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Hanwha Ocean to Use AI to Innovate Production Management, Building Smart Production System at Subsidiary

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Hanwha Ocean's subsidiary Hanwha Ocean EcoTech is building a smart production system with AI at its Gwangyang plant. The goal is to move factory work from manual, experience-based methods to data-driven management.

What happened

Hanwha Ocean EcoTech said on the 2nd that it is setting up a smart production management system at its Gwangyang site in South Korea. The project aims to shift factory management from workers' experience and handwritten records to data. It will connect process, product, logistics, safety, and equipment management into one system. The company is now building systems for each area, after analyzing needs and designing how the system will run.

Key facts

  • About 10 core tasks have been identified so far.
  • The first version of the system starts running in December.
  • Integration and stabilization of all systems are planned to finish by June 2027.
  • If the test at Gwangyang works, the system may spread to Geoje and a shipyard in the Philippines.

Background

Shipbuilding involves very large ships and offshore structures and many complex steps. Good production planning and process control are therefore very important. Relying on skilled workers' experience makes it hard to track daily changes on the floor and use data in a systematic way.

Why it matters

This project is a test run for Hanwha Ocean's wider smart manufacturing plans. If it works, the company hopes to raise productivity, safety, and cost competitiveness together. It could also become a model for shipyards across the industry. The company says it expects better output planning, lower costs, and more on-time deliveries.

What to watch

  • Whether the first version runs well at Gwangyang when it starts in December.
  • Whether the digital twin and AI agent can predict and explain delays accurately.
  • Whether the system is expanded to the Geoje shipyard and the Philippines shipyard.

Glossary

Hanwha Ocean EcoTech
A subsidiary of Hanwha Ocean that is building the smart production system at the Gwangyang plant.
AI agent
An AI program that analyzes data on its own and suggests actions.

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