Construction-Shipbuilding and Infrastructure Industry

We have extensive knowledge of the engineering, construction and infrastructure industry. IFS is independently recognized as a leading, global supplier of enterprise software, providing solutions and services for:

IFS ERP Construction and Contracting Sector Solution, which was developed to meet the advanced and complex needs arising from the project-based working structure of large-scale projects, has a structure that enables the centralized management of the scattered construction site structure in different countries and locations.

Thanks to the structure of IFS ERP Applications that allows project-based cost analyzes to be made, it is possible to see the estimate cost, budgeted costs and actual costs at any stage of the project. Deviations in the project’s time plan can be seen, as well as deviations in cost estimates and cost performances.

IFS ERP Applications meets the dynamic and variable business needs of companies operating in the field of Construction and Contracting, due to their project-based work, with sectoral solutions developed over 15 years with its special development team headquartered in England.

Unlike some local software used in the industry, IFS ERP solutions meet the main requirements of the industry mentioned below, as well as provide industry-specific solutions that include all the solution components needed by companies from Human Resources to Payroll, from Document Management to Occupational Safety and Quality Control Applications with other supporting modules.

Shipbuilding Industry is at the forefront of Project Based Industries, one of the main sectors of IFS ERP. IFS ERP Integrated Shipyard Management System, created by IFS ERP with more than 25 years of experience, offers detailed sectoral solutions covering all processes to shipyards, which are not easy to manage due to the difficulties brought by project-based works.

In Turkey, most of the shipyards use solutions and/or office programs developed independently for each department in order to meet the needs of different departments. Some sectoral solutions are only focused on Project Management and Materials Management in shipyards. However, project-based work requires the highest level of coordination among all units. IFS ERP Shipyard Management Solution is capable of responding to both industry-specific components and all functions and departments needed in shipyards with its wide scope. Shipbuilding; starting from the design processes of the ship or yacht, creating a detailed project plan in global and later stages, managing all procurement processes according to the project plan and following the production stages, subcontractor management and management of issues that include sector-specific difficulties such as managing design changes that may occur throughout the project. IFS ERP Applications is a complete software that offers solutions in other subjects such as Project-based cost and financing tracking, Quality Management, Human Resources and Payroll. In addition, it also meets the sectoral requirements of the shipyards engaged in repair and maintenance with its detailed Maintenance Management Modules.

Instead of using different software that are not integrated with each other, it allows shipyards to set up a single system that works integrated with each other. This is effective in ensuring that processes are carried out more regularly and without errors. IFS ERP Integrated Shipyard Management is preferred because of the above-mentioned advantages as software and its special consultancy group with sectoral experience.

IFS ERP is the market leader in the shipbuilding sector in Turkey with its many active shipyards.

IFS ERP Applications provides end-to-end integrated solutions to enterprises in the shipbuilding industry, while meeting the main requirements of the companies in the Shipbuilding industry, summarized below, with the Main Solution Components developed specifically for the industry, complementing this structure with other supporting processes.

1. Follow-up of ship design studies Management of technical drawings and Revision follow-up
2. Easy and fast creation of ship building tree from images
3. Integration with CAD Systems
4. Project Tracking via Gantt Chart
5. Detail Project Management – Project Based
6. Procurement Planning, Purchasing and Stock Management
7. Integration with planning tools such as MS Project and Primevera
8. Creation of work packages reflecting the production stages
9. Advanced Workshop – Production – Data Collection System
10. Subcontractors and Progress Payments
    Dispatch Tracking
11. Supporting inventory movements with Barcode Applications
12. Project Based Cost and Cost Analysis
13. Warranty tracking and Management of After Sales Service Agreements
14. Quality Control Practices
15. Advanced Maintenance Management System
16. Import file tracking and distribution of import costs

It allows all kinds of design pictures of the ship to be entered into the system. Paintings that need to be produced, follow-up of Class approvals, requests from production and customers, and revisions made repeatedly can often drag the design department into an inextricable turmoil. Moreover, almost all units need information from design.

Production is constantly in need of pictures, purchasing bills of materials, finance is after a cash flow that will not disrupt production. As a result of all this confusion, wrong picture revisions may circulate in production, and material orders may be incomplete or late. With the help of integration with IFS ERP Applications, AutoCad, SolidWorks, it makes it possible to automatically transfer the materials and revision information on the images to IFS ERP. Thus, when the drawings are completed, the entire material list of the ship is revealed. In addition, thanks to IFS ERP Document Management, electronic copies of the pictures are also stored.

It is used in the management and follow-up of many projects (new construction) carried out simultaneously in shipyards, it is the main component of IFS ERP Shipyard Management System. Within the IFS ERP Project Management module, issues such as which points of a project are over budget, at what point materials are delayed, at which point there is a disruption in production, at which point there is a performance difference with the next project can be easily monitored; related project activity reports can be obtained. It is the module where the process from the first creation of the project to its completion can be monitored.

IFS ERP Project Planning module is a planning system in which subprojects and activities related to a project are defined, subprojects and activities and the relationship between these activities are defined. IFS ERP Applications can work integrated with MS Project and Primevera, as well as perform the same functions with the help of their own Gantt charts (Bar diagrams) without the need for these software. It is the module that enables the planning of modules such as production, material, purchasing and subcontractor management. By providing full and up-to-date follow-up of the project planning not only with the production activities, but also with all the activities affecting the process, you can ensure that the production process goes in the most appropriate way, and analyze the delays and stops that occur. With the activity-based budget and cost tracking, all the costs of the project can be reached at any time. The resulting information is valuable information that lives through all the processes of the ship from the design process to the delivery process and constitutes a good reference point for budgeting, time planning and setting targets for subsequent ships. Especially in military projects, the desired reports can be easily obtained through the system. Today, we still have shipyards that work with SSM (Defense Industry Undersecretariat) and provide all their reports with the IFS ERP system.

IFS ERP Subcontractor Management is used for making unit contracts of the subcontractors used in the shipyard, keeping the personnel information of the subcontractors, calculating the work on the subcontractors and the completion rates of them, creating the progress payments and transferring them to the finance accounting department. Thanks to the Subcontractor Management, the completion performance of the works on each subcontractor can be easily monitored for different periods.

The IFS ERP Document Management system plays an important role in the compilation and storage of all technical drawings, specifications, documentation, maintenance instructions and documents that must be delivered to the customer. With the IFS ERP Document Management module, it is possible to classify the documents within the enterprise, whether in the form of a file (Excel, Word, CAD, PDF… etc. file) or printed or written documents, and compare them with the objects they are related to (material, customer, order, etc.). .) was developed to correlate. It can be vital in businesses to start with technical detail manuals, specification cards, technical drawings, CAD design files, maintenance procedures, production instructions and similar information with objects such as products, materials, work orders or equipment.