Case Study: Oceaneering International, Inc. achieves 50% faster time-to-market and 30% lower development costs with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

Advancing off shore oil and gas exploration with SolidWorks Enterprise PDM

Oceaneering International, Inc., a global provider of subsea technical solutions, needed to connect a geographically dispersed product development organization to improve offshore oil and gas product quality, eliminate unnecessary development costs, and accelerate delivery. The Deepwater Technical Solutions division required a PDM system that employees would actually use—one that would integrate design, engineering, and business operations (including PeopleSoft ERP), tighten revision control, reduce rework, and enable design reuse. SolidWorks was chosen to address these challenges.

SolidWorks implemented its integrated design, simulation, and SolidWorks Enterprise PDM solution (200 seats worldwide), enabling managed access to design data, automated workflows, and tighter revision control across locations. As a result, Oceaneering shortened design cycles by 40%, cut time-to-market by 50%, reduced development costs by 30%, increased design reuse by 40%, slashed file search times from hours to seconds, and eliminated ECOs—achieving rapid user adoption with minimal training.

Oceaneering International, Inc

John Mullen

PDM Implementation Manager