SHIPBUILDING
Streamlining Manufacturing Operations on the Production Floor
INTRODUCTION
Shipbuilding, Ship Maintenance, and Overhaul
Shipyards are looking to modernizing practices and leveraging digital technologies to take operations to new levels of productivity. The convergence of technologies enabled by a new model-based enterprise (MBE) philosophy leverage the engineering 3D models throughout Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) processes. In this new digital environment, shipyards can leverage technologies like connected product and equipment, optimized 3D illustrated work packages, inspection drones, augmented reality, and improved intelligence to create a new IT platform and reach new levels of productivity.
The key to enabling the effective use of these technologies is to connect data and systems throughout the enterprise for the entire product lifecycle from engineering into production and sustainment. iBASEt’s Solumina creates a Digital Thread for change management by integrating task planning and execution processes to engineering, scheduling, and parts management. Solumina handles much more than the electronic Technical Work Documents (eTWD), it becomes a critical part of the collaborative workflow that links processes across many departments and ensures delivery of the right information to the right place at the right time. The Digital Thread not only ensures configuration management it also maintains as-built and as-maintained records.
How Virgin Orbit Found an MES to Trust
MES IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS STORY
With cosmic goals and an aggressive production rate, Virgin’s new Orbit division needed a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) it could trust. Read on to learn how Solumina delivered a fast, reliable solution.
Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems – Clearwater Operations
QUALITY MANAGEMENT SUCCESS STORY
At Lockheed Martin’s Clearwater plant in Florida, quality management is not just about compliance to industry and customer requirements―the team has a continuous improvement culture that has led to impressive results, awards and recognition from its customers.
How BAE Systems Implemented a People First MES
SOLUMINA MANAGEMENT, MES IMPLEMENTATION SUCCESS STORY
Follow BAE Systems as they quickly learned the importance of capturing the necessary engagement across functions within the project lifecycle, from the generation of requirements to scenario testing and gap identification, to training and post go-live support in order to successfully roll out Solumina.
The Journey to a Paperless Shop Floor Pays Off for General Dynamics AIS
SOLUMINA QUALITY, MES SYSTEM SUCCESS STORY
The production facility went from a highly paper-based and manually controlled process to one where the manufacturing and quality management system, Solumina, is the focal point for building hardware.
How Cirrus Aircraft Leverages Solumina
MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM SUCCESS STORY
Cirrus Aircraft worked closely with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to achieve certification for the Vision Jet, using Solumina MES in place of part piece level conformity. Going digital was a big part of the certification process transformation for Cirrus.
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The most effective MES strategies make contributions well beyond the shop floor.
