BOOSTING LOGISTICS VIA COOPERATION:
Turku shipyard’s service warehouse
Aker Yards and Onninen reached an agreement in the
spring of 2007 to establish a service warehouse and office at the shipyard at Turku. Presently, both the warehouse and office are utilised by Aker Yards and its subcontractors.
T
he service warehouse concept is some-
entire Onninen portfolio is available. The
terials must be available precisely at the
thing that has not been used before at
product information has been coded in-
right moment.”
the Turku shipyard. The concept is being
to the shared system of the stakeholders,
The special supplies of marine in-
utilised in the construction of Genesis I and
so managing the supplies is uniform in
dustry and the product suppliers’ port-
II, the world’s largest cruise ships.
all work phases and documents. When it
folio constitute an enormous product of-
Tapio Hjort, Onninen Sales Group
comes to materials acquisition, Aker Yards
fering. Cataloguing it all and feeding the
Manager, Turku shipyard, explains that
and the contractors receive estimates on
data into the system – as well as establish-
under the old system the materials were
what is needed, in what quantity and in
ing working supplier relationships – has
mainly accessed from Aker Yards’ own
which phase of the project.
meant a giant effort for Onninen.
central storage and the contractors would
Tapio Hjort emphasises the role of
simply bring in the professionals needed
fluid cooperation between Onninen, the
POSITIVE
suppliers, Aker Yards and the contractors.
DOMINO EFFECT
He says that the stakeholders have faith in
companies obtain all the ship’s building
”The supply chain from the materials pro-
each other and the expectations are run-
materials themselves and Aker Yards peo-
ducer or manufacturer to Onninen and the
ning high:
ple get theirs from Onninen,” Hjort says.
end-user must be flawless. There are sev-
“The goal of the partnership is to
The new operative model has brought On-
eral thousand people building a cruise
boost logistics at the shipyard to make
ninen new customers and opened up a to-
ship, so everyone’s work affects everybody
sure that building the world’s largest cruise
tally new business area.
else’s, as well as the schedule,” Hjort ex-
ships in Turku, Finland, remains a profita-
plains.
ble business.”
in the construction effort.
”In the new system, the contractor
The service warehouse features the
same materials that the shipyard central
“Therefore, the construction must be
storage did previously. In addition, the
well planned and organised and the ma-
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SAMI J. ANTEROINEN