Construction Magazine August 2020 | Page 111

Ship-to-Ship Motion Measurement System
Ship-to-Ship Motion Measurement System
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111 we prepare to evolve to a digital culture . Digital disruption is very likely to upend the way we operate .” Pointing to his organisation ’ s ongoing digital transformation journey , Lowman acknowledges that there has been a combination of small point solutions as well as longer running programmes . “ We ’ re leveraging cloud technology in certain areas , such as our ERP and utilising technology platforms like PLM from the aerospace and automotive industries ,” he says . “ We have tried to ensure that we don ’ t have an ‘ only invented here ’ mentality and are always looking to leverage the best that we can find . Going forward , our focus is heavily on technologies which help us improve collaboration , expand our project predictability through analytics and automate repetitive activities to free up our people .”
With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting businesses across the globe during the first half of 2020 , Lowman recognises how difficult the challenge of transforming operations rapidly was . “ There ’ s no doubt that COVID-19 has had a significant influence on the way businesses operate now ,” he explains . “ Almost overnight , we had to switch
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