Benchmarking

During the development of the Strategic Investment Plan in 1998, the NSRP Executive Control Board concluded that a baseline was needed in order to measure performance of the U.S. shipbuilding industry during the period of the program. To establish the baseline, benchmarking of shipyards in the U.S., Europe, Japan and South Korea was conducted. The Defense Department sponsored the 2004-2005 benchmarking of first- and mid-tier U.S. shipyards and other international shipyards. The proven benchmarking method that was used established each shipyard's current competitive position along with an evaluation of the applied technology and practices in key areas against peers in the shipbuilding industry, both foreign and domestic.
To complement the Shipbuilding Technology benchmarking program, the ECB commissioned other industry-wide benchmarking in the fields of purchasing practices and surface preparation and coatings.

Past Benchmarking Efforts

• Benchmarking of Mid-Tier U. S. Shipyards
• Global Shipbuilding Industrial Base Benchmarking Study
• First Marine International Benchmarking Study
• Shipbuilding Industrial Base Investment Fund
• U. S. Shipbuilding Technology Benchmarking

More information, contact the Program Office