Abstract Value Stream Map** is a critical tool when it comes to implement the lean
approach and it has spanned to many sectors in industry. Although previous studies justify …

The core competence of any medium-to-large sized shipyard includes the panel assembly
line. Ship panels are the basic building blocks of well over 60% of the interim products of …

This research introduces an innovative approach to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in
traditional shipyard production. It aims to identify and categorize various production waste …

The main shipbuilding assembly processes greatly influence the flow of interim products in a
newbuilding shipyard. The panel assembly line is a major process located upstream of all …

The micro-panel assembly process produces approximately 20% of the components that are
assembled in a typical commercial ship and improvements made to assembling these …

Value stream map** is used to analyze and improve the production flow in many
industries, which includes the airplane and automobile industries worldwide. The …

In order to effectively meet the new requirements raised by the international shipbuilding
convention and specification for shipbuilding enterprises, and to quickly improve enterprise …

This paper presents an interdisciplinary process analysis to establish the lean shipbuilding
system for project-based manufacturing. According to the new requirements in ship design …

Sažetak In order to accurately predict costs of the thousands of interim products that are
assembled in shipyards, it is necessary to use skilled engineers to develop detailed Gantt …

Market competitiveness compels efficient shipbuilding processes and higher productivity.
Lean Manufacturing is widely accepted as effective manufacturing process improvement …