (standards, processes, documentation, etc.) 3.

On site review 4.

Report 5.

Propose strategy 6.

Action (training, milestone review documentation, etc.) 5

ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Implementation

 Review & analyse Modelling strategies & tactics, drafting strategies, Cchange management, deliverables, approved design package, build strategy, checking techniques, catalogues, standards, skills' assessment, integratio & interfacing with other programs, use of NavisWorks, sistership management, etc.

 Goals Improve decision making at earlier stages, improve processes, apply best practices.

Smoothly integrate new procedures, assess training needs (if any) 6

ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Comprehensive

 Review & analyse Actual use of ShipConstructor, latest ShipConstructor functionality, IT (hardware & software), staff's skill, deliverables, in-house processes and workflow, change management, check cycles, multiple hull projec strategy, customization & configuration, ShipConstructor update strategy, etc.

 Goals Significant productivity improvement, plan customer specific training, etc.) 7

ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Refresher

 Review & analyse • Applicability of latest ShipConstructor functionality, Review implementation of previously recommended standards and processes, Review Personnel skills, Review of Production Communications, Review of Production Deliverables, Change management monitoring, Review of Check Cycle, Review of Extent of Customization, Current Software Update Strategy, etc.  Goals Verify incorporation of maintaining best practices identified in previous consults, develop new ones if needed, implement latest ShipConstructor releases to improve cost/benefit, deliver additional training if required.

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ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Custom

 Review & analyse Generally downstream of an Implementation Consult, approach customer-specific requirements.  Goals Improve the corresponding aspects of the implementation, for example naming conventions, standards, all the way to processes (intra- and extra-engineering), be they management, design or production.

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ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Automation

 Review & analyse Identify and qualify requirements, develop a job specification including milestone reviews and goal re-assessment.  Goals

(Not to re-write ShipConstructor.)

Develop and implement a suite of software tools, tailored to the clients’ specific needs, to automating repetitive tasks (LISP, ProScript, etc.).

Recent example: LISP routine to reformat and dimension profile plots to a very specific format.

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ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Case Study A PROCESS FOCUSED APPROACH TO ERP INTEGRATION WITH CAD (ICCAS 2011)

 Darren Larkins, CEO ShipConstructor Software)  Patrick Roberts, Director of Operations at ShipConstructor Software USA 11

ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Case Study DATA RICH DATA HUNGRY

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ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Case Study

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ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Case Study

 Business Process Mapping:

- Technology Focused, Manufacturing Oriented, Macro and Micro scale

 Data Alignment Map  Neutral Data Definition

- ERP neutral, satisfy Data Alignment Map

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ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Case Study

 First Results:

- Software Tools linking Product Hierarchies, SC 3D Model, SC dwg with MBOM, SC XML file

 Data Alignment Map  Neutral Data Definition

- ERP neutral, satisfy Data Alignment Map

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ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Case Study

 Overall Results:  Reduction in scheduling delays  Increased production throughout  Identified Process Improvement 16

ShipConstructor Consulting Services: Case Study

 Next step:

ShipConstructor ENTERPRISE PLATFORM

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Thank You

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