Success Story: Monaco Marine
[Bulbthings] We have been thrilled to support Monaco Marine since 2022. To kick things off, could you give us an overview of your operations and your market positioning?
[Fabrice Beauchet, Site Maintenance Manager] Monaco Marine is a prestigious network of shipyards founded in 1995 and recently acquired by the American group Safe Harbor Marinas. We specialize in the refit, maintenance, and repair of yachts, superyachts, and megayachts ranging from 10 to over 160 meters in length.
With nine strategic facilities operating along the French Riviera and Monaco (including key sites in Antibes, Saint-Tropez, and La Ciotat), we service over 3,000 vessels annually. Our value proposition combines cutting-edge technical expertise—spanning marine painting, engineering, and interior outfitting—with premium, concierge-grade crew services. Furthermore, Monaco Marine is deeply committed to sustainable operations, backed by our ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 50001 certifications, solidifying our position as the European leader in luxury yacht maintenance.
How did the need for an asset tracking and equipment management system first arise within your shipyards?
Implementing a dedicated CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) became mission-critical to support our operational scaling. While the initial rollout doesn’t cover all nine facilities yet, this deployment aligns with a major strategic expansion scheduled for the near future. To support this upcoming phase, we urgently needed a centralized, robust way to track and manage our critical field assets—specifically our structural components and all lifting and rigging equipment.
What led you to our platform, and why did you ultimately choose Bulbthings over other market alternatives?
It actually started with a cross-departmental referral. Another business unit within Monaco Marine was already successfully leveraging Bulbthings to track and map over 100 shipping containers (and their contents) across our sites. When we saw the platform’s versatility firsthand, we realized its potential. We quickly saw that with just a few configurations and tailored workflows, the software could easily adapt to the rigorous demands of our industrial maintenance department.
What are the primary quantitative and qualitative ROI benchmarks you have achieved with the platform so far?
The core benefits boil down to three key drivers: speed, data centralization, and end-to-end traceability. On a daily basis, Bulbthings significantly accelerates our maintenance workflows, saving us invaluable time. Centralizing all technical documentation into a single source of truth ensures airtight data compliance, which is absolutely vital for auditing our lifting machinery.
From a qualitative standpoint, user adoption among our field technicians has been outstanding. Features like the QR code asset scanning are incredibly intuitive, allowing teams to instantly identify equipment and pull up historical logs right from the field.
To wrap things up, what are your favorite platform capabilities, and what advice would you share with the Bulbthings user community?
First and foremost, I have to highlight the collaborative partnership we share. The Bulbthings team is exceptionally receptive to our unique business requirements and highly agile in delivering tailored solutions.
In terms of product utilization, our roadmap is iterative. We haven’t fully deployed the scheduled maintenance alerts yet, but activating that module to automate our preventative maintenance cycles is our top priority for the coming weeks. My advice to the community would be to scale at your own pace. The beauty of Bulbthings lies in its flexibility—you can start with simple inventory or container tracking, and seamlessly scale up to advanced asset maintenance as your operations evolve.
