Defense Logistics Information System (DLIS): Procedures Manual: CharacteristicsData Management (CDM) End-User Manual

摘要

This document provides a non-technical presentation of information on the overallsystem. Detailed technical information, i.e., how to use the Characteristics Data Management (CDM) Application, is presented in other sections of this manual. The CDM Application is a major component of the Defense Logistics Information System (DLIS). The CDM System is organized into two major subsystems: Characteristics Decode and Master Requirements Directory (MRD). CDM was designed, developed, and implemented as part of an overall modernization effort at the DLSC which was undertaken to address end-user considerations. These considerations include reliability, transparency, seamless integration, quick response, single user interface, inter-operability, connectivity, availability, and growth. The CDM Application accomplishes these tasks by providing timely response, increased reliability and performance, increased responsiveness to change, and reducing dependence on hardcopy. DLIS is a centralized, large-scale, fully-integrated, mainframe system. As a part of this System, CDM provides the software designed to permit easy access to volumes of information stored in DLSC's databases. CDM provides end-users with user-friendly, help-responsive, interactive screens from which data is requested and then displayed.