Methods Improvement Workshop for the Shipbuilding Industry

Abstract

The objective of this project was to train production supervisors, superintendents, non-production supervisors, and managers in analytical problem-solving techniques. The SP-8 Industrial Engineering Panel of SNAME recognized that many of the United States shipyards did not have in-house industrial engineering capabilities. In order to assist the yards in developing analytical techniques, a methods improvement program was developed specifically to train shipyard management in these missing skills. A series of workshops were presented near shipyards to make it available to as many possible. Participants learned: * To foster an attitude of organization. * Analytical techniques to areas. shipyard supervisors as promoting change in their pinpoint low * Steps to improve production operations. * Steps to sell and implement methods ideas. The content participants as a The project by more than 150 performance improvement of this report was provided to all student reference manual. was a success. The workshop was attended people. The student evaluations indicated that it was well-received and more workshops were desired by the industry on the subject. They also suggested that workshops on other industry studies would benefit the U.S. shipyards.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA451548

Entities

Organizations

  • National Steel and Shipbuilding Company

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Assembly
  • Contractors
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Naval Architecture
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • Shipbuilding
  • Statistical Samples
  • Students
  • Surveys
  • United States
  • Work Stations

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  • Systems Analysis and Design