The National Shipbuilding Research Program 1991 Annual Report

The title of this presentation is Paper Costs Money. It could also be entitled Paper Costs Time or Paper Causes Inconvenience. We all know. and talk about. the cost of data which are submitted to the government under shipbuilding contracts. First. I would like to establish some definitions for today's presentation. How many of you know the dreaded acronym CDRL? Some people say they are submitting a CDRL. Others say they re submitting data or reports; purists say technical documentation. Today's discussion will focus on the data which were required under recent U.S. Navy shipbuilding contracts. It would be nice to examine vessels being built for several commercial owners, but the field is rather limited. And, naval ships built to either commercial rules or military requirements comprise the preponderance of contemporaneous activities in the industry.

No industrial operator can be fully productive for an entire shift. Interference with the productive process occurs during the work day that is beyond the operator's control. Once the industrial engineering analyst has produced a normal time for an operation, the standard is still not complete. The analyst must account for personal, fatigue, and delay (PF & D) time and factor the appropriate allowances into the normal time to produce a true standard time. Allowing for personal needs is usually not enough. Operators experience fatigue due to the stress factors that are abundant in ship repair processes. Delays are incurred when multiple trades must combine their skills to complete one work cycle. These personal, fatigue, and delay factors are steadily increasing, as technological, safety, and environmental needs are discovered, making many processes more complicated. Some other factors that affect the work day are: mustering of personnel for shift changes: preparing turn-over reports for ensuing shifts; attending to administrative requirements; and general work area cleaning.