Facilities Maintenance Study Test Plan
Abstract
Shipboard facilities maintenance, viz, cleaning and preservation, requires a considerable expenditure of manpower and material resources. Due to a number of interrelated problems and practices, facilities maintenance is not currently performed efficiently. Consequently, man-hour expenditures are excessive; ships' condition, cleanliness, and appearance deteriorate; morale and motivation are undermined; and cost to the Navy increases. This document is a plan for the full-scale evaluation of innovative facilities maintenance concepts, termed collectively the Facilities Maintenance System. The hypotheses of the planned investigation include: (1) a significant reduction in man-hours expended on facilities maintenance would be feasible; (2) cleanliness, appearance, and condition of ships would improve; and (3) facilities maintenance personnel would exhibit a greater degree of skill and knowledge, if the innovative system were implemented. This plan describes the problem, approach, facilities maintenance innovations, and the planned experiment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA052070
Entities
People
- Melvin A. Schwartz