Increasing the efficiency of automation in shipbuilding and ship-repairing by building a control system using lean manufacturing principles

Abstract

Shipbuilding companies often suffer from long production cycles, low staff utilisation and an unbalanced production line. To solve these problems, a lean shipbuilding regime is used which involves work breakdowns, production plans and virtual flow operations that combine lean production with modern information management technology in shipbuilding. Production planning manages all the production activities of a shipbuilding facility. Production plans are achieved just-in-time through intelligent organisation, reducing loss of staff and time. A virtual flow operation is then carried out, achieving high efficiency in flow production and high flexibility in production. By implementing a lean shipbuilding regime based on task package planning and its production system, the ship's production cycle is reduced, the number of workers is reduced, but the level of production balance is increased.