A Study of the Overtime Work Control in the Shipbuilding Shop

Abstract

Steady work quantity in a manufacturing shop is highly desirable for the production control. But we could not avoid the fluctuation in the actual schedule even if we could make a plan matched for the capacities of man-power and equipments. Disagreement between the preliminary schedule and the practical program is usually adjusted by overtime work. Having noticed a necessity to clear up its actual situation, viewed from health control and other angles, we made some investigations into overtime work in the manufacturing shop. The object of our investigation is to give counsel to apportionment of personnels and of their total overtime hours. We are able to make a more practical overtime planning by this investigation than in the past.