Technology Transfer Program (TTP), Planning & Production Control System. Volume 1 Report.

摘要

The purpose of this study was to analyze the Japanese (IHI) concepts of Planning and Production Control and their application in the actual working environment in the IHI shipyards. As in the many other areas of study within the Technology Transfer Program (TTP) the objective of the study was to define possible beneficial and cost-saving elements or methodologies which could be instituted in Livingston and in other medium-size shipyards in the United States. In this examination of the IHI Planning and Production Control System all aspects of the IHI production system itself the production planning process the scheduling system manpower planning and production control are discussed together with a detailed account of Livingston's application of these techniques and methods. The various sections of this report detail these aspects of the IHI system and Livingston's findings applications and conclusions.