Why implement MARS?

No one knows your business better
Many shipyards around the world consider MARS the leading solution for almost every aspect of shipbuilding and repairs, from initial enquiry to delivery. MARS offers a large number of well-proven best practices, which are now fully embedded in the system. This helps you to streamline the entire shipyard work processes. Based on open technologies, MARS will integrate seamlessly with virtually any internal or external system, thus protecting your investment in technology.

A vertical solution you can rely on
After 15 years of continuous development, in which MARS has been implemented at leading shipyards worldwide, this solution is something you can choose with confidence. The fact that our list of references today counts more than 70 shipyards makes us believe that “MARS and shipyards speak the same language”.

The MARS system is being constantly developed in close co-operation with shipyards, maritime organizations and dedicated partners in order to incorporate the latest trends, standards and procedures of the maritime industry. This means that you are assured well-proven best practices and a solution based on the latest technologies. Many of our professionals have previous experience in the shipyard industry as former employees or as leaders of large IT projects. This inside perspective helps us understand the unique challenges our customers experience every day and makes our solution even more practical and valuable. The result is in-depth knowledge of industry and functionality that no-one else can match.

A better return on investment
Today’s generation of MARS is designed to deliver a better return on your investment in technology. This is done by offering a shipyard-specific concept and functionality that help you to improve the business procedures that matter most to your company. The open architecture and modular concept of MARS provide a virtually unlimited scalability that helps you to gain most from your existing technology assets. Methods of rapid and easy implementation based on our extensive experience with the hurdles and challenges of previous projects ensure the achievement of results more quickly than ever before.

The solution for all types of shipyards
Shipyards, large and small, have discovered that MARS is an open and very flexible solution, providing best-of-breed functionality, complete integration, unlimited scalability and easy collaboration over the Internet. Whether you choose a few modules or the entire suite of modules, the MARS system helps your business to respond more quickly to changing customer needs and market conditions, so you continually perform at your best and create new competitive advantages. For example, we have shipyards within the same group that work on common projects where the hull with pre-outfitted items is made at one yard and then towed to another yard for final outfitting. All this takes place with MARS as the main logistics platform. Another example is two shipyards working on a project together, with only one of the yards using MARS. In this case, it is possible for the yard using MARS to give restricted access to another shipyard through the Internet and thus ensure seamless and secure collaboration. As a result, it allows your company to unify and align people, information, and business processes across technologies and organisations.

Proven cost savings
Using MARS has made it possible for many shipyards to achieve considerable savings in the phases from design through production to delivery of the vessel. The integration of the main business processes through MARS allows for various kinds of savings. Reports from shipyards using the MARS system as the main logistics platform show that efficiency of design and engineering has been improved by up to 15 percent and production by up to 10 percent due to better availability and secure delivery of materials. Other yards report general improvements in logistics allowing the rate of building to increase by 5 percent, i.e. the building yard can do more work in less time than before. Shipyards building ships with partners in low cost countries find that MARS helps substantially in handling the more complex supply chain between the involved yards. Benefits gained by using MARS obviously depend on the specific conditions at each shipyard. However, it's important to note that the statements above reflect the improvements at well-run shipyards that were already using an IT solution, prior to implementing MARS.