Company Overview
Our Mission: The business we’re in

As part of the General Dynamics Marine Group, Bath Iron Works provides total Surface Navy Warfare Solutions for our Customers.
Utilizing state-of-the-art tools and processes our workforce delivers:
Unsurpassed leadership in systems engineering and platform integration
The highest quality research, development, engineering, design, construction and support
The best-built, most capable surface ships in the world
Comprehensive fleet support
 
Our Vision: The kind of company we want to be
Bath Iron Works will be the Best Value provider of Surface Naval Combatant program management, engineering, design, shipbuilding and fleet support.
To achieve this vision we will:
Value EMPLOYEES as our most important resource
Ensure SAFETY and QUALITY in every stage of every process
Create VALUE for our customers, employees and shareholders
Demonstrate our CREDIBILITY by fulfilling commitments
Increase our TECHNOLOGY and INNOVATION leadership

Our Vision: Employees

Employees are our most valued resource:

Together we ensure a safe working environment
Contributions to success are valued and recognized
Each is treated with fairness and respect
All are proud to be part of the BIW team

Our Vision: Safety and Quality

“Bath-Built is Best Built” means:
Safety and first-time Quality
In every stage of every process
In every organization
A LEAN enterprise with:
More involvement of the people who work with the processes daily
Less effort, equipment, time, and space

Our Vision: Value
To our Customers:
BIW is the “Best Value” provider, exceeding expectations with:
Excellence in engineering and design processes
Superior product capability
The highest quality
The most efficient manufacturing and support processes

To Our Employees and Shareholders:

A “Best Value” approach will yield:
Opportunity, stability and security
Increasing economic returns

Our Vision: Credibility
As an organization we fulfill our commitments:
To each other
To everyone with effective and forthright communications
To our customers by delivering capability and our products on schedule and within budget
To our shareholders by creating value
To the community as a good corporate citizen

Our Vision: Technology and Innovation
BIW’s technology leadership ensures our customers affordable, innovative capability. We will continue to increase our technology and innovation leadership through:
Research and development
Leadership of efforts to trade capability and cost through total system integration of hardware, software and people
The application of integrated engineering, design and construction processes
The application of LEAN processes throughout the enterprise

 
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