SmartYard

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

Norway is challenged with low oil prices, lost export income and increasing unemployment. At the same time, the technological paradigm shift,industry 4.0, has the potential to increase Norwegian value creation to a high degree. Unless the Norwegian industry renews and restructures itself in a way that will contribute to the green shift while at the same time increasing their competitiveness by developing new technologies, which implies digitalization, it will not create value from these changes. New technologies, robots and the green shift will change jobs and will have consequences for Norwegian industry. The maritime industry is in the frontline of these changes. Coupled with technological changes, the industry also faces fundamental changes in their market conditions. The industry has been in similar situations before, and has proved to be one of the most innovate and future oriented industries in Norway. It has shown an impressive capacity and willingness to restructure and adapt to new markets and new products. SmartYard focuses on digitalization of project planning and control in shipbuilding. It combines concepts such as Augmented Reality (AR), Digital Information Assistance (DIA) and Operator 4.0 to improve not only the planning process, but also the productivity and the total outcome of shipbuilding projects. This entails introducing enabling technology in the production process, which increases accessibility of, and visualizes, the project planning in a completely new way for those involved. In short, SmartYard enables the competent worker through digital solutions. The idea behind the project is to support digitalization of the planning process while considering its effects on the employees and the way they will learn to adapt to the new tools.