Productivity of Seafarers: Measure and Improve

Essay by babtaa0aUniversity, Master'sA-, March 2007

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SectionPage

1.Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......................................... . . . . . . 3

2.International Situation of Seafarers

2.1 Supply and Demand Situation..........................................4

2.2 Productivity Awareness Situation......................................4-6

2.3 Regulation and Standards of Productivity............................ 6-8

3.Separating Productivity Measurement from Cost Control .........8-9

4.Fundamentals of Productivity Measurement

4.1 Background.................................................................9-10

4.2 Selecting Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................10

4.3 Reporting Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .........................10-11

4.4 Reporting Work-Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......................12

4.5 Productivity Calculations ...... . . . . . . . . . . ..........................

.. 13-14

4.6 Reporting Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...........................15

5.Performance Evaluation

5.1 Background............................................................... 15

5.2 Control Budget . . . . . . . ................................. . . . . . . . . . . .16

5.3 Productivity Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .............. ..... ......16

5.4 Forecasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............................16

5.5 Monitoring Progress by Control Account . . . . . . . ..................16

5.6 The Earned-Value Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................17

5.7 Productivity and Schedule Performance. . . . . . .