Aras® today announced that Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards (VSY), a pioneer in shipbuilding and ship repairs, has selected the Aras Innovator® platform for PLM to support their development as a world-class shipbuilding company under the Government of Canada’s National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS). Seaspan will use Aras to unify critical processes for the design, construction, maintenance and repair of vessels.
After evaluating several PLM solution suites, Seaspan selected Aras for its native Web platform technology, out-of-the-box functionality, application flexibility and extensive customization capabilities while assuring upgradability. Seaspan concluded that these aspects of Aras will enable significantly better ability to improve and evolve processes as market requirements continue to evolve. Seaspan will take advantage of Aras for Requirements Management through Configuration and Change Management based on CMII methodologies.
“We look forward to serving as a product innovation platform across the lifecycle in Seaspan’s continued drive toward world-class shipbuilding performance,” said Peter Schroer, CEO of Aras. “Aras Innovator will provide Seaspan with the scalability and flexibility required for taking on a wide range of design, build and repair projects.”
