Shipping Out Of Troubled Waters

Goa
Shipyard primarily builds small and medium size naval vessels and repairs and
refits ships and other vessels. Based in Vasco-da-Gama, it has constructed or
re-fitted a variety of vessels for the Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard,
and also for a range of non-defense customers. The 167 mostly-unique vessels
built by Goa Shipyard include barges, tug boats, landing craft utilities (LCUs),
torpedo recovery vessels, survey craft, ferry craft, oilers, hydrographic survey
vessels, sail training ships, offshore patrol vessels, missile craft, extra fast
attack craft and advanced offshore patrol vessels, and damage control
simulators.

Goa Shipyard's IT
system consisted of a number of independent, home-grown applications. The lack
of integration meant project analysis was extremely slow and difficult. “An
integrated ERP solution was critical if we were to compete successfully in the
market. After all, integration translates to faster, more efficient operations,
cost savings and in our case, faster delivery of ships to our customers,” said
Anand Golwalkar, officiating GM-Finance and ERP IT-in-charge, Goa Shipyard.

At a Glance Issue: Integration across various in-house apps Reason: Lack of integration made project analysis slow and difficult Vendor/Solution: SSA Global/ERP Benefits Operational costs went down 10% Shipbuilding time reduced by 20% Reduction in volume of data entry Purchase of raw material automated, saving time and reducing errors All day-to-day transactions are processed in real time across the enterprise Automated paperless transactions have reduced internal approval process time

Goa Shipyard
implemented SSA ERP and SSA PLM running on an HP/Microsoft Windows 2000 platform
with Microsoft SQL Server database, adopting a two-phase approach or “Extended
Go Live.” It specifically implemented the SSA PDM bi-directional integration
to the SSA Baan ERP Project module to streamline all engineering to production
business processes as well as to the SSA ERP industrial projects module to
manage all budget cost elements. And the total combined solution was integrated
with applications such as Primavera for product scheduling, TRIBON for ship
designing, CARS for attendance management and a homegrown tendering application
with access offered via Intranet and Internet.

The finance and related
applications went live in the first phase, followed subsequently by the
remaining processes such as manufacturing/project execution, quality, servicing
and plant maintenance. This approach made for a smoother handover to end users,
ensuring they were comfortable with the SSA ERP and PLM solutions. The
implementation followed a structured planning and monitoring methodology that
exposed any issues quickly, allowing the project to progress according to plan.
The entire project was completed in nine months, managed by SSA Global
implementation partner Godrej Infotech, with the active involvement of a
15-member team from Goa Shipyard.

“The results that we
have seen since the SSA Global implementation are outstanding, with operational
costs down 10% and shipbuilding time reduced by 20%, that translates into six
months,” informed Rear Admiral Sampath Pillai, CMD, Goa Shipyard. The purchase
of raw materials has been automated, saving time and reducing errors and all
day-to-day transactions are processed in real time across the enterprise, while
automated paperless transactions have reduced internal approval process time by
100%. The build up of an elaborate database within the integrated solution now
supports accurate estimate and forecasting.

Team DQ  

mail@dqindia.com