Overview
Project Number: S3009
Project Title: Production Engineering Efficiency
Period of Performance: AUG23 – AUG26
Objective
The process of production planning in shipbuilding is a very laborious process involving many different departments. The process requires data integration from various data sources including paper forms, material data, detail drawings, and construction schedules. This process involves data coordination between multiple organizations and end users (Engineering, Planning, Industrial Engineering, Programs, and Operations).
The goal of this Naval Shipbuilding and Advanced Manufacturing (NSAM) Center project is to investigate the steps necessary to reach a level of automation for production planning by integrating the engineering data directly into the processes of scoping, billing, and work package release. Ingalls Shipbuilding’s (Ingalls’) goal is to begin the process with ship design data from Engineering and have seamless integration throughout the entire process used by Industrial Engineering and Production Planning.
This project started with an analysis of current processes used to generate work packages, developed budgeting and scoping guidance, and planned material consumption. The resulting opportunities and needs for enhancement and automation will drive definition of performance, capability, and evaluation criteria to begin development of a solution. During development, Ingalls’ Industrial Engineering and Production Planning personnel will be intimately involved in system definition to properly envision the functionality goals of the system and guide creation of the system.
Benefits/Payoff
Once implemented, Ingalls anticipates a reduction in the total number of labor-hours needed to analyze and scope work packages and create Manufacturing Bill of Materials (MBOMs). This system will reduce the total number of labor-hours needed to analyze and scope work packages and reduce the number of hours associated with MBOM creation. Implementation at Ingalls is estimated to result in five-year savings of $5.73M for DDG 51 Class destroyer.
Implementation
Ingalls will implement the solution in a production environment beginning in the 2Q FY2027 for DDG 51 Class destroyer and all other ship platforms at Ingalls.
*Prepared under ONR Contract N00014-24-D-7001 as part of the Navy ManTech Program.
*DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release: distribution unlimited. DCN# 2024-10-17-189
