Rauma Marine Constructions selects IFS Cloud solution

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Based in Rauma, Finland, RMC is one of the few shipyards globally capable of building icebreakers and advanced naval vessels. The company is currently constructing two icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard and four Pohjanmaa-class multi-purpose corvettes for the Finnish Navy, among the most capable ships operating in the region. To support the icebreaker construction, as well as future vessels, RMC will deploy IFS Cloud to provide the digital backbone needed to standardise operations and strengthen oversight across its shipbuilding projects.

Shipbuilding projects involve thousands of components, multiple subcontractors, and continuous engineering changes over multiyear timelines. IFS Cloud will support RMC with a unified platform connecting project management, procurement, production, logistics, commissioning and financial control across current and future shipbuilding programmes. 

The platform will give RMC improved visibility into project progress, supplier commitments, material logistics and cost forecasting. By integrating operational and financial data within a single system, the shipyard aims to improve decision-making during project execution and strengthen control across long-duration programmes. This will enable earlier detection of project deviations, more accurate forecasting and stronger lifecycle traceability for vessels delivered to both commercial and defence customers.

Heikki Helen, ICT Manager at Rauma Marine Constructions, said: “With IFS Cloud, we gain the ability to drill into production issues in real time and manage projects proactively. Our ambition is to shorten vessel build times. A reduction of build times has a significant impact on productivity and competitiveness and IFS Cloud supports us in achieving that.”

Mattias Bolander, Managing Director, Nordics at IFS, said: “Shipbuilding represents one of the most complex project-based environments in the world. Rauma Marine Constructions combines Finland’s deep expertise in icebreaker construction with ambitious growth plans in naval and commercial shipbuilding. With IFS Cloud and IFS’s roadmap for embedded Industrial AI capabilities within the IFS Cloud platform, RMC gains a digital platform purpose-built for asset and project-intensive industries, enabling greater operational transparency, more accurate forecasting and the ability to proactively manage risk across complex shipbuilding programmes.”