29-05-2013, 03:32 PM
WORLDWIDE SHIPBUILDING PRODUCTIVITY STATUS AND TRENDS
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SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH
Different countries use different approaches.
In Japan there is considerable cooperation between all shipyards to develop basic research and then groups of shipyards work together to implement it – for example CIM.
Korean shipbuilders are so large that they do not cooperate.
European shipbuilders work together through joint EU funded programs.
I will focus on shipbuilding productivity research.
PRODUCTIVITY
It can be seen that shipbuilding productivity varies from company to company and country to country.
Why is this and what are the factors that are impacting shipbuilding productivity?
I will try to answer these questions.
The continuing challenge that most businesses face for the foreseeable future is improving productivity.
It is a broad strategic issue. As such it must be of concern to government, management, and workers.
However, it is management’s responsibility to set and take the necessary action to accomplish productivity goals.
In the 1940s and 1950s, the measurement of productivity focused on output, or the production of as much as possible for a given input.
In the 1960s and 1970s, quantity was no longer as important as efficiency, or production at lowest cost.
Today, productivity is effectiveness, which is a combination of right product, right time, quality, and efficiency.
SHIPBUILDING PRODUCTIVITY
Research has shown that the main reason for shipbuilding low productivity was inadequate work organization.
Design for Production can help but if the work for the improved designs are not correctly organized the benefit will not be achieved.
PRODUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT
A metric that could be called Overall Productivity is:
Annual Sales ($)/Cost of Doing Business ($)
where cost of doing business includes labor, fringe benefits, overhead, material, utilities, facility and capital.
Prefer to call this Business Transformation Efficiency
Both of these measures can be obtained from a company’s annual financial report
However, as it includes many factors it is difficult to uses as a apple to apple comparison metric
WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY
Technology is the knowledge and processes used to provide products for human use.
Technology is thinkware, software and hardware as well as their application processes.
In shipbuilding it is the practices used to design and build ships and other marine products.
Advanced technology shipbuilding is associated with production oriented design, block construction, very short berth erection times and ships that are virtually complete at launch.
Advanced technology alone does not assure the production of internationally competitive ships.