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Maximizing fleet availability and boosting profitability

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM)
Applicable Industries	Marine & Shipping
Applicable Functions	Maintenance
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Remote Asset Management
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., a leading services provider for the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, faced the challenge of carrying out essential maintenance in a time- and cost-effective way. The company operates more than 300 vessels in five continents, and the sand and salt water environments in which it operates could significantly shorten the lifespans of its multi-million dollar equipment. To meet its commercial objectives, the company aimed to complete essential maintenance tasks quickly and efficiently. However, managing such a large fleet spread across multiple locations was a complex process. The company aimed to improve asset reliability by transitioning from a reactive to a preventative maintenance model. Read More
About Customer	Founded in 1910 and employing 8,500 people, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors. Its clients include governments, port operators, oil, gas and power companies and shipping companies. For enterprises with asset portfolios that attract substantial operational costs, profitability depends on keeping downtime to a minimum. This was the situation facing Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. To meet its commercial objectives, the company aims to complete essential maintenance tasks quickly and efficiently—but managing more than 300 vessels in five continents is a complex process. Read More
Solution	To drive better insight into its extensive asset base and maximize asset uptime, Boskalis uses IBM Maximo Asset Management software to manage its end-to-end maintenance processes in a single, centralized solution. The company uses the Maximo solution together with SRO Data Replicator (SDR) software from IBM Premier Business Partner SRO Solutions. This combination ensures that Boskalis can effectively manage even its most remote vessels. The SDR solution enables Boskalis to connect IBM Maximo instances on its ships to its central asset database on shore in near-real time, even over tenuous internet connections. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Asset Management Systems (EAM)

Applicable Industries

Marine & Shipping

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Remote Asset Management

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., a leading services provider for the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors, faced the challenge of carrying out essential maintenance in a time- and cost-effective way. The company operates more than 300 vessels in five continents, and the sand and salt water environments in which it operates could significantly shorten the lifespans of its multi-million dollar equipment. To meet its commercial objectives, the company aimed to complete essential maintenance tasks quickly and efficiently. However, managing such a large fleet spread across multiple locations was a complex process. The company aimed to improve asset reliability by transitioning from a reactive to a preventative maintenance model.

About Customer

Founded in 1910 and employing 8,500 people, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. is a leading global services provider operating in the dredging, maritime infrastructure and maritime services sectors. Its clients include governments, port operators, oil, gas and power companies and shipping companies. For enterprises with asset portfolios that attract substantial operational costs, profitability depends on keeping downtime to a minimum. This was the situation facing Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. To meet its commercial objectives, the company aims to complete essential maintenance tasks quickly and efficiently—but managing more than 300 vessels in five continents is a complex process.

Solution

To drive better insight into its extensive asset base and maximize asset uptime, Boskalis uses IBM Maximo Asset Management software to manage its end-to-end maintenance processes in a single, centralized solution. The company uses the Maximo solution together with SRO Data Replicator (SDR) software from IBM Premier Business Partner SRO Solutions. This combination ensures that Boskalis can effectively manage even its most remote vessels. The SDR solution enables Boskalis to connect IBM Maximo instances on its ships to its central asset database on shore in near-real time, even over tenuous internet connections.

Impact #1	With IBM Analytics solutions driving its asset management process, Boskalis is achieving its goal of maintaining high levels availability across its fleet.
Impact #2	By pushing data to the mainland via SDR, vessels can enter their own maintenance requirements directly into the central instance of IBM Maximo wherever they are—enabling tighter control and faster fulfillment.
Impact #3	Thanks to its SDR solution, Boskalis is reducing the cost and complexity of maintaining a consistent set of IBM Maximo data at its headquarters and onboard its vessels.

Impact #1

With IBM Analytics solutions driving its asset management process, Boskalis is achieving its goal of maintaining high levels availability across its fleet.

Impact #2

By pushing data to the mainland via SDR, vessels can enter their own maintenance requirements directly into the central instance of IBM Maximo wherever they are—enabling tighter control and faster fulfillment.

Impact #3

Thanks to its SDR solution, Boskalis is reducing the cost and complexity of maintaining a consistent set of IBM Maximo data at its headquarters and onboard its vessels.

Benefit #1	50% cost avoidance achieved by reducing system administration requirements
Benefit #2	75% decrease in time required to manage data replication with offshore vessels
Benefit #3	200% increase in number of ships connected to the head office

Benefit #1

50% cost avoidance achieved by reducing system administration requirements

Benefit #2

75% decrease in time required to manage data replication with offshore vessels

Benefit #3

200% increase in number of ships connected to the head office

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Maximizing fleet availability and boosting profitability

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