IMPLEMENTATION OF ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT TO ACHIVE LEAN SHIPBUILDING CAPABILITY : A CASE STUDY OF STRATEGIC AND ENABLING CAPBILITIES

Abstract

The shipbuilding industry is very competative, and shipyard management must strive to improve productivity as a way of keeping up with the competition. Analysis of the assembling of interim product through shipyard process lanes is important from a standpoint of modern shipbuilding techniques and methods which includes lean manufacturing and engineering management concepts. Whereas the design for production concept has been readily applied in many shipyard especially in Japan and US, many shipyard in Malaysia still lacking in a lean manufacturing methodology and engineering concept.