UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

NAVAL ARCHITECTURE & MARINE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

NA276 - MARINE SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING

FINAL EXAM – FEBRUARY 15, 1999
THIS IS AN OPEN BOOK EXAM

MUST BE DEPOSITED IN MY BOX BY 5 PM, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1999

NAME:____________________________________________
PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER:_______________________

INSTRUCTIONS:

A. REVIEW EXAM AS SOON AS YOU CAN IN CASE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ME. You
can ask me questions through Class on Tuesday, February 23, 1999

B. Write the solution to each question in the space provided. Additional sheets can be used if
required. Write so I can easily read your answers.

C. The exam should be able to be completed in 6 hours with a minimum effort of 4 hours expected.

YOU MAY SELECT ANY TEN (10) OF THE 18 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.

NOTE: YOU ONLY NEED TO ANSWER TEN (10)QUESTIONS

Write and sign the following honor code:

"I HAVE NEITHER GIVEN NOR RECEIVED AID ON THIS EXAMINATION

 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING

NA276 - MARINE SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING

WINTER TERM 1998

FINAL EXAM
1. Describe the evolution of modern shipbuilding from the days of the clipper ship. Make sure
you include significant changes along the way.
2. Describe the evolution of offshore drilling rig and platform construction.
3. Using the Ship Type Demand Breakdown Pie-chart divide the market into the following three
market demand categories and show which ships would be in each category by preparing a
matrix for the different ship types:
 Large market share
 Medium market share
 Niche market share
4. Your shipyard has produced 80,000 CGT of ships per year average over the past 3 years.
Production labor level for the same period has averaged 1,750 and they worked an average of
1,800 hours per year. Use the attached curve to determine maximum fully burdoned labor rate
at which you will still be competitive based on cost of labor.
5. Describe the purposes of Contracts and Specifications and also the precedence between
Contract Specifications, Contract Drawings and the Contract.
6. Engineering has prepared the attached weight breakdown for a new ship design. You must
prepare an ROM cost estimate. Use the cost charts from your notes to develop both labor and
material costs. Check both totals calculated from group Cost Estimate Relationships (CER's)
by the Lightship CER's. Also check Production labor total against competitive target of 45
MH/CGT.
7. Describe the major components in a world class shipyard. You can do this by combinations of
text and sketches showing the layout and/or identifying the material flow.
8. Describe the three major concepts of modern shipbuilding practise.
9. Describe how Design for Production can be applied in the early design stage and give four (4)
examples of areas to which it can be applied.
10. Describe the major goals of Group Technology and how they could be applied to shipbuilding.
11. Describe how a number of breakdown structures can be combined to provide a product-
oriented work breakdown structure for a typical shipyard.
12. Descibe the three levels of planning and state which groups should use them.
13. See attached CPM Question.
14. Describe how Production Control utilizes planning and scheduling.
15. Explain the Shipbuilding Policy and Build Strategy approach to shipbuilding.
16. Describe current (a) CAD and (b) CAM applications in shipyards.
17. Describe, with the aid of diagrams, the 5 organization structures and which one you would use
in your shipyard and why.
18. Explain what you think needs to be done in U.S. shipyards for them to successfully enter the
international commercial shipbuilding market.
 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MARINE ENGINEERING

NA276 - MARINE SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING

WINTER TERM 1998

EXAM QUESTION 6
SHIP PARTICULARS

Ship type: containership

Capacity in teu's 1728
Lbp 172 m 564 ft
Beam 25.3 m 83 ft
Depth 13.5 m 44.3 ft
Draft 9.0 m 29.5 ft
Dwt 22,900 tonnes
Speed 20 knots
Shp 19,200
Gross tonnage 18,000

WEIGHT BREAKDOWN
GROUP TITLE WEIGHT (TONNES)
100 Steel structure 4,800
200 Propulsion machinery 1,250
300 Electric plant 300
400 Command & communication 50
500 Auxiliary 500
600 Outfit 1,400

Lightship weight 8,300