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I was talking to a friend who is a naval architect about efficiency and scheduling in shipyards. There is some measure which is to do with tons and hours and he was recently at a conference in the USA where the American guy s were really pleased with having a number like 105 for this measure. The Korean value is 8.... Neport News shipyards emplyoys 18000 people! Most shipyards count their staff in hundreds. What do they all do? (Work scheduling says Richard) This is all to do with some US law called the Jones act which basically seems to say that if you are building ships for the navy you can take as long as you want and make as much profit as you want. (I am sure it is more complicated than that)