Accession Number:

ADA191062

Title:

Navy Automated Food Service Records Management and Control System

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Nov 1978-Sep 1984

Corporate Author:

ARMY NATICK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER MA

Personal Author(s):

• Peter, Paul H.
• Hopkins, Jeff
• True, Ellen
• Thanos, Teresa

Report Date:

1988-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

57.0

Abstract:

The Government Accounting GAO and the Defense Audit Survey DAS reports indicate that the lack of management control in food service has been associated with losses exceeding 100 million. The US Army Natick Research, Development and Engineering center NRDEC was tasked to develop a concept for automating enlisted dining facility records in the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. The Navy Automated Food Service Records NAFSR System was designed not only to automate many time-consuming calculations and report preparation procedures that burden a typical military food service staff but also to tighten the controls on inventory utilization and accountability. In addition, this prototype system tracks which individuals are entitled to subsist at Government expense so that stricter access controls can be applied. The system also provides management with information necessary for an efficient food service operation. The system is an integration of new technology hardware and NRDEC- developed, state-of-the-art software. The functions that were addressed were Accounting, Menu Production, Inventory Control, Report PreparationArchiving, Access Control, and File Maintenance. These functions were implemented into two environments the ashore environment and the afloat environment. In addition to these functions, the afloat implementation addressed the issues of Private Dining Facilities, Stateroom Management, and more sophisticated remote terminal areas.

Descriptors:

• *CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *FOOD SERVICE
• *MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• *MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND CONTROL
• *RECORDS MANAGEMENT
• ACCESS
• ACCOUNTABILITY
• ACCOUNTING
• AIR FORCE
• AUDITING
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• CONTROL
• COSTS
• DINING HALLS
• EFFICIENCY
• ENLISTED PERSONNEL
• FILES(RECORDS)
• INVENTORY CONTROL
• MAINTENANCE
• MARINE CORPS
• MENU
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• MILITARY OPERATIONS
• NAVY
• OPERATION
• PREPARATION
• PRODUCTION
• RECORDS
• REMOTE AREAS
• REMOTE TERMINALS
• STATE OF THE ART
• SURVEYS

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Food, Food Service and Nutrition
• Logistics, Military Facilities and Supplies

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE