Toward More Productive Naval Shipbuilding

Abstract

The technical assessments undertaken by a special committee of the National Research Council in the second year of studying naval shipbuilding and reported herein include capital formation, production management systems, integration of engineering and production to support ship construction, and supplier issues in Navy shipbuilding. The committee appointed special work groups of committee members and industry and government experts for each of the technical assessments. This report of the committee's second phase reflects a point of view that productivity improvements are more readily initiated by the customer (the Navy) than the manufacturer (the shipbuilder and shipbuilding supplier), who is in a position of responding to the customer's needs and demands. This is a manufacturing philosophy. As a result of this point of view, the Navy, to a greater extent than shipbuilders and suppliers, is the subject of constructive criticism, conclusions, and recommendations in this report.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA152054

Entities

Organizations

  • National Research Council

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Marine Transportation
  • Naval Architecture
  • Navy
  • Organizational Structure
  • Production Engineering
  • Shipbuilding
  • Systems Engineering

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design