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guides, customer requirements, best software replaces the disconnected and nance projects, such as pit-stops, new

Auros Knowledge Systems

Auros has developed Auros, a software practices, and lessons learned. ineffective knowledge repositories that builds, re-? ts and long periods at anchor.

Auros maintains a company’s engi- typically exist in an engineering organi- The tailor-made module, which is fully system used by global manufacturing neering knowledge in a single active zation, including spreadsheets, data ? les integrated with the other TM Master ap- companies to ensure their products are designed in compliance with the latest knowledge database that automatically and documents and, because knowledge plications, can cover all the central tasks provisions the required and relevant is delivered to engineers automatically, involved in major projects from early standards and requirements consistent- ly across locations and manufacturing knowledge into existing engineering Auros eliminates the need to search for planning to execution and reporting.

facilities. The software has more than work? ows when and where it is needed. knowledge to make quality decisions, Docking projects are often planned 36,000 active users across a range of As the knowledge is applied, Auros as- and avoids those situations where engi- many years in advance of their execu- industries and was recently selected by sesses its application and documents neers are unaware of relevant rules or tion. TM Docking lets the user de? ne the whether the design is compliant, provid- requirements. initial project itself, either by creating the U.S. National Shipbuilding Research www.aurosks.com

Program (NSRP) to be implemented at ing traceability of the design evolution. a new project or basing it on an earlier

Through Auros, companies have elim- docking. In the period leading up to the four naval shipyards to provide knowl- inated recurring design ? aws, aligned vessel arrival at the dockyard, the user edge, through CAD, to advance ? rst-

Tero Marine: TM Docking product design with their manufactur- can add to and edit the jobs, with the fa- time quality of ship design. With Auros, ing capabilities, and established an in- TM Docking from Tero Marine has cility to lock the descriptions to protect all types of knowledge can be main- tegrated approach to capture and ad- been developed to simplify and support important information. Any type of job tained and delivered, including regula- vance their engineering knowledge. The all types of docking and other mainte- can be attached to the project, irrespec- tory requirements, design standards and www.marinelink.com 53

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