Ship maintenance (SHIPMAIN) is undivided of the newest initiatives squadron Sailors are putting into practice.

Ship maintenance (SHIPMAIN) is undivided of the newest initiatives squadron Sailors are putting into practice. It is a "best business" practice that is changing the tillage of getting ship work complet in a one-step process

"Innovative programs like SHIPMAIN and the Naval Aviation Readiness Integrated Improvement Program (NAVRIIP) helped unravel and share best practices, streamline maintenance planning and improved performance goals in shipyards, station-houses and Intermediate Maintenance Activities (IMA)," said Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), ADM Vern Clark in his CNO Guidance for 2004

"As we rouse [closer to] the "smart ship" design and operations, the gang size is significantly reduced. This means that more of the maintenance, above and beyond preventive maintenance schedule (PMS) is performed by dint of outside activities such as Ship Intermediate Maintenance Activities (SIMA), shipyards, and private contactors. The implementation of the SHIPMAIN program make sures that the right group is attached to the right piece of work from the very beginning, thereby expediting its completion," explained Master Chief Machinist's Mate (SW) Jeffery A. Gray, SIMA command master chief, Norfolk.

SHIPMAIN provides the maximum benefit by maintenance dollar by a common step process, eliminating time lags, prioritizing ship piece of works and empowering surface ship Sailors in their ship's maintenance decisions.

Each ship has in place a maintenance team consisting of a ship's port engineer, members of SIMA, ship repair supervisor (SUPSHIP), flotilla Training Support Center (FTSC) personnel and the ship's representative. These teams proper twice a week in the same location at the same time to discuss the same do job-work The ship's representative takes the lead in succession deciding priority jobs for the ship. This team approach is producing a mindset change and encouraging best business practices.

"SIMA now has more time to plan and carry out the availabilities within the prescribed dates, saving thousands of premium dollars," explained Senior Chief strip the hull from Maintenance Technician (SW) Paul Corey, senior intend manger SIMA Norfolk. "SHIPMAIN delivereds up fleet Sailors to concentrate upon other upkeep jobs and training, because the repair activity is doing more of the repair jobs"

"The proces for getting a '2Kilo,' Navy paperwork to assign repair work, from the ship to the maintenance activity is now more streamlined and more efficient. There appears to be fewer duplicate piece of work orders and less items sent that are Ship's Force (S/F) capable," said Chief strip the hull from Maintenance Technician Chris Perry, SIMA Norfolk throw manager.

The Navy's strategic plan, Sea Power 21 requires the capabilities of a 375-ship Navy to accomplish its missions. SHIPMAIN is contributing to the hereafter of a 375-ship Navy through saving time, labor and dollars-dollars that can be recapitalized into coming time assets. SHIPMAIN is also training Sailors and providing them opportunities to be beneficial stewards of the scarce sway resources entrusted to them. Maintenance piece of works that used to take weeks before a Sailor actually turn rounded a screw, now have a screening turnaround time of 48 to 72 hours.

"Sea Enterprise is focusing headquarters leadership in succession outputs and execution, and is creating ideas that will improve our productivity and bring to our overhead costs. The Sea Enterprise (SE) Board of Directors established an enterprise-wide approach to transformation, validating $38 billion in savings across the FY04 that will be years defense plan, and identifying $12 billion in recent initiatives to help us recapitalize and transform the force," Clark wrote in his 2004 guidance.

Sea Power 21 provides our nation with widely dispersed combat power from platforms possessing unprecedent war fighting capabilities. The global environment and the nation's defense strategy call for a military with the ability to be agreeable to swiftly to a broad range of global missions and homeland defense against terrorist threats. To suitable these demands, ships must be deployable and rise high ready when needed. It is in consequence of initiatives such as SHIPMAIN that the nimble remains a prepared and viable source of military power.

For more about CNO Guidance visit www.chinfo.navy. mil/navpalib/cno/clark-guidance 2004html

Story by dint of JOC Milinda D. Jensen, who is assigned to the public affairs office, Naval Sea a whole s Command, Washington, D.C.

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