The global shipbuilding sector is one of the most complex manufacturing sectors, demanding careful planning, extensive coordination, and continuous adaptation to change, both technological and regulatory. Today's shipyards must handle projects that take years to complete, require global teams of engineering and technical talent, and produce enormous volumes of critical data. They need solutions, however, that are customized to the unique challenges of their industry.

SSI has been a trusted partner to shipbuilders around the world for more than 35 years. The company has gained international recognition for its software; services and expertise serve only the shipbuilding industry. Its open Digital Shipbuilding Platform, consisting of ShipConstructor and ShipbuildingPLM, provides one source of truth from vessel conception to post-launch handover. This foundation is helping shipyards design, build, and maintain ships with more accuracy, collaboration, and efficiency.

A Digital Platform Built for Shipbuilding

A limited number of its competitors are committed to focused solutions for shipbuilding, and for more generic purposes, SSI's digital Shipbuilding Platform is designed with shipbuilding complexity in mind. By combining engineering, production, purchasing, and maintenance into one digital system, the platform breaks down barriers and ensures that data moves smoothly and quickly between different systems. Its flexibility enables tight integration with popular PLM, MRP, ERP and production environments without causing unnecessary disturbance and with the right data available at the right time.

Rapid Return on Investment

Shipbuilding work requires the results but not long implementation cycles. SSI overcomes this by providing sliced and incremented implementations that add value from day one. Built on industry-leading technologies including Autodesk, Microsoft SQL Server and Aras, SSI's solution shortens training time and speeds time to adoption. By automating tasks and allowing different departments to share data easily, the platform boosts productivity and quickly shows a clear return on investment.

Managing Change Effectively

Change will always be part of shipbuilding, but it is also a top cause of project delay. SSI gives shipyards the tools to understand the consequences of change, maintain data integrity and act on precise information. From purchasing teams receiving updated BOMs to production teams viewing shop floor documentation, SSI will keep all departments in sync. By reducing human rework and adding process efficiency and throughput, shipyards can dedicate more time to creativity in business and delivery and less time to dealing with disruption.

Collaboration and Global Innovation

Teams often disperse geographically, transforming shipbuilding into a global process. The reality that SSI enables: Virtualization enables secure collaboration with the cloud on platforms such as Microsoft Azure and AWS. This approach simplifies the coordination of distributed human resources, scaling of resources, and protection of intellectual property. In addition to collaboration, SSI invites new technologies such as digital twins, 3D scanning and model-based engineering to ensure that, as shipyards, we are leading the way in innovation.

Empowering Knowledge through Learning and Community

SSI knows a successful shipyard involves not just software but skilled people. To complement this, the company offers a large range of content with SSI Learning and SSI Nexus. SSI Learning focuses on providing National Shipbuilding Training certified courses, self-paced classes, training, and coaching to integrate, providing specific expertise on software utilized within the shipbuilding process. At the same time, SSI Nexus provides a platform for users, developers and implementers to discuss best practices, troubleshoot problems and guide the future of SSI's solutions. Together, these initiatives enable shipyards to get the most out of their digital transformation program.

Specialized Tools for Every Phase of Shipbuilding

At the heart of SSI's product base are products tailored to the different stages of shipbuilding. ShipConstructor is another market-leading 3D design and engineering system for vessel construction that helps accuracy throughout detail building. EnterprisePlatform: Through intelligent automation, EnterprisePlatform connects the diverse shipyard systems to ensure data exchange between departments in a seamless manner. Built on Aras Innovator, ShipbuildingPLM controls project data throughout its lifecycle and supports digital twin, change management, and scalability. Competitive integration and operational efficiency permeate the design, construction, and long-term maintenance of these solutions.

Leading Digital Transformation in Shipbuilding

SSI has a pragmatic and ambitious digital transformation vision. By allowing shipyards to implement digital solutions one step at a time, SSI creates the opportunity for organizations to modernize without throwing out the legacy. The platform's simplicity, model-based systems engineering capability, and ability to ensure verified data flows into production have established it as a trendsetter in the digital shipbuilding industry.With over 600 shipbuilders worldwide using its technology, SSI has proven time and again that industry-specific experience provides the most effective results.

The Way Forward

As the complexity and global competition in the shipbuilding industry continue to grow, SSI continues to be a leader in innovation and efficiency. Combined with decades of domain-specific knowledge within the shipbuilding industry, its open Digital Shipbuilding Platform gives shipyards the tools to adapt faster, collaborate more easily, and be more competitive. By prioritizing high-impact ROI, easier integration capabilities, and advancements that meet the technology needs of the future, SSI is not just powering projects for today but is also shifting the way we build the digital ships of tomorrow.

About the Leader

Denis Morais, CEO of SSI, has been internationally recognized for his published blogs, articles, and papers and continues to provide insights on innovative solutions for the marine industries. He has worked hand in hand with industry partners and SSI’s clients around the world to solve their most difficult business and technology challenges. This depth of understanding of both the current and future state of technology and the business of shipbuilding serve Denis well as he leads SSI towards the delivery of innovative products and services.

“We take advantage of the rapidly evolving technologies that define the future of the industry and understand how to implement them specifically for shipbuilders. Our team has been globally recognized for our specific solutions for the design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of shipbuilding projects.”