Realization of CIM based on systematization of production department

摘要

For more than 10 years, the Shipbuilding Division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) hasbeen using its own design systems, MARINE and MATES, to improve design efficiency. Recently, anew production support system has been developed and put to practical use in the ProductionDepartment. The system uses the design data supplied by MATES, and has achieved efficientproduction management. Furthermore, new automated facilities have been introduced by theNagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, for which the design data from MATES is in a prerequisite.This has led and leads to a remarkable improvement in productivity. The successful introduction ofthis production support system and the automated facilities was because information is integratedfrom design all the way to production, and in this sense, MHI's CIM has now been constructed. Thispaper gives on outline of MHI's CIM, focusing on the systematization of the Production Department.