DNV Software is currently carrying out several strategic projects in Korea, building on its vision and long-term strategy: ‘State-of-the-art engineering software integrated with workflow solutions offering an enhanced environment for good business performance, quality control and continuous learning within the organisation.’
DNV Software delivers valuable solutions to its Korean customers, helping them improve their business performance and organisational learning.
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME).
11 May 2006 marked an important milestone for DNV Software; it was the date for declaring our Brix Workflow Manager officially in production at Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME). The delivered solution is targeting the Vibration and Noise Free Design & Analysis process at the yard.
The event was marked with a meeting at the shipyard, gathering the process end users and managers as well as the head of the Engineering & Technical Division at the yard, Vice President Y.M. Lee. The Brix Workflow solution has been very well received by the engineers and the responsible managers. DSME has high expectations of the system.
“Today’s event is an important one as, if the new system proves efficient and beneficial to our technical work, we will seek to introduce Brix into the rest of the departments at the Technology Division, covering all of the design work at the yard,” said Y.M. Lee at the gathering.
DNV Software’s solution, now being in production, provides a Brix show-room at the yard. Given a successful implementation, the solution will be discussed and demonstrated at numerous meetings. Making sure this primary deliverable is a success will be the best way DNV Software can support Y.M. Lee in his ambition to spread Brix throughout the DSME organisation.
DSME also stated their gratitude towards DNV Software for its continuous support and effort in delivering to expectations. Special thanks went to the developers in the project, all of whom have worked in a dedicated manner to reach this important milestone. At the time of printing, the two other work processes covering the Basic Structural and Marketing Design activities are also being put into production at the yard.
As part of the project, DNV Software has also trained four software engineers from DSME in the Brix Workflow API, focusing on how to develop workflow applications on top of the Brix Foundation. The purpose of the training is to bring DSME up to speed on maintaining the delivered solution by themselves. In the future, DSME plans to extend the use of Brix Workflow within their organisation.
The Brix Explorer environment:
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI)
DNV Software delivered the Brix Workflow Planner Pilot to SHI on 13 March after a two-month pilot project. The pilot successfully demonstrated functionality covering all the main SHI requirements:
- Project Management
- Project Plan/Event Scheduling
- Activity Scheduling
- Individual Scheduling System
- Checklists
- Linking Planning and Process Management
The pilot project was finished with a oneday workshop at SHI on the island of Geoje, Korea. At the workshop, DNV Software demonstrated the pilot functionality to engineers and managers from SHI’s Marine Research Institute, responsible for carrying out all basic design and related analysis tasks for all vessels delivered by SHI. They were impressed by the rich functionality delivered by DNV Software in a very short time. SHI will now internally evaluate the potential for using Brix Workflow for their engineering activities covering all design disciplines.
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Engineering Company (DSEC)
DSEC is an engineering design company fully owned by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME). DSEC has around 150 engineers, and sells basic design engineering and production drawings to other shipyards worldwide.
DNV Software has carried out Phase 1 of an implementation project for DSEC during the period April–September 2006. The aim of Phase 1 is to provide DSEC with an engineering management tool covering all their design programs. The project uses Brix Foundation and Brix Project Manager to plan and manage all DSEC’s design rojects, including engineering tasks and design programs.
A design program typically involves more than 400 drawings with interdependencies with respect to both time and information. A business process template (list of activities) is associated with each drawing, adding up to more than 1,000 activities to manage within a single project. One of the main DSEC requirements is to be able to predict the project’s critical path (the chain of inter-dependent tasks with the longest overall duration, determining the shortest time to complete the project).
In addition to the project planning and scheduling, the solution also includes seamless integration of all project documents (letters, faxes, e-mails, reports etc.). Notification and work progress reporting is also part of the delivered solution.