Royal IHC and Floorganise BV have expanded their partnership to establish the framework for digital collaboration within the Dutch shipbuilding supply chain. The initiative aligns with the Dutch Maritime Master Plan and contributes to accelerating national fleet renewal.
With Floorganise as technology partner and through the use of the Floor2Plan Shipyard MES (manufacturing execution system), digital collaboration with supply chain partners will be structurally supported. The platform provides real-time insight into workload, progress, and process control, forming the foundation for project and production management across the entire chain.
‘The delivery time of complex systems — that’s where Royal IHC stands out. The quality of our process organisation is crucial. With more insight and data from our supply chain, we are taking the next step,’ says Derk te Bokkel, CEO of Royal IHC.
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Digital collaboration within Maritime Master Plan
The Dutch shipbuilding industry operates within a broad ecosystem of design, engineering, suppliers, and production sites. By connecting planning, execution, and progress data into one chain-wide source of truth, management information becomes available that shortens lead times, reduces failure costs, and improves capacity utilisation.
The collaboration fits within the ambitions of the Dutch Maritime Master Plan, including strengthening national shipbuilding capacity through digital collaboration platforms. By embedding process innovation and data-driven working practices, improved productivity becomes a chain-wide achievement rather than a local optimisation.
Ronald de Vries, CEO of Floorganise, concludes: ‘Shipbuilding has unique characteristics that must be recognised when pursuing process innovation. Our team has the knowledge, technology, and ambition to push boundaries together with Royal IHC. Fleet renewal and the Maritime Master Plan demand speed and predictability — and that’s exactly where Floor2Plan and digital chain collaboration add value.’
Picture: Ronald de Vries (Floorganise) and Derk te Bokkel (Royal IHC) confirm their renewed partnership with a long-term agreement.
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