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Innovating Defense with Strategic Solutions
Explore our global project supporting one of the world's largest shipbuilders with cutting-edge digital defense technologies.
Our customer is an engineering and defense technologies leader. Recognized as one of the largest shipbuilders in the world, they have a history of trusted partnerships for the advancement of U.S. national security spanning over 130 years. The company also delivers critical capabilities, including building the most powerful and survivable naval ships ever built, unmanned systems, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems and AI applications.
As one of the world’s largest shipbuilders looking to enhance their operational efficiency, the customer realized the potential for improved design processes, reduced errors, higher return on investment (ROI) and seamless collaboration through an investment in digital design technologies. They identified their main pain point as the labor-intensive process of creating VWIs, which significantly affected their production schedule for carriers. As a leading expert in digital transformation for Industry 4.0, Engineering Industries eXcellence partnered with the customer to deliver innovative solutions that drove significant strategies leading to design process cost-savings and reduced lead times.
The project aimed to automate Model-Based Definition creation for Visual Work Instructions. The customer determined that VWIs would provide significant benefits in the shipyard but greatly underestimated the effort to manually create them. Their production schedule for carriers was impacted by the lack of VWIs. Knowing our Industries eXcellence team had automated VWIs for a wide range of companies within the same industry, they requested our expert support.
Key project activities included implementing Siemens NX CAD and configuring the tool to automate the ship design and analysis process. Our specialists integrated the application with the Siemens Teamcenter foundational PLM database and automated the addition of model-based PMI to the product design geometry set. Our experts also enabled dynamic associations from PMI to the product design model and facilitated the automated creation of up-to-date visual work instructions in PLM leveraging model-based definition data. Additionally, our team migrated the design and engineering data from the customer’s old PDM platform and CAD into Teamcenter, ensuring a smooth transition and enhanced operational efficiency. Overall, the project was accomplished ahead of schedule and resulted in a huge success, ultimately saving the day for carrier production.
Many Aerospace, Space & Defense manufacturers lack the internal expertise and resources to navigate the complexities of digital transformation independently. With over 10 years of experience in implementing Industry 4.0 solutions, Engineering Industries eXcellence offers unparalleled expertise and understanding of industry-specific challenges, standards and solutions. Our team of Digital Engineering specialists has a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions that reduce lead times and drive significant cost savings by leveraging the latest Model-Based Design strategies. Partnering with us ensures a comprehensive assessment of current systems, identification of gaps and seamless implementation of the right solutions, supporting your journey from start to finish.
