Step-By-Step Digitalization of Preparation of Production of Small Shipbuilding Enterprises

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AbstractThe article reflects the issues of shipbuilding production automation in terms of its technological, material and technical preparation. It is noted that one of the essential elements of increasing the flexibility of the shipyard production system is the development of automated control systems for the production preparation based on artificial intelligence, capable of analyzing the required changes in the production system for the development of new products and determining the preliminary construction cost of a new order for the shipyard (including the cost of material, labor, energy resources, development of special equipment, etc.). The article provides an enlarged description of the fundamental algorithm of the software product created by the authors for analyzing the production capabilities of the shipyard when switching to the release of new products. This enlarged algorithm is reduced to a step-by-step determination of the time and resources spent on technological and material-technical preparation of production. It is especially noted that for its software implementation, the necessary databases (registers) must be created for the “training” of an intelligent control system in order to improve the forecasting accuracy provided by the system and the recommendations for making managerial decisions in conditions of uncertainty (for example, the absence of complete technical information for new products). In addition, the article outlines the main directions of further research on the step-by-step development and implementation of assembly units’ registers, used jigs, fixtures and tools and tooling, options for in-plant logistics, production risks, management decisions to reduce them, etc. at the existing shipyards.KeywordsProduction technological preparationFlexible production systemsShipbuildingShip repairForecastingProduction process simulation