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tool that helps shipyards handle these for shipyards needs more easily, providing computer- supported answers to major questions such as when and where to develop what products and with resources limited by availability and restricted materials. Simulation, visualization and is a simulation-based and modular toolset with proven ben- optimization of shipbuilding processes efits for optimizing production and logistics in the shipbuilding industry, allowing the graphical representation of Benefits Summary • Optimized space and crane utilization ® ’s Plant parts and resources and interfacing to Simulation enables the simulation and database systems. This toolset enables • Advanced assembly sequence optimization of complex shipyard pro- you to model the employment of avail- scheduling duction systems and processes. Using able shift calendars with customer- • Increased planning safety and Plant Simulation, you can optimize specific user-interfaces and interactive accuracy material flow, resource and space model manipulation. Plant Simulation is utilization as well as the logistics for all used to optimize the building of cruise • Higher service reliability levels of the shipyard from scheduling liners, car and passenger ferries, con- • Improved logistics and material man- individual welding activities up to the tainer vessels and gas tankers, aircraft agement with clarity of complex complete ship assembly. carriers, submarines and naval ships. processes Plant Simulation supports strategic The challenges of today’s shipyard corporate projects by enabling project • Safer investment decisions industry are complicated by having to managers to identify the best shipyard deliver increasingly complex products in • Ability to better decide upon make at which to build new ships. Plant a highly competitive marketplace. versus buy issues Simulation also can be used to manage Shipyards now face the need to build internal production and outsourcing • Ability to more accurately predict more ships in a shorter time and to strategies, as well as the operational delivery times offer services at competitive­ prices and work sequences and schedules that are with short delivery times. Plant • Ability to reduce the risk of product used to distribute the daily workload. Simulation is an event-driven simulation failure or delay

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Features All processes follow easy-to-understand Where Plant Simulation applies • Simulation of complex production interactive and iterative functions. • Predicting schedule problems systems and control strategies Users start the scheduling, look at • Predicting workplace-efficiency results and, if needed, make changes • Object-oriented, hierarchical models (for example excluding a special sub- • Finding concept changes for expand- of shipyards, encompassing business, block). Users restart the scheduling to ing shipyards logistic and production processes verify that the changes were correct. • Sequence-control of assembly lines • Graphs and charts for analyzing Plant Simulation is able to predict throughput, resources and utilization in each project area, depend- • Optimizing warehouse and transport bottlenecks ing on the number and kind of blocks capacities being assembled every day, week and • Comprehensive analysis tools, includ- • Steel planning month. ing automatic bottleneck checking • Optimizing availability of needed • Sankey diagrams and Gantt charts Why traditional planning tools manpower do not work • 3D online visualization and animation Static planning tools, such as spread- References • Integrated neural networks and sheets or flow-charting software, are • Aker Yards, Germany experiment handling unable to generate results that account • Center Of Maritime Technologies, for variability and changing conditions • Automated optimization of system Germany over time. Relevant interdependencies parameters between system components and • Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, • Open system architecture supporting technological constraints are not usu- Germany multiple interfaces and integration ally taken into consideration. Complex • Meyer Werft Papenburg, Germany capacities (ActiveX, C, CAD, MS Excel, rules that control the flow of informa- Oracle SQL, ODBC, XML, Socket, OPC, tion and material often cannot be • ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems: etc.) accounted for when traditional plan- Blohm + Voss, Germany ning tools are used. In addition, the Nordseewerke Emden, Germany visualization does not offer 3D anima- Kockums, Sweden tion capabilities. • Volkswerft Stralsund, Germany Result Plant Simulation facilitates the simula- tion of the highly complex shipyard environment. It offers a good basis for Siemens PLM Software deciding the outsourcing and produc- www.siemens.com/plm tion strategies, while facilitating Americas +1 314 264 8499 844-GEO-SUPT cross-project resource planning, [email protected] increasing planning safety and improv- Europe +44 (0) 1276 413200 geoplm.com ing the utilization of major resources Asia-Pacific +852 2230 3308 such as employees, cranes and square footage.

User case • Decreased throughput time from 60 © 2017 Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. Siemens, the Siemens logo and to 52 days (-14 percent) SIMATIC IT are registered trademarks of Siemens • Decreased direct labor on the panel AG. Camstar, D-Cubed, , Fibersim, line from 8,280 to 6,600 hours (-20 Geolus, GO PLM, I-deas, JT, NX, Omneo, , , Syncrofit, and percent) Tecnomatix are trademarks or registered trademarks of Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United States and in other countries. All other trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks belong to their respective holders. 8852-A4 5/17 W