Part of the Ulstein Group, Ulstein Verft AS (hereafter referred to as Ulstein Verft) has grown up
to a worldwide, leading company in design and building of special-purpose ships. Construction
processes are organized in projects, which requires high degree of management, technical
knowledge and utilization of sophisticated equipment (Ulstein Group). The shipyard participates
in MAROFF (Maritime business and offshore operations) Lean Shipbuilding research and
development program, which is part of the Research Council of Norway. With the collaboration
of Fafo (from Norwegian: Forskningsstiftelsen Fafo) and Møreforsking (Møre Research Center)
on research of implementation of Lean Shipbuilding, a unique production system called Ulstein
Production System has been developed, which focuses on planning methodology. Thus,
production-guiding method The Last Planner has been implemented for yard number 277 in
November 2006 and utilized then on