Data administration for the Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured Parts
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Authors
Eads, Catherine T.
Smith, Pamela A.
Subjects
Data Administration
Flexible Manufacturing systems
Flexible Manufacturing systems
Advisors
Dolk, Daniel R.
Date of Issue
1992-09
Date
September 1988
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
Procurement of spare parts is both time consuming and
costly for the Navy. The Rapid Acquisition of Manufactured
Parts (RAMP) is a Navy program designed to reduce the lead
time required to procure small mechanical parts by up to
90%. RAMP is a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) which
will use computer controlled equipment to produce 15,000
parts per year with an average lot size of four parts. A
distributed system consisting of heterogeneous hardware,
software and data, the RAMP environment presents many
database administration difficulties.
This thesis presents an overview of the RAMP Manufacturing
System, discusses the data administration issues found
in distributed computing environments and flexible
manufacturing systems, and suggests an expanded information
resource dictionary system to manage and control RAMP's
shared data. The problem of maintaining consistency among
multiple databases in the event of a failure is examined.
Type
Thesis
Description
Series/Report No
Department
Department of Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Identifiers
NPS Report Number
Sponsors
Funder
Format
99 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Rights
This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.