Samsung Heavy to become 1st paperless drawing shipyard

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To ensure a smooth transition to a digital work environment, it will provide 3,000 tablet PCs to its employees by next year and continuously upgrade the devices' performance.“The full application of 3D digital drawings is a significant milestone in the digital transformation of the shipbuilding industry,” said Lee Wang-geun, vice president of Samsung Heavy.“We will continue to expand the application of digital technologies and build a companywide smart integrated management infrastructure,” he added.

Samsung Heavy Industries Co.said on Monday it will adopt three-dimensional (3D) digital drawings for its entire ship design and construction process starting in October to become the world’s first shipyard without paper drawings.

Switching to digital drawings, Samsung Heavy expects to reduce costs equivalent to 600,000 sheets of paper used for ship drawings annually and cut labor-related costs by 45% in terms of employees involved in designing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier and its installation.

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Category: Economy

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Published On: 2024-09-30 @ 16:11:46 (2 hours ago)

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