THE CONTINUOUS FLOW PRODUCTION SYSTEM WHICH HAS APPLIED TO HULL WORKS IN SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

It has been so far said that the continuous flow production system might be applied mainly to the mass production industry, while the application of this system is difficult to the one-off production industry in view of the diversity of products. Accordingly, the continuous flow production system has been adopted in the shipbuilding industry, in such limited cases as in the prefabrication stage of hull assemblies which compose parallel part of tanker and has failed to contribute to the improvement of general production system of shipbuilding industry. Through the study on the intrinsic nature of continuous flow production system, however, the authors have developed a new system of control technique so that a group of techniques fostered in the mass production can be applied to shipbuilding industry which is typical in diversified products production. This new control system has been applied to shipbuilding industry, characteristically utilizing the continuous flow production system. Accordingly, this system can be applied in a similar manner to other areas of diversified products production, e.g., machine industry. The promotion of this new production system in shipbuilding industry has thus marked an epoch-making development through the introduction of electronic computers into the planning and control system of production and thereby maximum efficiency is realized in shipyard management including not only hull works but also outfitting works.

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Naval Architects of Japan

  23 Shiba-kotohiracho, Minato-ku
  Tokyo 135,   Japan 
• Authors:
  • Yamamoto, N
  • Terai, K
  • Kurioka, T
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 153-174
• Serial:
  • Selected Papers, J of Soc of Naval Arch of Japan
  • Volume: 5
  • Publisher: Society of Naval Architects of Japan

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Assembly lines; Modernization; Planning; Production; Production control; Shipyards
• Old TRIS Terms: Flow line production systems; Shipyard mechanization
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00035078
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 27 1974 12:00AM