Naslov
Lean Built-up Panel Assembly in a Newbuilding Shipyard

Autori
Kolić, Damir ; Storch, Richard Lee ; Fafandjel, Niksa

Izvornik
Journal of Ship Production and Design (2158-2866) 00 (2017); 1-9

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
lean manufacturing ; built-up panel assembly ; value stream mapping ; shipbuilding

Sažetak
The main shipbuilding assembly processes greatly influence the flow of interim products in a newbuilding shipyard. The panel assembly line is a major process locatedupstreamofalltheothershipyardassemblyprocesses.Inapreviouspaper, theapplicationofleanprinciplesenabledabalancedandsmallertakttimealongthe workstations and yielded significant savings in man-hours. Although a panel consists of butt-welded steel plates with multiple fillet-welded longitudinal stiffeners, a built-up panel is this same panel fitted with longitudinal and transverse steel elements. Since there are many internal structural elements, the man-hours alongatraditionalbuilt-uppanelassemblylinearemultipletimesgreaterthanthatof panel assembly. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze and map built-up panel assembly in an actual newbuilding shipyard. Using value stream mapping along with kaizenprinciplesofcontinualimprovementtodeterminethetransformativestepsto make the traditional built-up panel assembly line leaner. This enables significant man-hour reductions of about 60%, which yields remarkable cost savings to the shipyard.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Brodogradnja

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