SHIPYARD & SHIP-REPAIR MANAGEMENT ERP

The complete yard ERP — enquiry to delivery.

WHIZMarine runs the whole shipyard on one platform: commercial and estimating (enquiry, survey, specification, quotation), project management and dry-dock scheduling, production across every trade, procurement, stores, labour, HSE and project financials. Built for repair yards juggling 4-12 vessels at once — and for new-build — with live margin from the yard floor to the commercial team. In production at multiple Middle East yards.

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For shipyards
Enquiry→Invoice
One connected lifecycle
4-12
Vessels in parallel
All trades
Steel to HVAC on one model
Live
Margin against estimate
YARD COMPLEXITY

A repair yard is the most complex operation in maritime.

Nothing in maritime is as operationally dense as a shipyard. The work starts long before steel is cut: an enquiry arrives, the vessel is surveyed, a specification is written, and an estimate is built up item by item into a quotation. Then, at any moment, a mid-size repair yard has 4-12 vessels in dry-dock, on berth or moored — each with hundreds of job cards across a dozen trades, dozens of contractor crews on shifts, hundreds of material items being procured against tight timelines, and constant variation orders as new defects emerge during inspection.

Every vessel has its own contracted scope and price, its own owner who wants daily updates, and its own delivery deadline that triggers penalties if missed. The commercial team must hold margin against the estimate while the technical team cannot deliver late. WHIZMarine is built for exactly this — covering the full module set a shipyard ERP needs, from the commercial desk to the general ledger, on one data model.

ONE LIFECYCLE, FIVE STAGES

From the first enquiry to the final invoice.

The estimate becomes the project, becomes the job cards, becomes the bill — the same data, no re-keying.

1 · Commercial
Enquiry, survey, specification, estimate, quotation, tender and contract.
2 · Project & Planning
Dry-dock/berth scheduling, work breakdown, milestones and variation orders.
3 · Production
Job cards across every trade, labour, subcontract and QA/QC.
4 · Procurement & Stores
Requisition, RFQ, PO, subcontracting, goods receipt and inventory.
5 · Financials
Cost capture, progress & variation billing, retention and project P&L.
THE MODULES

Every module a shipyard ERP needs.

Commercial & Estimating
Enquiry/RFQ, vessel survey & condition assessment, work specification, build-up estimation (man-hours, materials, subcontract), quotation and tender, contract award.
Project Management & Scheduling
Dry-dock, floating-dock and berth allocation, work breakdown, Gantt and milestones, critical path, daily progress and S-curves, completion and delivery.
Production & Job Cards
Hierarchical job cards (parent → tasks → sub-tasks) per trade, each with contractor, materials, labour, dependencies, photo evidence and cost roll-up. Linked to PMS defects from the vessel.
Subcontractor Management
Service catalogues and rate cards, subcontract orders, three-way matched invoicing and performance scoring for hull, machinery, electrical, paint, scaffolding and more.
Procurement
Requisition, RFQ, purchase orders and supplier management — triggered straight from job-card material needs, multi-currency.
Stores & Inventory
Material reservation per job, goods receipt allocated to the right job card, issues, stock control and yard warehouse management — no inventory leakage.
Labour & Time
Yard workforce hours booked against job cards, real-time payroll-cost accumulation and productivity analytics per crew and per skill.
HSE & QA/QC
Permit-to-work, hot-work, confined-space and working-at-height permits; inspections, hold points and sign-offs; incident and near-miss reporting and HSE statistics.
Project Financials & Billing
Budget vs actual, cost capture across labour/material/subcontract/overhead, progress and variation invoicing, retention, multi-currency and project P&L into the GL.
Owner / Charterer Portal
Live milestone progress, daily photos, variation orders awaiting approval and budget consumption against quote — replacing daily WhatsApp updates.
EVERY TRADE ON ONE PLATFORM

From steel and machinery to paint, carpentry and air-conditioning.

Each trade raises and costs its own job cards — with its own labour, materials and subcontractors — while the project rolls them up into one margin.

Steel & Hull / Structural
Steel renewal, fabrication, structural repair, plating and welding.
Machinery & Mechanical
Main and auxiliary engines, pumps, valves, shafting and overhauls.
Piping
Pipe renewal, fabrication, pressure testing and systems.
Electrical
Cabling, switchboards, motors and electrical systems.
Electronics & Automation
Navigation, control, instrumentation and automation.
Painting & Blasting
Surface prep, blasting, coating systems and tank coating.
Carpentry & Joinery
Accommodation, outfitting, insulation and joinery work.
HVAC & Air-Conditioning
Air-conditioning, refrigeration and ventilation systems.
Scaffolding & Staging
Access, staging, rigging and lifting support.
Tank Cleaning & Services
Gas-freeing, tank cleaning, sludge removal and yard services.
WHY YARDS CHOOSE WHIZTEC

From spreadsheet chaos to a single yard view.

