Introduction for From the Archives Product-Oriented Design and Construction(PODAC): Cost Model-An Update

摘要

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS PAPERS written over the years on the subject of estimating costs for ship design and construction. The archive paper for this issue is "Product Oriented Design and Construction (PODAC) Cost Model - An Update", which provides a progress report on the development of a product-based, production driven cost estimating tool that would be used by shipbuilders and the Navy to assess the cost of technical or engineering trade-off studies. The PODAC Cost Model was developed for NAVSEA in the 1990's, yet was not implemented by NAVSEA or the shipbuilders.