GEI-PRO CIMS System Researched And Application In COSCO Guangdong Shipyard

The world shipbuilding industry is focus on to Asia step by step, especially in the 21st century China as the representative developed rapidly, which has brought unprecedented opportunities as well as the intense competition in the market. Particularly after year of 2008, Under the global financial crisis, the China's shipbuilding industry had entered in low and bearing huge pressure for further development. And there's no doubt that we have to improve the technology, optimize the work flow, provide better quality and service in order to achieve enough share of the market.COSCO Guangdong Shipyard is the subsidiary of COSCO Shipyard Group, the core enterprise of Cosco Group, initiated in shipbuilding projects at prosperous year of 2007 and already become a significant shipyard in shibuidling field through rapid expansion. In the increasingly intense competition, the development of Guangdong COSCO Shipyard is restricted by the traditional building experience. The critical point to improve the development of Cosco Guangdong Shipyard is that updating building mentality and straightening out building work flow.As Cosco Guangdong Shipyard entered shipbuilding field not so long, at early stage it's obliged to manage the building by traditional way i.e. plans are compiled by personnel and coordination among various departments is also by personnel. However shipbuilding as a plan-based industry involved in wide range of majors and departments and requiring also nice coordination between different departments and type of work. Obviously plans and coordination just done by personnel in a large company then the efficiency will be affected due to unavoidable communication barriers. In order to enhance the competitiveness, normalize the mentality, improve the efficiency, Cosco Guangdong Shipyard introduced the GEO-PRO CIMS system from South Korea at the beginning of year 2008. As a result, the entire planning system is improved, building mentality is steadily unified after application of CIMS system. Which provide the forceful guarantee to shorten production cycle and improve building efficiency.CIMS system is a computer integrated system collecting information of design, production, goods and materials and etc. in one interface. It helps to establish modern shipbuilding mode gradually on the basis of information technology.This article introduces the principle, function of GRE-PRO CIMS system and its application in COSCO Guangdong Shipyard, including also issues encountered, effect brought and so on.