More shipyards migrate to MARS
A growing number of shipyards are specifying the MARS ERP system as part of their design soſtware packages.
S
ome 60 shipyards worldwide use Danish company Logimatic’s (ERP) enterprise resource planning product
MARS, first introduced 18 years ago, but uptake of the refined product shows little sign of slowing down. MARS is a vertical ERP system especially
developed for shipyards, with the information flow of all core yard processes integrated. Tere are four major applications: MARS Material for material management, MARS Production for production management, MARS Planning for resource planning and control, and MARS Tendering for cost estimation. ‘Significantly increased production
efficiency has been reached with MARS,’ Ivan Siksne-Pedersen, sales director at Logimatic toldTe Naval Architect. MARS is built around industry-
standard tools, including Oracle three-tier architecture. It is compatible with office tools and CAD systems. It can be run as a traditional client/server solution and in web architecture. A core feature for the success of MARS is the planning module. Some years ago a company specialised in systems for shipyard resource planning was acquired, and the software has now been further developed and fully integrated in the MARS Material module. The MARS Planning module includes main planning, detail planning, design
The basic plan for implementing the MARS system at a shipyard.
planning, and space management, for planning quays, production halls, cranes, storage areas, space, etc. ‘All recent yard contracts have also
included the MARS Planning module, emphasising the importance of logistics planning for newbuilding and repair yards,’ Mr Siksne-Pedersen said. MARS supports tendering and pre-
calculation, project establishment and planning, project and budget control, design and engineering, material definition, material management, procurement, warehousing, production control, subcontracting, document management, drawing management, tool management, and aſter-sales. Trough its modularity it is straightforward for shipyards to maintain existing IT systems, or parts of these, and integrate them with MARS. Logimatic has a staff of 115 based in
offices in Aalborg, Denmark; Germany; Beijing, China; and in the USA, with one further office currently being set up. Recently, Shanghai Shipyard and CSSC CDP acquired MARS. Shanghai Shipyard will implement all three main modules of MARS, resource and project planning, material management, and production control, at its two construction sites. CSSC Central Purchase Department
in Shanghai (CPD) is a newly-established organisation which will be in charge of purchase of materials and other deliveries for the entire CSSC shipbuilding group. When fully operational, CPD will have the largest purchasing volume of all shipbuilding organisations globally. ‘Last year, new clients included the major
US shipbuilders Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems, and we expect to be able to announce some other major new contracts in the USA and Asia this spring,’ said Mr Siksne-Pedersen. Recent major contracts include an ERP
frame agreement with Aker Yards, eight yards of which already use MARS. Other ERP clients include Dutch IHC Holland, Nam Trieu Shipyard in Vietnam, and Estaleiro Atlântico Sul in Brazil – which is implementing MARS at its new shipyard being built in Recife. Turkish Sedef Shipyard also recently upgraded its MARS installation with the planning
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The Naval Architect April 2008
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