Ship lifecycle management

A ship’s life cycle starts at the initial concept and design and continues through engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, ongoing maintenance and finally decommissioning at the end of its life.

In a digital environment, ship lifecycle management encompasses all the product information and processes through each stage of a ship’s lifecycle in one centralized “data backbone.” Ship lifecycle management software can:

• Control costs and improve process execution
• Enable safe and smooth collaboration among all stakeholders
• Reduce risk exposure by ensuring closed-loop change management
• Manage project information in a centralized environment
• Protect corporate knowledge by consolidating design and construction information in a single place

Secure data management, process enablement, bill-of-materials management, requirements management and change management are all important capabilities to ensure seamless collaboration and manage the complexity of the entire ship lifecycle.

Siemens ship lifecycle management tools are flexible and scalable and will work with established tools and processes. You won’t need to change your processes; rather, the data management capabilities will enable your teams to collaborate better and run more efficiently.

If the solution you choose is flexible in its configuration, you will likely experience a smoother implementation. It’s also important that you choose a trusted partner that provides excellent customer service. Finally, a cloud-based solution can simplify the process and speed up implementation, allowing you to experience ROI even faster.

Ship design and manufacturing are complex, so it's important to keep the bill of materials (BOM) structured and accurate. By centralizing multiple BOMs in one place, you loop information transfer across teams and the supply chain, displaying accurate, task-relevant and highly visual BOM data that connects design to manufacturing to operations.