Turning shipyard complexity into control with CADMATIC Wave: Webinar insights
In complex shipbuilding projects, engineering data, documentation, and workflows are commonly spread across multiple systems.
Production often begins before design is fully complete, and teams must constantly manage changing information, approvals, and documentation. As a result, shipyards often spend valuable time searching for information, resolving inconsistencies, and coordinating between teams.
In our recent webinar, “Turning shipyard complexity into control with CADMATIC Wave,” presented by our Lead PLM Consultant, Atte Peltola, we explored how shipyards can better manage this complexity by connecting data, processes, and project management in a structured way.
Why managing shipbuilding data is so challenging
Modern shipbuilding involves multiple stakeholders, tools, and data sources. Engineering disciplines work in parallel, information is stored in different locations, and teams need to view the same data from multiple perspectives – such as ship, system, spatial, and manufacturing views.
Without a structured approach, this can lead to:
- Uncertainty about the maturity or correctness of engineering data
- Manual approval processes and fragmented workflows
- Redundant work across organizational silos
- Communication challenges between stakeholders
These issues can ultimately result in delays, inefficiencies, and increased project risk.
One platform connecting ship data, processes, and projects
The webinar introduced CADMATIC Wave, a shipbuilding-specific data platform designed to bring engineering information, workflows, and project management together in one environment.
Wave connects different engineering and project views through a shipbuilding-specific data model, allowing teams to link functional, spatial, manufacturing, and project information around stable items and tags. This structure enables better traceability, improved collaboration, and more reliable decision-making throughout the ship lifecycle.
From fragmented data to controlled workflows
With structured data feeding directly into workflows and project processes, Wave helps create a more transparent and predictable project environment. Teams gain clearer visibility into tasks, documentation, and project status, while management benefits from improved situational awareness across the organization.
The result is a more controlled flow of information, reduced rework, and better alignment between engineering and production.
A structured path to implementation
The webinar also outlined a practical, step-by-step approach to adopting Wave. Shipyards can begin with demonstrations and pilot projects to validate use cases, followed by gradual implementation of selected modules. From there, organizations can expand the platform based on real operational needs and long-term strategy.
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