Compliance control of technical specifications
Specification books checked against regulation before production, rather than after.
Context
A diversified maritime group had to manually review voluminous technical specifications for its shipbuilding projects. Every document had to be checked against client requirements, fleet history, regulatory frameworks and classification society rules. An omission or a non-conformity discovered during or after manufacturing led to delays and costly rework.
Approach
- 01Automated cross-checking of specifications against several reference sources.
- 02Integration of client requirements, past vessel specifications and regulatory databases.
- 03Automated compliance control against maritime regulation and classification rules.
- 04Gap analyses and comment lists flagging missing or non-compliant items.
Outcomes
- Review time sharply reduced, with broader coverage and higher precision.
- Full identification of gaps before manufacturing, avoiding post-production corrections.
- Systematic compliance verification across all regulatory requirements.
- Technical capacity redirected towards higher-value engineering.
Methods used on this engagement
Any sector where a voluminous contractual document must be checked against a regulatory corpus before committing.
Three other cases
A complete, standardised process repository, without months of manual mapping.
Transformation initiatives tracked project by project, brought under a single view of value creation.
Change announced once and then left to frontline managers, structured and tracked through to actual use.