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From Data Noose to Data Intelligence

This is how Ulstein does it. Shipbuilder makes it possible.

aritime newbuild projects, conversions and main- Root Cause tenance projects have at least one thing in com- Geert Schouten, director at Shipbuilder explains the di-

M mon: millions are lost annually in the search for lemma. “Many maritime companies have heard of digital the right information. As much as 30 percent of all work transformation, but are unable to give it any real interpreta- within these maritime projects consists of unnecessary tion. For most of them it remains a big cloud. Some compa- searching stovepiped sources for data. The right data. This nies do want to go further and start searching for software. of course has a cause and fortunately, there is also a solution. They go to work diligently with often large, expensive soft-

Geert Schouten is co-founder and Director of Ship- ware packages that seem to be a safe choice. However, these builder Software. He worked for IHC Holland for 3 years parties have little to no af? nity with the maritime sector, before starting his consultancy career in IT and manage- while at the same time, the software is being used for highly ment for shipyards, ship owners, design of? ces and suppli- complex newbuild projects, conversions and maintenance ers. His experience showed that technical people were not projects. In short: a recipe for disaster. It is often clear on well supported with IT tools, he co-founded the company the shop ? oor that it should be different, but how?”

Shipbuilder in 2012. Schouten continues: “Even a search in Google, one of

Shipbuilder is a software managing data during the life the largest data companies in the world, yields a huge data- cycle of any maritime object. Shipbuilder, says Schouten, waste, or in other words, information that is of no use to is a game changer for the maritime industry. It enables us- you. What strikes me is that large data processing software ers to easily and ef? ciently specify, design, build (a.o. 3D) companies copy this search system one-on-one. It’s often and maintain all types of vessels. searching for a needle in a haystack. All maritime compa-

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