Results From Use of an Integrated Schedule for Drawing Development and Equipment Procurement (The National Shipbuilding Research Program)
Abstract
As part of an SP-4 project, a computer program was developed to produce integrated schedules for drawing development of drawings and equipment procurement. The program also can used either to develop a schedule for the fabrication and assembly stages of the construction process or to receive data from an existing construction schedule. In either case, the construction data is used to ensure that drawings are produced and equipment is purchased in time to support production planning. The program uses a commonly available database program, is suitable for use on a minicomputer and will allow a network of terminals to be used to enter data and obtain reports. This paper reports on the results of applying scheduling program to a simulate shipbuilding program and highlights a number of significant results. The principal result was to clearly demonstrate that planning for the purchase of equipment must take into account the needs of the ship design process for data about the equipment being procured.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1989
- Accession Number
- ADA454330
Entities
People
- James R. Wilkins Jr.