A system dynamic analysis of officer manpower in the merchant marine

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The whole is not the sum of its parts and by extension of a set of suboptimum solutions can never produce a true optimum solution, Law of Gestalt (Burbidge), see TOWILL, D. R. (1994), 1961 and all that: the influence of Jay Forrester and John Burbidge on the design of modern manufacturing systems. Presented at the 1994 International System Dynamics Conference on Business Decision-Making.

The Logistics Systems Dynamics Group (LSDG) is a research unit based in the Department of Maritime Studies & International Transport, Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Design, CardiffUniversity, Cardiff. The group aims to bring together good industrial engineering practice, control theory, business process engineering and system simulation to forman integrated approach to logistics systems dynamics problem solving. The LSDG also considers the implications of organizational, attitudinal and technological factors when instigating business process change. The LSDG has history for the application of system dynamics providing decision makers, during the last 20 years and in a wide range of industries, with simple yet robust control algorithms. For further information about the LSDG contact Professor D. R. Towill or Dr M. M. Naim via e-mail: [email protected]; or Tel/fax: + 44(0)1222874635

Certificate titles are in line with the requirements of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) as amended in 1995.

In an attempt to increase recruitment, the UK Government introduced in 1988 the Government Assistance for Training Scheme (GAFT) and in 1994 the Development of Certificated Seafarers Scheme (DOCS). Under pressure from the industry and trade unions to improve the existing aid, the Government is planning to introduce a single scheme, Support for Maritime Training (SMART) with effect from April 1998. Source: The Telegraph, 1997, Aid for seafaring training set up for major shake-up. 30(5), April 1997