Preface | p. iii |
Figures | p. ix |
Tables | p. xi |
Summary | p. xiii |
Acknowledgments | p. xxi |
Abbreviations | p. xxiii |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Depot Maintenance of Naval Ships Is Big Business | p. 1 |
Overview of the Four Public Shipyards and Other Repair Facilities | p. 4 |
Norfolk Naval Shipyard | p. 6 |
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility | p. 7 |
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | p. 8 |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility | p. 9 |
Other Facilities | p. 11 |
Management of the Public Shipyards | p. 13 |
Objective of the Research | p. 15 |
Research Approach | p. 15 |
Organization of the Monograph | p. 16 |
An Evaluation of Planned and Actual Workload Demand | p. 17 |
Shipyard Workload Plans | p. 17 |
Factors Influencing the Demand for Depot-Level Services | p. 19 |
Force Structure | p. 19 |
Maintenance Policies, Practices and Philosophies | p. 21 |
Maintenance Requirements | p. 22 |
Other Considerations | p. 23 |
Workload-Demand Forecasts | p. 24 |
Variability and Uncertainty in Planned and Actual Demand | p. 27 |
Summary | p. 32 |
Cost-Effective Workforce Strategies | p. 35 |
Workforce Planning at the Public Depots | p. 36 |
The Shipyard Workforce and Workforce-Planning Process | p. 36 |
Workforce-Management Strategies for Meeting Variability and Uncertainty | p. 38 |
Analytical Framework and Methodology | p. 45 |
The Workforce Allocation Tool | p. 47 |
Data on Workload Demand | p. 49 |
Data on Workforce Characteristics | p. 50 |
Data on Cost Factors | p. 51 |
Productivity and the Relative Cost of Labor | p. 53 |
Variation in Productivity with the Use of Overtime | p. 53 |
The Effect of Worker Type and Experience on Productivity | p. 56 |
The Relative Productive Cost of Labor | p. 58 |
Strategies for Meeting Planned Workload Demands | p. 61 |
Implications of Workload Inflation | p. 63 |
Findings and Recommendations | p. 68 |
Additional Workforce Considerations and Sensitivity Results | p. 71 |
Shop-Level Evaluations | p. 72 |
Workload Variability | p. 73 |
Overtime | p. 74 |
Recruiting Challenges | p. 75 |
Time to Become Productive | p. 76 |
Attrition | p. 76 |
Demographics | p. 76 |
Shop-Level Summary | p. 78 |
The Limitations of Seasonal and Borrowed Labor and the Implications of Off-Site Work | p. 79 |
The Implications of Productivity Assumptions | p. 80 |
The Sensitivity of Available Workforce and Total Cost to Overtime Productivity | p. 80 |
Increased Productivity for Borrowed Workers | p. 82 |
An Evaluation of Alternative Workload Allocation Strategies | p. 85 |
Shift Work from the Private Sector to the Public Sector | p. 87 |
A Systemic Shift | p. 87 |
Short-Term Shift | p. 93 |
Shift Work Between Public Shipyards | p. 95 |
Summary | p. 96 |
An Evaluation of Other Organizations' Workload- and Workforce-Management Practices | p. 97 |
United Kingdom Dockyards | p. 98 |
Workload-Management Strategies | p. 98 |
Workforce-Management Strategies | p. 99 |
European Commercial Shipbuilders | p. 100 |
Workload-Management Strategies | p. 100 |
Workforce-Management Strategies | p. 101 |
The Depots of Other U.S. Military Services | p. 101 |
U.S. Army Depots | p. 102 |
U.S. Army Depot Workload-Management Strategies | p. 103 |
U.S. Army Depot Workforce-Management Strategies | p. 104 |
NASA Space-Shuttle Maintenance | p. 105 |
Findings Relevant to the U.S. Navy | p. 108 |
Retain Core Capabilities and Competencies, Subcontract Others | p. 108 |
Avoid Excess Overtime | p. 108 |
Use Temporary Labor to Meet Infrequent Peak Demands | p. 109 |
Promote a Multiskilled Workforce | p. 109 |
Smooth Workload Demands | p. 110 |
Augment Work | p. 110 |
Track Performance | p. 111 |
Conclusions and Implications | p. 113 |
Depot Laws and Policies Governing Management Options | p. 119 |
Depot Maintenance Industrial Base Study Questionnaire | p. 127 |
Mathematical Details of the Workforce Allocation Tool | p. 143 |
References | p. 157 |
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