The National Shipbuilding Research Program. 1997 Ship Production Symposium, Paper Number 17: CE or Not CE - That is the Question
Abstract
There is tremendous interest in Concurrent Engineering (CE), or Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD), Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and other related approaches by U.S. Navy and other U.S. shipbuilders as the look for ways to improve productivity and quality, lower costs and shorten time to delivery. Unfortunately, as formally defined, CE is not for everyone. The implementation of CE requires such radical rethinking of and changes in the whole operation of a shipbuilder that many will be unable or unwilling to implement CE. Does this mean that such shipbuilders will be unable to capture shipbuilding orders from the international commercial shipbuilding market? Fortunately not! There are many world class shipbuilders that do not use the formally defined CE approach. The paper examines the practices of a number of world class shipbuilders and compares them to the CE approach. It then details an approach, Situational Design (SD), based on the concept of applying appropriate techniques and tools to suit the situation. It is also based on the use of a Shipbuilding Policy for each shipyard and a Build Strategy for each ship. It offers this alternative as a way for U.S. shipbuilders to achieve the stated goals of CE without the need to make the radical changes and face the associated risk of a full CE implementation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA452162
Entities
People
- Thomas Lamb
Organizations
- University of Michigan