Product Work Classification and Coding.

摘要

The U.S. shipbuilding industry is at the crossroads. If productivity is not increased, only those ships most vital to the nation's defense will be built in U.S. shipyards. The rest will be forfeited to foreign competition as cost, quality and construction time become the key determinants in contract awards. The goal of this project was to shorten these learning curves. As Dr. Ham points out concepts are only a beginning. Tools for implementation of group technology work methods are essential for further improvement of the industry. Tools make technology more accessible. This manual and the classification and coding system contained herein were developed as tools to make group technology more accessible to the U.S. shipbuilding industry.