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Ship Production Panels

About the Panels . . . .

The Major Initiative and Technical Panels hold a significant role in the NSRP ASE program. In addition to acting as a technical resource to the Major Initiative Teams, they will serve as the primary public forum for industry-wide networking and technology transfer. A shipyard manager leads each panel and panel membership is composed of expert volunteers from industry, government and academia. Panel membership, and Panel meetings, are open to the public

Background . . . .

Panel meeting discussions regularly reveal project opportunities that are not well suited for funding via the ASE solicitation process, yet are important to the shipbuilding industry. The ECB typically sets aside a modest amount of money each year to fund relatively small (less than $100K), short-term (12 months or less) projects recommended by the Panel Chairs. Once a solicitation is issued, Panel proposals are submitted to the Panel Chairs in the form of short white papers; the Panels then vote on which papers (up to three) to submit for consideration by the ECB. Submissions from all the Panels are then put through a competitive selection process in which the ECB selects a Panel Project portfolio for that year. Current Panel Projects can be found on the website.

To Get Involved . . . .

The Business Process Technologies Panel provides a public forum for discussing all principal business processes - from initial business strategy development through post-delivery customer service - required to rapidly and effectively respond to the marketplace. 
The Crosscut Initiatives Panel provides a public forum for discussing issues, approaches, resources and programs to meet the needs of people and organizations. The Panel ensures that technologies implemented from NSRP and Panel projects consider the required supporting areas of Education & Training, Tech-Transfer, Organizational Change and Human Resources.
The Environmental Technologies Panel provides a public forum for discussing environmental compliance issues as they relate to the shipbuilding/repair industry and its customers. One of the original NSRP panels, this Technical Panel has a long history. 
The Facilities, Tooling & Risk Management Panel provides a public forum for discussing the functions of providing and maintaining a physical plant capable of assembling, modifying and repairing ships in an efficient, safe, controllable and ecologically acceptable manner. 
The Product Design & Materials Technology Panel provides a public forum for discussing the parametric design rules, metrics, detail design, and materials standards, engineering data, and advanced product designs and materials to support the rapid and efficient development of the next generation of high performance ships.
The Shipyard Production Process Technologies Panel provides a public forum for discussing the principal manufacturing process, equipment, planning, and other activities used to transform purchased materials (e.g., raw steel plates, structural shapes, components) and systems into completed products.
The Surface Preparation & Coatings Panel provides a public forum for discussing specifications, receipt inspection of materials, preparation for coating, application of coatings, personnel protection, and clean-up and environmental compliance, as they relate to the shipbuilding/repair industry and its customers. One of the original NSRP panels, this Technical Panel has a long history.
The Systems Technology Panel provides a public forum for discussing the underlying systems infrastructure required to support the other initiatives, with emphasis being given to the tools that reduce principal business processes - from initial business strategy development through posto-delivery customer service - required to rapidl and effectively respond to the marketplace
The Welding Technology Panel provides a public forum for discussing methods and processes to improve the technology of welding, cutting, forming and burning as it pertains to and is applied to the shipbuilding/repair industry and its customers. One of the original NSRP panels, this Technical Panel has a long history.