Estimate, project and bill — one thread
The contracted estimate converts into the project and job cards, and actuals flow back into billing. Margin is always measured against the original quote.
Live margin against estimate
Every labour hour, material and subcontract cost is captured in real time. Variation orders capture extra revenue. The commercial team sees margin daily, not monthly.
Yard floor + commercial = one view
Supervisors record progress, the commercial team sees margin, the owner sees photos — the same data. No more "ops vs finance" finger-pointing.
Multi-yard, multi-currency
Run multiple yards, perhaps in different countries, as one business with consolidated reporting and per-yard P&L.
AI-AUGMENTED

A yard that estimates sharper and sees overruns early.

WHIZAI draws on the yard's own history to sharpen estimates from past jobs, flags projects trending over budget or behind schedule before delivery, predicts material and subcontract needs, and surfaces variation work that is unbilled — so estimators quote with confidence and project managers act on overruns while there is still time. Explore WHIZAI →

FREQUENTLY ASKED

Shipyard management software, answered.

What is shipyard management software?
Shipyard management software is an end-to-end ERP for ship-repair and new-build yards. It runs the full lifecycle: commercial (enquiry, vessel survey, specification, estimation, quotation and contract), project management and dry-dock scheduling, production across every trade (steel, machinery, electrical, piping, painting, carpentry, HVAC and more), procurement and subcontracting, stores and materials, labour and time, HSE and QA/QC, and project financials with progress and variation billing. WHIZMarine delivers this on one platform and is in production at multiple Middle East yards handling 4-12 vessels at once.
Which modules does a complete shipyard ERP need?
Commercial and estimating; project management and dry-dock/berth scheduling; production and job cards by trade; procurement and subcontracting; stores and inventory; labour and time booking; HSE, permits and QA/QC; and project financials (budget, cost capture, progress billing, variation orders, retention and project P&L). WHIZMarine covers all of these on one data model, so an estimate flows into a project, into job cards, into procurement and labour, and back into billing without re-keying.
How does the commercial and estimating cycle work?
It starts at enquiry/RFQ from the owner, followed by a vessel survey and condition assessment, a structured work specification, and a detailed estimate that builds up man-hours, materials and subcontract costs per work item. That estimate becomes a quotation or tender; once awarded, it converts directly into the project, work breakdown and job cards — so the contracted scope and the production plan are the same data, and margin is measured against the original estimate throughout.
Which trades and production disciplines are supported?
Job cards can be raised and costed for every yard trade — steel and hull/structural, machinery and mechanical, piping, electrical, electronics and automation, painting and blasting, carpentry and joinery/outfitting, HVAC and air-conditioning, refrigeration, hydraulics, scaffolding, rigging, insulation and tank cleaning. Each job card carries its own labour, materials, subcontractor, dependencies, evidence and cost roll-up.
Can the software handle multiple vessels in dry-dock at once?
Yes — that is the core capability. A repair yard typically juggles 4-12 vessels at any moment, each with hundreds of job cards, contractor crews, procurement orders and owner billings. WHIZMarine schedules and costs all of them on one timeline, with live visibility from yard floor to commercial team.
How are project financials and variation orders handled?
Every cost — labour, materials, subcontract and overhead — is captured against the job card and rolled up to the project. Progress billing is raised against completed scope, and any extra work discovered during repair is captured as a variation order with the owner-approval flow before it is executed and billed. The commercial team sees live margin against the original quote, retention and project P&L — daily, not at month end.
How does procurement and stores integrate with production?
Materials required by a job card are reserved against stock or trigger a purchase requisition; subcontracted scope raises subcontract orders against agreed rates. Goods received at the yard are allocated straight to the job card, and contractor invoices are three-way matched against assigned scope, recorded work and pre-agreed rates — so nothing is lost between purchase and consumption.
Does it support new-build as well as repair?
Yes. New-build yards share the same workflows — specification, project, job cards, trades, procurement, labour and project cost — but run on longer timelines with more upfront engineering. The same platform handles both: repair yards switch projects monthly; new-build yards iterate on a few projects over months or years.
Want to see how it runs a real yard? See WHIZMarine — the maritime ERP that runs Middle East shipyards.
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