Productivity and IE in Ship Building and Repairing

Product Design Efficiency Engineering

Value analysis as a decision support tool in cruise ship design
International Journal of Production Research
Volume 48, Issue 23, 2010
Pietro Romanoa*, Marco Formentinia, Camillo Banderaa & Marco Tomasellaa
pages 6939-6958
Abstract
Because of time constraints, as a matter of fact, design decisions are made fast and in a reactive way, according to the particular case, without considering decisions made in the past and without using specific decision support tools. The final choice is often left to a single designer's experience, whose selection criteria are unknown and not formalised. As a consequence there is no shared knowledge justifying the reason why a design solution has been chosen and whether it is the best one. We developed and implemented in Fincantieri S.p.A. – a leading company in the cruise ship industry – an original decision support tool, based on value analysis, designers can use to document and formalise their choices. Value analysis is a well known structured method to increase product value and/or cut costs, thus supporting the selection of the most valuable solution by means of objective parameters. We demonstrate that the proposed tool can also facilitate reuse of the available knowledge base on decisional criteria, increase interactions between people (design staff, buyers, shipyard personnel, etc.) involved in different stages of different value analysis projects, and reduce decision time.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207540903352686


Cost-Reduction in Ship Construction for the U.S. Department of Defense
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Ship Building Videos
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Arc Welding Ships - Kawasaki Robots
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Lean Movement

Lean Affordable Shipping - 2007
http://www.nsrp.org/6-Presentations/Joint/073107_Improving_Shipyard_Productivity_Gebhardt.pdf





FIRST MARINE INTERNATIONAL
FINDINGS FOR THE GLOBAL SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE BENCHMARKING STUDY
FIRST MARINE INTERNATIONAL
August 2005
http://www.acq.osd.mil/mibp/docs/fmi_industry_report.pdf


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By M. Lando
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India


India has  labour cost advantage. . The labour cost per worker in India is
estimated at $1,192 per year, against $10,743 and $21,317 per worker in 2007 in South Korea and Singapore. . Labour cost is a key factor in shipbuilding nations as it accounts for more than 10% of the total costs. China also has considerably lower labor costs as compared  to competing countries. (Around 50% of Korea and Japan).


A shipyard typically requires a working capital of around 25-35% of the cost of the  ship during the entire construction period.

Indian yards lack the capability to build large and modern ships. Presently, the Cochin shipyard is the
only one that has the capability to build large and modern ships. Hence shipbuilding in India lacks
infrastructure support which reduces the capacity of production.


Updated  20 June 2015
First published  19 Feb 2014