Fincantieri selects SimEnterprise

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has adopted and will standardize on MSC.Software?s new SimEnterprise technology across all company sites and their extended supply chain.

With typical development cycles not exceeding 36 months and including a 12 month design phase, Fincantieri and California-based MSC.Software jointly undertook a detailed program of evaluation, aimed at rationalizing the simulation environment and significantly reducing the overall design-to-manufacture process. This included a full process assessment and an extended visit to MSC.Software’s Solution Studio, where the optimum development processes were identified, and the delivery requirements mapped to the functionality of MSC.Software’s new enterprise simulation environments.

Under the new agreement, the Fincantieri group will significantly extend their existing simulation capabilities, by introducing a range of next-generation technologies from MSC.Software’s SimEnterprise portfolio, most notably the multidiscipline solver, MD Nastran, the process management solution, SimManager and the simulation process automation environment, SimXpert

“The ability of Fincantieri to retain a commercial advantage in today’s competitive markets is based on continually enhanced product performance and a quest for new and innovative solutions in design and construction,” said Giorgio Bacicchi, responsible for Ship Design Integration of Fincantieri. “In order to accomplish this, Fincantieri strongly relies on the engineering capabilities within its product design process of which MSC.Software’s technology is already considered a core component. We are confident that by standardizing on the company’s new SimEnterprise solutions we will be able to achieve the 50% productivity gains that we are targeting within the group.”

The application of the template approach in SimXpert will allow Fincantieri to leverage on their experts knowledge, reducing the time needed for repetitive activities and increasing the usage of simulation in more departments. Additional service deliverables will ensure that the new simulation environment is tailored to Fincantieri’s specific requirements, and rapidly operational to its maximum potential. It is anticipated that the new MSC.Software technologies will be implemented within the next 3-6 months.