In-house innovation and development of high-end engineering solutions for the offshore industry is based on expert advisory by the consultants from Symetri.

Important to focus on the core business – not solely on CAD systems

For NOV-APL it is important to keep up the pace and reduce any downtime in the production. That is why they value the close relationship with Symetri – they want to hire in experts that are smarter than them in this field. Migration of data is their core business is something the company does all the time and trusts Symetri. That way NOV-APL can concentrate on their core business which is designing floating systems for their global customers in the oil and gas industry.

NOV-APL: Streamlining Collaboration with Vault Professional

For NOV-APL, everyone needed to follow the same methodology when working with Inventor and Vault. This became the main focus during the implementation of Vault Professional.

According to Tore Marskar Eek-Jensen, the company experienced a smooth and successful rollout. Employees took part in several training courses — both in-house and at Symetri’s facilities — to build new skills and confidence. At the same time, Symetri consultants were present on site, providing hands-on “floorwalking” support and coaching whenever new challenges arose.

Today, NOV-APL benefits from a fully traceable system. Manual structuring of data is no longer necessary, as Vault Professional automates the process — saving time, reducing errors, and ensuring consistency across the organisation.

In short, the combination of very skilled consultants, committed co-workers and customised courses has been a major key in getting to know the systems quickly in APL in Arendal, concludes Tore Marskar Eek-Jensen.