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原文传递 Change Order

题名：	Change Order
正文语种：	eng
作者：	Ken Hocke
摘要：	Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., has been a prolific builder of aluminum fast warships for the Navy for two decades. From its humble beginnings in the late 1990s, the yard has blossomed into a world-class shipbuilder, primarily on two Navy contracts - the 421'6"×103.7' Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) and the 338'×93'×l2' expeditionary fast transport (EPF) vessel. The shipyard's 700,000-sq.-ft. module manufacturing facility (MMF) is a modern, hyper-technological facility with a production line that produces a ship that's 85% complete when it finishes its trip across the building. "There's no losing work because of weather delays here," said Mike Bell, senior vice president of operations. "My workforce is very young, and we run a lean shipyard." Bell's office is not on the other side of the campus in a glassed-in office complex right out of Silicon Valley. It's right there in the MMF. "Anyone can come to my office any time to discuss whatever needs to be discussed," said Bell. "I want the people who work here to feel they can come to me with whatever problem arises."
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	79
期：	3
页码：	18-19