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Featured MarEx Print Article: A Passion for Innovation

Published Jan 14, 2011 2:05 PM by The Maritime Executive

Dassault Systèmes and the Science of Shipbuilding.

This week’s featured archive MarEx print article is taken from our December edition, which also features Trico CEO Joseph Compofelice on the cover. Follow along as Barry Parker tells how a revolutionary new way of building ships and offshore platforms is leading to reduced man hours and costs and fewer accidents. With computers and sophisticated software programs taking the place of physical models, design and construction techniques are extending to places never before reached. Dassault Systèmes is a leader in the technology known as Process Lifecycle Management or PLM, which makes it all possible. Read on to learn how innovations first used in the aerospace industry are now being applied to shipbuilding – and with extraordinary results.