Original scientific paper
Applying Lean Quality with Risk Analysis to Aid Shipyard Block Assembly Decision Making
Damir KOLIĆ
orcid.org/0000-0002-3287-682X
; Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Nikša FAFANDJEL
orcid.org/0000-0002-6564-1621
; Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Rajko RUBEŠA
; “3.Maj” shipyard, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
The continually ephemeral demands of the shipbuilding market have
forced shipyard management to be ready for change in order to maintain
competitiveness. The concept of lean quality stresses the importance of
quality which is one of the pillars and principles of lean manufacturing.
This paper continues and deepens the analyisis of the panel-block
assembly line from an earlier work by applying the lean quality concept to
enhance and ease the decision making process of management related to
changes in production assembly and technology. This includes analyzing
and evaluating three methods of block assembly based on quality and
feasibility in order to determine which method is best for the present state
of shipyard technology and which method should eventually be chosen for
the future. Finally, an improved Monte Carlo risk analysis methodology
which innovatively illustrates the effects of fixed technology and changing
technology enables a clearer picture of the results of the block assembly
methods which have minimal risk both in the present and in the future
improved state.
Keywords
Lean quality; Monte Carlo risk analysis; Shipbuilding
Hrčak ID:
76093
URI
Publication date:
30.4.2011.
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