ESTALEIRO Atlântico Sul: Case Study

ESTALEIRO Atlântico Sul
South America’s leading shipyard implements

industry-specific ERP solution
CASE
STUDY
Estaleiro Atlântico Sul shipyard (EAS) Estaleiro Atlântico Sul builds practically all
was established in 2006, through a types of carrier vessels of up to 500,000 DTW,
partnership between Camargo Corrêa, including:
Queiroz Galvão, Samsung Heavy
Industries from South Korea, and PJMR. T VLCC
T Tankers (Suezmax and Panamax)
With more than 4,000 employees and T Gas carriers
state-of-the-art production facilities, it T Container ships
is the largest and most modern naval and T Drilling ships
offshore construction shipyard on the
South American continent. Other products include offshore platforms of the
semi-submersible type, FPSO (Floating
The establishment of Estaleiro Atlântico Production, Storage and Offloading), TLP
Sul is seen as a landmark in the (Tension Leg Platform) and Spar. EAS also offers
reactivation of the shipbuilding industry a vast range of repair services for vessels and oil
in Brazil, which has resulted in a total exploration units, taking advantage of the
investment of R$1.4 billion. shipyard’s strategic and privileged location with
regard to global maritime traffic and the large Aerial view of Estaleiro Atlântico Sul’s shipyard in
Recife in 2008, when the yard was still under
deepwater oil & gas production fields.
construction.
The newly-established shipyard has a busy order

book and works with many different projects for One of the candidates that EAS found was a
large clients, such as the state-owned, world- system called AVEVA MARS. ‘We knew AVEVA
leading, energy company PETROBRAS, as well as MARS by reputation,’ says Ricardo Gomes, ‘as it
the two giant shipowners TRANSPETRO and is a dedicated ERP solution developed with the
NOROIL. sole purpose of helping shipyards to optimise
their work processes. One of the first meetings
Selecting the right ERP system we had with AVEVA was at the well-known
Before, and during, the construction phase of maritime SMM exhibition in Hamburg, where we
the shipyard, several strategic decisions had to saw a live demonstration of the AVEVA MARS
be made by the management team and other key system. Over the following months, we had an
persons from Estaleiro Atlântico Sul shipyard ongoing dialogue with AVEVA, and some of their
regarding various investments in production consultants visited our premises to further
machinery, IT systems, and so on. EAS’s ERP demonstrate the concept and features of AVEVA
Project Manager, Ricardo Gomes, states that this MARS.
process was unusual for one particular reason.
‘We finally concluded that AVEVA MARS was the
Benefits obtained from ‘When our shipyard was under construction, one superior solution. This was mainly because of its
using AVEVA MARS ERP of our main tasks was selecting an ERP system proven record throughout the global
that was able to handle the various key shipbuilding industry, but definitely also
T Reduced purchasing costs processes at the shipyard. This selection process because, as a shipyard-specific ERP solution, we
was quite atypical, as our shipyard had not even felt sure that it would enhance our processes
T Optimised material flow
been built then. Hence, it was impossible for us from the beginning.
T Improved project to compare a potential new system with an
planning existing one. On the other hand, we saw that as a ‘We also needed to select a financial package to
huge advantage for us, because it would mean complement the AVEVA MARS system. With the
T Reduced manufacturing that the new ERP system would be ready to assistance of a local consulting company,
costs perform from Day One, as soon as our shipyard different workshops were held with potential
was constructed.’ ERP suppliers, and we eventually decided that
T Shorter production time the SAP solution for Finance and HR was a good
choice.
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Industry-specific ERP solution equals rapid gains
The AVEVA MARS system has now been rolled out across various business
areas at the Estaleiro Atlântico Sul shipyard. It is considered to be among
the most crucial IT systems at the shipyard, and the overall impression is
very positive.
Ricardo Gomes continues, ‘The implementation of AVEVA MARS was

completed at the beginning of 2009, following a highly professional
collaboration between AVEVA and our project team. Today, we benefit from
the use of AVEVA MARS in all our shipyard processes, including:
T Material definition/status
T Control of outfitting
T Work order follow-up
Specialised vessels, such as drilling ships, are also built at EAS. T Project planning
T Production planning
‘It further turned out that the combination of AVEVA MARS and SAP was
already installed at other shipyards, which convinced us that this was a ‘Even though we do not have an old system to compare AVEVA MARS with,
strong combination for our shipyard. You could say that we selected the we can in any case conclude that it is performing well. It is clear that AVEVA
best of both worlds, in order to establish a shipyard-specific ERP MARS is developed to optimise shipyard processes, and it works seamlessly
architecture,’ continues Ricardo Gomes. with our other IT systems.
World-leading ERP solution for shipyards ‘With AVEVA MARS we are able to estimate various costs related to building
AVEVA MARS ERP is developed by AVEVA, an Engineering IT company with a specific vessel, including materials flow, production time and
many international offices. procurement.
AVEVA MARS is a shipbuilding process management system that optimises ‘That kind of information is essential to us with regard to future projects,
project control, logistics, materials management, resource and production such as when building sister ships, because we can determine in which
planning. It is designed specifically for the shipyard industry, to areas the costs have been increasing or decreasing. In that way, we are able
significantly reduce cost and construction time, thereby increasing the to reduce some costs for the next project. This helps us keep a firmer and
profitability of shipyards. more accurate control of our material flow, as well as our production time,
and these gains will ultimately be reflected in our financial results.
It consists of three applications:
MARS Material for material management ‘In AVEVA MARS, we have obtained a dedicated and powerful ERP solution
MARS Planning for resource planning and control that will help us become an even more competitive yard, and thereby
MARS Production for production management manifest our position as the leading shipyard on the South American
continent,’ concludes Ricardo Gomes.
AVEVA MARS is developed in close cooperation with several of the world’s
leading shipyards, which means that a number of best-practice processes
have been incorporated into the system, giving natural support for
processes which are vital for a modern shipyard. Today, the AVEVA MARS
system is implemented at more than 70 shipyards globally; close to 2,000
ships of different types have successfully been built using the system.
‘After having implemented AVEVA MARS, we can see

clearly that our production processes are firmly
controlled, and the use of materials is very accurate. We
feel certain that AVEVA MARS will continue to improve our
shipyard processes in years to come, as it is the only
system worldwide that is tailored for shipbuilding.’
Ricardo Gomes, ERP Project Manager, Estaleiro Atlântico Sul The newly-established state-of-the-art production facilities of Estaleiro Atlântico Sul.
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© Copyright 2010 AVEVA Solutions Limited. All rights reserved. CS/EAS
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ESTALEIRO Atlântico Sul

South America’s leading shipyard implements

The newly-established shipyard has a busy order

Ricardo Gomes continues, ‘The implementation of AVEVA MARS was

‘After having implemented AVEVA MARS, we can see

© Copyright 2010 AVEVA Solutions Limited. All rights reserved. CS/EAS

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