Aligning Practices of CBPM in New Construction Project Vis A Vis Ships In Commission

Commander Anup Menon
&
Commander G P Pande

Synopsis Today Indian Navy has grown to be a shipbuilders navy. The average rate of new construction projects inducted by shipyards, match up in volume to the number of ships which come out of MR-MLU from Naval Dockyards. Logically the operating philosophy for CBPM during construction of new ship should be the same or better than the way ships are maintained whilst in-service. The paper intends to identify, the best practices in non-intrusive method of equipment health monitoring in new construction projects vis-a-vis ships in commission and marry them to get a holistic working model.
Keyword Noise-measurement, Oil analysis, Vibration signature, Underwater Noise ranging, SPM checks

SUBCONTRACTING AND THIRD PARTY INSPECTION AN ENIGMA FOR PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN WARSHIP INDUSTRY

Commander Mohit Goel
&
Commander G P Pande

Synopsis: Subcontracting along with third-party-inspection, is a well established tool for leapfrogging productivity in maritime industry. Today this 21st century business model is being applied to an evolving public-private-partnership within warship industry also. However defence shipbuilding/ repair industry has a lineage of cocooned and captive / in-house production. The challenge lies in harnessing maximum benefit out of a new business model, where maintaining control over the process and delivery schedule, after negotiation of the contract is completed is still in the phase of a learning curve. This paper intends to address the nuances in subcontracting and third party inspection from the prism of a naval customer bargaining for ‘quality ships on time’.
Keywords Outsourcing, Offloading, Subcontracting, Third party inspection, Classification society, Vendor development.

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