Ship Building

	Download the Duramax Marine Case Study

Shipbuilding is one of the world’s most globally competitive and capital-intensive industries. Tougher customer demands for quality products in shorter lead times and pricing pressures continue to escalate. The key to retaining profitable customer relationships is to manage project resources in a collaborative ERP environment that synchronizes with customer requirements and outsourced partner needs.

The Infor ERP SyteLine enterprise software solution helps manage the entire design-to-service lifecycle for shipbuilders and suppliers. It provides the transparency to manage complex shipbuilding dynamics with real-time project monitoring; supply chain planning and execution; full lot, serial, and revision control; and service management. As a result, you’ll lower costs, increase capacity, and give your customers the level of product excellence they require.

The Infor ERP SyteLine enterprise software solution includes ERP and complementary solutions that increase customer satisfaction, directly support lean manufacturing initiatives, drive transparency through the complete value chain, and help you run a profitable, customer-responsive business. Of particular interest to boat and ship manufacturers:

• Integrated contract management
•  Manage product specifications, delivery dates, payment conditions, freight terms, installation and service agreements to ensure common views and real-time accuracy.
• Rules-based, parametric and multi-level sales configurator
• Rapidly and accurately configure and dynamically price complex products.
• Product data management, engineering change management and document management
• Complete engineering change control, product lifecycle, lot tracking, across all internal and external operations.
• Advanced Planning System (APS)
• Order driven ATP and CTP promising through distributed multi-site order management capabilities.
• Fully integrated Quality Management
• Satisfy customers, control costs, and improve processes
• Comprehensive and centralized customer relationship management (CRM)
• Fully integrated sales, support, field services and installed base tracking.
• Integrated multinational financial management applications
• Effectively manage global finances, currency fluctuations, reporting

Infor has years of embedded industry expertise acquired by partnering with leading shipbuilding companies and suppliers. Our business-specific integrated solutions are tailored to the needs of your industry, ensuring you have what it takes to streamline your operations, optimize repair services, remain competitive … and be more enterprising.