In response to a need for improved guides to ship construction planning, a short-term research program was sponsored by the Office of Naval Research to determine if it is feasible to derive empirical models which reflect the impact of construction time and manloading on the resource requirements of ship construction. A hypothesis which defines the effects of the manloading and construction period on productivity was proposed and subsequently validated. Inherent in the hypothesis is the existence of optimal construction periods and construction manloadings for ships. A macro-analysis of ship construction data, the study resulted in the development of analytical models for individual ship types which define construction manpower requirements in terms of the weight of the ship and the length of the construction period. In addition, it was determined that optimum construction periods and associated minimum manhour requirements do exist for ships, and that this optimum scheduling is attained by an appropriate rate of manpower allocation. Additional data was received throughout the six-month period of this preliminary research; there was not time to incorporate data received in the later phases of the study in the model construction. It was analyzed briefly to determine if it refuted the hypothesis; none did.


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    Title :

    Shipyard Planning Model Feasibility Study


    Contributors:
    J. H. Herd (author) / W. T. Towles (author) / J. W. Willyard (author)

    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    46 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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