The document discusses the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS), which provides timely and accurate information to support daily decisions of aviation maintenance and material management. NALCOMIS operates on SNAP-I computers using keyboards and monitors for data entry and retrieval. It helps the Navy by increasing aircraft readiness and reducing administrative burdens. Hardware components include keyboards and mice for input, printers and monitors for output, and servers for storage which are connected to a main server in Pensacola, Florida.
The document discusses the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS), which provides timely and accurate information to support daily decisions of aviation maintenance and material management. NALCOMIS operates on SNAP-I computers using keyboards and monitors for data entry and retrieval. It helps the Navy by increasing aircraft readiness and reducing administrative burdens. Hardware components include keyboards and mice for input, printers and monitors for output, and servers for storage which are connected to a main server in Pensacola, Florida.
The document discusses the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS), which provides timely and accurate information to support daily decisions of aviation maintenance and material management. NALCOMIS operates on SNAP-I computers using keyboards and monitors for data entry and retrieval. It helps the Navy by increasing aircraft readiness and reducing administrative burdens. Hardware components include keyboards and mice for input, printers and monitors for output, and servers for storage which are connected to a main server in Pensacola, Florida.
The document discusses the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS), which provides timely and accurate information to support daily decisions of aviation maintenance and material management. NALCOMIS operates on SNAP-I computers using keyboards and monitors for data entry and retrieval. It helps the Navy by increasing aircraft readiness and reducing administrative burdens. Hardware components include keyboards and mice for input, printers and monitors for output, and servers for storage which are connected to a main server in Pensacola, Florida.
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Determining Operating Systems and Software Applications
Naval Operating System; Nalcomis Dr. Kathryn J. Moland Week 2 Team Assignment Frederick R. Paige III Sylvia Elliott Ruby Jackson
Frederick Paige; Sylvia Elliott; Ruby Jackson July 7, 2013
Determining Operating Systems and Software Applications
Nalcomis Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS) is an automated information system that provides complete, timely, and accurate information to the aviation maintenance and material management on daily decisions. The automated information system helps to support the workers and managers. It also features a data entry device for simplifying and improving data collection. Team A will describe how NALCOMIS helps the Navy reach his or her goals. We will also describe the hardware components used and provide an example input hardware, output hardware, and storage hardware and describe how they are used in the organization. Navy Objectives The NALCOMIS helps the Navy reach his or her goal by allowing the workers and management to receive information on a timely manner and accurately. There are three objectives of the NALCOMIS system to increase aircraft readiness by providing local maintenance and supply managers with information that they require in their day- to-day management and decision- making process, to reduce the administrative burden on the fleet, and improve the quality of up line reported data (Allen, 1988). One of the operating system used is the NRMM and it was designed to improve component repair turn- around time and inventory accuracy (NALCOMIS, n.d.). NALCOMIS operates on the shipboard non- tactical automatic data processing (ADP) program (SNAP-I) computer, AN/UYK-65(V). It uses keyboard video display terminals (KVDTS) for source data entry and retrieval. The KVDTS are in maintenance and supply spaces, and are used for automated preparation and processing of maintenance and supply source Frederick Paige; Sylvia Elliott; Ruby Jackson July 7, 2013
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documents, such as the VIDS/MAF and DD 1348 (NALCOMIS, n.d.). The operating system allows each department to exchange information, especially between maintenance and other operations. They have to track and control the resources used daily and establishing a maintenance schedule. Nalcomis Hardware Components Kroeenke, D.M. (2012) states Hardware consists of electronic components and related gadgetry that input, process, output, and store data according to instructions encoded in computer programs or software. Microsoft Windows is the operating system that Nalcomis uses and the system software is Microsoft Office. Input devices are an important part of using the operating system for daily functions and operational readiness. Input Devices Nalcomis provides a modern, real time, responsive; computer-based management information system that enables operators and managers to increase aircraft readiness. There are many users in the organization that use Nalcomis therefore; it is imperative to have available computers for the users. The system requires users to input data using numeric and alphabet therefore a keyboard is an essential input device, which provides the user with this functionality. A mouse is also used as an input device to navigate the user between computer screens and different applications that can run at the same time. Output Devices There are two different types of Nalcomis, Intermediate Level, and Organizational Level. Intermediate level organizations are Aviation Logistics Units that are bigger in Frederick Paige; Sylvia Elliott; Ruby Jackson July 7, 2013
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manpower and resources. Organization Level units are individual Squadrons that make up Intermediate level organizations and use Optimized Nalcomis. Intermediate level uses the Microsoft operating system and the Organizational Level uses Linux operating system. Even though the systems are compatible, they both take up screen space and users find it difficult to maneuver between pages on a constant basis. Having two computer monitors set up is a faster way that users can switch between applications and also see what is being done in real-time between applications. Maintenance Action Forms (MAFs) and supply requisitions are forms that need to be printed on a regular basis. The transactions completed in Nalcomis by the manager are action requests and supply orders that need to be filled. Printing out these forms are an important function to achieving the goal of aircraft readiness. Printers are an output device that provides the workers with the information needed in-hand to complete work orders. Computers cannot always be taken onto the job site for certain reasons therefore; having that request on paper is a much more functional way to operate. Other output devices include hand-held scanners to read barcodes and send that information back to the operating system via Bluetooth technology or a wireless module. Storage Hardware Millions of Maintenance Action Requests (MAFs) are generated each day throughout the Naval Fleet and saving the information is vitally important. There are millions of components that are worked on and having a history of the maintenance performed is essential to safety. A server is the storage device used is maintained by each organizational level, and it backs up Nalcomis daily. Those servers are connected Frederick Paige; Sylvia Elliott; Ruby Jackson July 7, 2013
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to a main server, which is run by the Department of the Navy located in Pensacola, Florida. The information stored on these servers can be accessed at any time by anyone with the proper credentials.
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Determining Operating Systems and Software Applications
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Kroeenke, D.M. (2012). MIS essentials (2 nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. Manzo, J.M., Pizak, D. R., & Rhoads, C.J. (2010). Microsoft Office 2007 in business core (2 nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson. Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS) http://www.navair.navy.mil/logistics/4790/library/Chapter%2013.pdf