Benefit Analysis of SPC Panel SP-6 Projects and Evaluation of SPC Panel SP-6 Management and Administration

• Main Author: Robinson, Rodney A.
• Other Authors: NATIONAL STEEL AND SHIPBUILDING CO SAN DIEGO CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: Administration and Management; Marine Engineering; *INDUSTRIES; *STANDARDS; STABILITY; LEADERSHIP; COMMUNITIES; SHIPBUILDING; PUBLIC OPINION; SHIPYARDS; PANEL(COMMITTEE); BENEFITS; CONSISTENCY; MANAGEMENT; SYMPOSIA; Greenland
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA452774; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA452774

This Task has investigated the benefits derived from the projects sponsored during the past 20 years by SNAME Ship Production Committee Panel SP-6 on Marine Industry Standards under the National Shipbuilding Research Program. It has found that those projects offering direct shipyard application have yielded the most value in the shipyard community. The responses from those interviewed endorse the value of such projects, rather than analytical exercises which offer little practical application. This Task has also assessed the opinion of the shipyard using community on the administration and management of Panel SP-6 itself. It has found that the practices currently in effect should be continued with some improvements. It has also found, however, that there has been an insufficient number of shipvards represented at Panel meetings. This deficiency has produced a non-shipyard bias in Panel deliberations, which has contributed to the minimal shipyard implementation of research results. It has also found that Panel SP-6 has been suffering from several major deficiencies recently, such as a weak interest focus among the members, the absence of Panel goals, and a lack of consistent and stable leadership. These matters must receive prompt treatment if Panel SP-6 is to have a confident voice in the Marine Industry Standards area. Prepared in cooperation with Robinson-Page-McDonough and Associates, Inc., Greenland, NH.