Siemens PLM Software Offers Solutions to Asia Pacific Yards, Regional Views
“It’s a little bit of a future directional concept of high definition PLM … you are really looking at things from the role of a user. To get the information he wants so he can use it to do his job more effectively and drive productivity. Information is the power you want to put in the hands of the user,” Ghatikar commented.
SPLM is not entirely new in Asia Pacific as its solutions are already in use in South Korea as well as in China and Japan. Shipyards in South Korea were among the earliest adopters of such technology, utilizing PLM solutions to boost their competitive edge.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), one of the world’s largest shipbuilding company, used SPLM’s softwares Tecnomatix for digital manufacturing and Teamcenter for product data management. Such solutions have helped HHI achieved integrated management of shipbuilding-related data and created an environment for design work and innovation.
Local rival Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) also tapped on SPLM solutions. DSME inked a Memorandum of Understanding with SPLM to develop a system for computer-aided design (CAD), PLM and digital manufacturing (DM). The aim was to work towards the development of a “digital shipyard” which would take the shipbuilding industry to the next level. SPLM is also in talks with Samsung Heavy Industries on the use of the former’s software solutions.
Challenges for Singapore Yards
While business for leading Singapore offshore contractors has been hit by slowing orders and sustained challenge from lower cost competition from China during the first half of this year, the overall order book for companies such as Keppel Offshore and Marine (Keppel O&M) remains favorable.
The order book for Keppel O&M stood at $11.27 billion (SGD 14.1 billion) at the end of June, inclusive of $1.03 billion (SGD 1.3 billion) new orders received in the second quarter. These new contracts cover orders for the conversion of a floating liquefied natural gas facility and a floating production, storage and offloading vessel as well as a subsea construction vessel contract and a jackup repair job.
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