Technology Transfer Program (TTP), Planning & Production Control System. Volume 1 Report

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the Japanese (IHI) concepts of Planning and Production Control and their application in the actual working environment in the IHI shipyards. As in the many other areas of study within the Technology Transfer Program (TTP) the objective of the study was to define possible beneficial and cost-saving elements or methodologies which could be instituted in Livingston and in other medium-size shipyards in the United States. In this examination of the IHI Planning and Production Control System all aspects of the IHI production system itself the production planning process the scheduling system manpower planning and production control are discussed together with a detailed account of Livingston's application of these techniques and methods. The various sections of this report detail these aspects of the IHI system and Livingston's findings applications and conclusions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 24, 1980
Accession Number
ADA450880

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Buffer Storage
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Control Systems Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Organizational Structure
  • Production
  • Production Control
  • Shipbuilding
  • Shipyards
  • Technology Transfer

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design