Outsourcing and Outfitting Practices Implications for the Ministry of Defense Shipbuilding Programmes,9780833036353

Outsourcing and Outfitting Practices Implications for the Ministry of Defense Shipbuilding Programmes

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ISBN13: 9780833036353
ISBN10: 0833036351
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Pub. Date: 2005-04-27
Publisher(s): RAND Corporation
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Summary

Advised how the United Kingdom should best use modern outsourcing and outfitting practices for shipbuilging in teh years to come.

Table of Contents

Preface iii
Figures ix
Tables xi
Summary Acknowledgements xxiii
Abbreviations xxv
CHAPTER ONE Introduction 1(6)
Background
1(1)
Research Objectives
2(1)
Research Approach
3(2)
Organisation of This Report
5(2)
CHAPTER TWO Shipbuilding Outsourcing Practices and Implications for the CVF 7(34)
Potential Advantages of Outsourcing in the CVF Programme
7(2)
RAND's Five Research Objectives
9(1)
RAND's Survey of Shipbuilders
9(6)
Shipyards Employ Two Types of Outsourcing
10(1)
Total Outsourcing: Use at UK Shipyards
11(1)
Peak Outsourcing: Use at UK Shipyards
12(3)
Outsourcing Practices in the United States, European Union, and Asia
15(8)
Total and Peak Outsourcing in US and EU Shipyards
15(2)
Total and Peak Outsourcing in Japanese and South Korean Shipyards
17(2)
Summary Comparison of UK, US, EU, and Asian Outsourcing Practices
19(2)
Reasons Why Shipbuilders Do and Do Not Outsource
21(2)
The Cost Impact of Outsourcing
23(2)
Adequacy of the UK Supplier Base to Support Greater Levels of Outsourcing
25(12)
UK Shipbuilding Subcontracting Base
25(4)
Use of Smaller Shipbuilders
29(2)
Unemployed and Incapacity Roles
31(4)
Overseas Shipbuilding Labour Pool
35(2)
Implications to the CVF and Other MOD Shipbuilding Programmes
37(4)
CHAPTER THREE Advanced Outfitting Practices and Implications for the CVF 41(20)
Overview of Ship Construction Processes
42(4)
Current Use of Advanced Outfitting by UK, US, and EU Shipbuilders
46(6)
Electrical Power Distribution Outfitting
47(1)
HVAC and Piping Outfitting
48(1)
Joinery Tasks Outfitting
49(2)
Painting and Insulation, and Structural Outfitting
51(1)
Limitations to Higher Levels of Advanced Outfitting
52(2)
The Cost Impact of Different Levels of Advanced Outfitting
54(5)
What Level of Advanced Outfitting Is Practical for the CVF Programme, and Should It Vary by Shipbuilder?
59(2)
APPENDIX
A. Outsourcing Survey
61(6)
B. Advanced Outfitting Survey
67(10)
Bibliography 77

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