For 30 years, Boyang Hardware (Boyang) has produced industry-leading products, such as ship cabin equipment and other steel and aluminum products for major shipbuilders and shipyards throughout Asia. Boyang has invested in technology development and innovation and has increased its competency by earning ISO 9002 Standard Quality certification, Hyundai Mipo Dockyard HGMS certification and WPS Shipping certifications.
As Boyang attempted to expand its business from the core shipbuilding business to the marine plant field, the company faced internal challenges due to increasing demand for its products. The organization also faced quality issues as it ramped up production. There were too many errors and inaccuracies in product design that led to an increase in scrap. Reviewing and editing 2D drawings was time-consuming. In addition, the inherent difficulty in interpreting 2D drawings by designers and manufacturers led to even more physical losses.
The company tried to solve these issues by hosting stringent internal reviews and lengthy meetings revolving around 2D design data. However, the legacy system’s product data management capabilities were inadequate, so the company started investigating new solutions for both designing and manufacturing.
Boyang needed a solution in which design errors could be easily spotted and corrected, as well as one with that enabled quick problem-solving. Eventually, the company reached a consensus to replace its 2D design approach with a hybrid 2D/3D approach, concluding that the older 2D system was the main reason for most of the design errors. An important point in selecting a new system was its ability to minimize any losses during the migration of its enormous amount of 2D data to the 3D environment.
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