Methods Engineering Workshop for the Shipbuilding Industry.

摘要

Key members of the maritime community recognized some time ago the value of applying the analytical and common-sense techniques of industrial engineering within U.S. shipyards. In order to raise the awareness of shipyard decision makers to the benefits of scientific management and to promote the use of an analytical approach to problem solving in shipbuilding, a forum was created for information exchange. Under provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, the U.S. Maritime Administration (NARAD) established the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) to develop improved technical information and procedures for use in U.S. shipyards. As the program evolved, direction was provided by the Ship Production Committee of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME). This committee, along with the Bath Iron Works Corporation, proceeded to establish the proper direction to reduce the cost and time for ship construction. In order to carry out these objectives, MARAD, Bath Iron Works, and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) held a three-day planning workshop with representatives from U.S. shipyards in February 1978. A direct result of the workshop was the formulation of the Shipyard Industrial Engineering Panel, SP-8 .