Shipyard MES

Real Time Execution & Operational Control

Floor2Plan delivers essential MES capabilities purpose‑built for shipyards in both shipbuilding and ship repair.

What is a MES?

A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) connects planning and scheduling with real-time production execution. It provides visibility, coordination, and control over shop-floor activities, ensuring that work is executed safely, efficiently, and in alignment with operational priorities.

In complex environments such as shipyards, an MES becomes essential to manage execution as it unfolds. Instead of reacting after issues, delays, or deviations have already occurred, teams can identify problems early and take immediate action, keeping production aligned with plan despite ongoing changes.

Why traditional MES fails in shipbuilding

A shipyard-specific MES (Manufacturing Execution System) system is tailored to meet the unique requirements and challenges of the shipbuilding industry. While both a generic MES and a shipyard-specific MES share some common functionalities, the latter is designed to address specific needs and intricacies associated with ship construction, repair, and maintenance.

In practice, shipbuilding MES must handle high production variability, parallel trades, evolving engineering data, and geographically distributed work areas, capabilities that traditional MES systems are not built for.

How Floor2Plan delivers MES capabilities

Floor2Plan combines modern project centric MES features with the flexibility required in engineering to order environments. Our Shipyard‑MES system empowers frontline supervisors, engineers, and project managers with real‑time execution visibility and streamlined, production‑ready workflows.

Floor2Plan MES capabilities include:

Real‑time tracking of work execution directly from the shop floor
Digital work packages that bring drawings, instructions, and data together
Immediate progress confirmation, delay reporting, and quality workflows
Clear visibility on workforce readiness, production status, and KPIs
Native integration with ERP and PLM systems

Together, these capabilities create a unified execution layer that helps shipyards stay in control of daily operations while adapting continuously to change.

With Floor2Plan, shipyards gain continuous visibility and control over execution. Supervisors and project managers can identify deviations as they happen and take action immediately before delays, rework, or disruptions impact the project.

In shipbuilding, an effective MES is essential but not sufficient when used in isolation. Without advanced planning (APS) and structured management of operations (MOM), there is a risk of optimizing only one part of the overall process.
Floor2Plan goes beyond traditional MES, natively integrating MES, MOM, and APS capabilities into a single platform designed specifically for the needs of shipyards.

Ready to gain real-time control over shipyard execution and adapt faster to operational change? Request your tailored demo today!

"Floor2Plan reduces errors, but we also have much deeper insights into costs and workloads, which empowers us to make better decisions and proactively manage resources."

Michel Boeckx Chief Technology Officer Hanwha Philly Shipyard

"Floor2Plan is production control on steroids. It enables us with process control whilst managing our project schedules, budgets and production constraints.”

William LeeuwesteinProduction Coordinator, Royal IHC