Original scientific paper
Procedure for Measuring Shipbuilding Process Optimisation Results after using modular Outfitting Concept
Nikša FAFANDJEL
orcid.org/0000-0002-6564-1621
; Tehnički fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci,Rijeka,Hrvatska
Rajko RUBEŠA
; Tehnički fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci,Rijeka,Hrvatska
Tomislav MRAKOVČIĆ
; Tehnički fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci,Rijeka,Hrvatska
Abstract
On its way to becoming successful and competitive on the world shipbuilding market, the shipyard has to build quality, have small cost of production process and short delivery time of the ship. Optimisation of the shipbuilding process using a modular outfitting concept needs some changes in design and technological processes in shipbuilding. It needs some changes in outfitting by redirectioning of some outfitting works from blocks, berth and outfitting after launching of the ship towards the workshop. This is a way to shorten the time of the shipbuilding process, reduce costs, increase of competitiveness, without investment in new facilities, machines and tools. In this paper, a model which shows interdependence between various activities in the shipbuilding process is described. This is a vehicle which can be used for research on the dependence of the shipbuilding process in relation to some changes in the outfitting process while shifting some outfitting work from on-board towards outfitting workshops. Those workshops can be either a part of the shipyard or a part of outsourcing. On the basis of the results obtained by this research, it is possible to measure optimisation results as a consequence of using a new modular outfitting concept within the shipbuilding process. In this way, a higher process efficiency, reduced activity cost and durations within the shipbuilding process can be achieved. The authors suggest that further improvement is possible by introducing higher degree of standardisation, unification and typification of ship systems and structures, particularly adapted to a modular outfitting concept, and additionally increased by way of on-block outfits.
Keywords
Modular outfitting; On-block outfit; Optimisation; Shipbuilding; Ship systems
Hrčak ID:
40617
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2008.
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