Research Summaries

Back KVA+RO+SD to Create Flexibility: Success and Failure Cases in Use of 3D Vis and Collaborative PLM Tools to Support Shipman

Fiscal Year 2011
Division Graduate School of Operational & Information Sciences
Department Information Sciences
Investigator(s) Housel, Thomas J.
Sponsor Office of the Secretary of Defense (DoD)
Summary The long-term goal of this two phased research project is to quantify and monetize the benefits of flexibility in the ship maintenance (i.e., ship alteration) process of the Navy's approach to the life cycle management of their ships. Specifically, we will produce two case studies that:
1. Demonstrate the failure of the current ship maintenance process to take advantage of production learning curves when performing the same ship alterations to a class of ships (e.g., Cruisers - DDGs)
2. Demonstrate the value of flexibility in the form of 3D visualization and collaborative product life cycle management tools used to support the SHIPMAN entitled (i.e., standardized) ship alteration process
3. These two cases will be modeled using a systems dynamics approach to compare estimates of the potential benefits that can be realized from the use of software tools to create flexibility in the ship alteration process.
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