The National Shipbuilding Research Program, 1991 Ship Production Symposium Proceedings: Paper No. IVA-1. A Future Role of Quality in Shipbuilding - Reducing the Odds
Abstract
Shipbuilding suffers from many of the problems unique to the so-called made to order industries. These problems are usually caused by the need to use existing resources to produce products to different design requirements and specifications. The major problems usually result in the inability to predict both the capability of design and production methods to meet the new product requirements. The lack of sufficiently long production runs to justify the development of a prototype to analyze these potential problems, has long been used as a defense for poor performance and high levels of re-work. Other industries are now using quality techniques, familiar to shipbuilders, to reduce the cost and numbers of prototypes. Toyota in particular is set to reduce new model development by half over the next decade. This paper sets out a methodology for the assessment of design and production capability as an approach to quality improvement in the shipbuilding industry and addresses the all important cultural factor that is key to the success of any performance improvement program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA451621
Entities
People
- M. R. Al-kattan
Organizations
- A&P Group