Submarine Tender Shipboard Uniform Automated Data Processing System Requisition/Issue/Receipt Document Processing Errors, Omissions and Procedural Deviations

摘要

The Shipboard Uniform Automated Data Processing System (SUADPS) was designed in the late 1960s to improve afloat supply management by utilizing automated data processing equipment. This system is still currently operational on the U.S. Navy's thirteen submarine tenders performing most of the basic clerical functions of supply. SUADPS in its present form is obsolete and requires substantial manual interfacing from initial document preparation to final processing and filing. Some of the adverse aspects of SUADPS manual interfacing are document processing errors, omissions and procedural deviations. If not adequately curbed, these aspects can degrade submarine tender supply effectiveness. Within a few years, system improvements will be made available to the fleet to alleviate some of the deficiencies incorporated in the present system. Recommendations for measures to combat the spectrum of SUADPS document processing errors, omissions and procedural deviations are included in this thesis.