tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884316912702410451.comments2020-02-24T04:43:56.478-08:00BOATBUILD CONSULTPHIL FRIEDMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15342167115867483681noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884316912702410451.post-75736609700262769282011-06-02T08:02:28.978-07:002011-06-02T08:02:28.978-07:00Truer words have never been written. Your candid c...Truer words have never been written. Your candid comments are appreciated by someone who has been burned more than once by unrealistic scheduling. Keep punching away.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07608358534590169597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884316912702410451.post-7289833894841112812009-12-19T09:03:43.063-08:002009-12-19T09:03:43.063-08:00STEVE TOBY WROTE:
While I can't argue with ...STEVE TOBY WROTE:<br /> <br />While I can't argue with the conclusion of this post -- indeed, experience does matter a lot -- I disagree with the main argument. In my 30+ year career as a designer I have rarely seen a project run to completion without changes in design -- and I think that it is design, and not the production schedule, that should drive a project. It doesn't matter if the vessel is delivered "on time and within budget" -- a bogey that I've never seen achieved by the way -- if the owner isn't happy with what he gets. If the craft is delivered 6 months late and 20% over budget but is exactly what the owner wants, 5 years after that, it will be held up as a masterpiece!<br /><br />In a recent home renovation, I found that a visit to Lowe's showed a "target of opportunity" (a sale on flooring) and a bathroom ended up with a real marble floor as a result. Naturally, that added to the cost and time required for the work. So what? In this case the BOM drove the project, but the owner (me) ended up happy. The design evolved as the owner's requirements changed. That happens -- everyone in the business of building anything has to get used to it.<br /><br />It's the owner's requirements that drive everything in a project -- but that drive energy is exerted through design (and its handmaidens, change orders) rather than through the production planning cited by Mr. Friedman. Production planning is important, sure -- but it must be kept in its place. Any low volume production process has to be flexible; if you think you're running a factory to produce 300,000 units a year, you'll soon be out of the marine business because there aren't even 100 customers a year for any seagoing craft.<br /><br />FRIEDMAN REPLIES:<br /><br />I don't expect designers and engineers to like what I have to say about who and what should drive a production schedule. But I too have 30-plus years in the industry; and I can tell you that the yard which allows engineering or the BOM to control the production schedule is a yard that consistently loses money.<br /><br />Of course, a customer can ask for or require changes during production. But the customer then accepts the consequences with regard to necessary changes in the contracted pricing and delivery date.<br /><br />What I'm talking about, however, is something else. I'm talking about situations in which the customer stands firm on contracted price and delivery date (and on liquidated damages for late completion), while the yard's internal or sub-contracted design and/or engineering departments work at a self-determined pace and in a self-determined order of priority, neither of which bear any resemblance to the needs of the contracted production schedule.<br /><br />And please don't tell me about creativity marching to its own drummer. If you are running a boatyard, that particular drummer will drum you right out of business.PHIL FRIEDMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15342167115867483681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884316912702410451.post-41004638676313500412009-11-03T08:15:40.296-08:002009-11-03T08:15:40.296-08:00Great…you’re on our Facebook site – good insights ...Great…you’re on our Facebook site – good insights – keep ‘em coming…<br /><br />Beth Rosenberg<br />Associate Editor<br />Soundings-Trade Onlyreaders_writehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15210978054946754764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884316912702410451.post-33300105486775581412009-10-27T18:54:03.569-07:002009-10-27T18:54:03.569-07:00Right again. I know captains who routinely try to ...Right again. I know captains who routinely try to knock down yard bills by 10 to 15% whether justified or not. I also know some project managers who operate the same way. I guess its to show that they are doing their job. Leaves a bad taste.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17946263656688546237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884316912702410451.post-84301594466411366782009-10-15T14:54:44.831-07:002009-10-15T14:54:44.831-07:00Damn well said. Hard economic times require realis...Damn well said. Hard economic times require realism not silliness. Have followed your writings over the years and look forward to more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17946263656688546237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884316912702410451.post-84722784510091838472009-10-10T06:08:17.601-07:002009-10-10T06:08:17.601-07:00Phil -
A thoughful entrance to the pool ... great ...Phil -<br />A thoughful entrance to the pool ... great start. I look forward to reading your traffic...skipSkip Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166946134540938747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884316912702410451.post-57234228316628965332009-10-09T11:41:49.673-07:002009-10-09T11:41:49.673-07:00The bankrupcty attornies are having a field day du...The bankrupcty attornies are having a field day during this so called "Great Recession". It's amazing how laws that were originally set-up to protect people fromAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com