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	Fleet-wide distribution No proprietary software, no royalty fees Full compliance with the U.S. Navy procedural document OPNAV 4790 Incorporation of all Maintenance Index Pages (MIPs) and Maintenance Requirement Cards (MRCs), linked to the appropriate maintenance check User interface that replicates standard Navy forms and notation Data-driven application, which is customized for each ship’s configuration without reprogramming Electronic feedback and manpower analysis reports Third-party interfaces: OMMS-NG Portable maintenance aids Hazardous Inventory Control System (HICS)
		PROBLEM: Scheduling preventive maintenance for all equipment on a ship requires task coordination, extensive record keeping, and much patience. The sheer task of writing the names of thousands of equipment items onto paper schedules consumed the time and energy of many sailors. Cases of paper and pencils were required to schedule maintenance, record its completion, or explain its delay. Planning this maintenance in weekly, quarterly, and 6-year increments turned sailors into secretaries instead of technicians.
		SOLUTION: Sked automatically generated all required maintenance schedules for each work center on each Navy ship and submarine. It read equipment names for each work center directly from a CD, saving sailors from tedious, manual entries. The program generated schedules using a logic based on calculations derived from periodicity rules; however, sailors were free to change the computer-generated schedules. For each scheduled maintenance check, Sked provided the corresponding maintenance procedure (i.e., Maintenance Requirement Card (MRC)) so that sailors not only knew when to perform a task but how to perform it. Sked’s online environment included approval of schedules by department heads; assignment of jobs via the online crew list; reporting; and online “marking” to show maintenance completed, rescheduled, or not accomplished. Sked interfaced with other Navy systems, such as the Organizational Maintenance Management System - Next Generation (OMMS-NG), and integrated NAVSEA’s logistics/configuration and maintenance processes-an integral part of Navy modernization.