Streamlining the execution of maritime commissioning with a digital assistance system

Journal
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology  
First published in
IFIP advances in information and communication technology  
Number in series
691
Volume
691 AICT
Start Page
49
End Page
63
Citation
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS 2023)
Contribution to Conference
International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, APMS 2023  
Publisher DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-43670-3_4
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85174442235
Publisher
Springer Nature Switzerland
ISBN
978-3-031-43669-7
978-3-031-43670-3
978-3-031-43671-0
978-3-031-43672-7
Providing the best possible support to commissioning engineers is critical for efficient execution of commissioning and on-time delivery of a shipbuilding project. This paper contributes to current research on the digitization of maritime commissioning and builds on existing approaches to a digital twin. Based on an analysis of the execution process, this paper presents a human-centric digital assistance system that is designed to provide the commissioning engineers with an improved information supply and to increase situational awareness in the complex and error-prone ETO process. In addition, the system can be connected to the ship automation system via OPC UA to display, check, and document sensor values directly in the assistance system. Problems and rework items can be documented context-sensitively and with little effort and fed back into the digital twin. The automated documentation and continuous enrichment of the digital twin help reduce effort, make the commissioning process more transparent, and progress indications more resilient. The prototype implementation at three shipyards promises improvements in productivity and quality.
Subjects
digital assistance system
digital twin
human-centric production systems
ship commissioning
DDC Class
330: Economics
620: Engineering