1589. Inertia Productivity Facility – The State of Tracking, Checking, and Reporting Techniques at North American Aircraft Opera
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Paper
Abstract
The Mass Properties Department of NAAO Rockwell International Corporation is committed to the continued advancement of automated reporting. This paper describes the growth and usage of our Inertia Productivity Facility referred to as IPF. It is about the action and reaction of the Inertia engineer to the computer as well as the system itself. It represents the philosophies of many engineers designing a facility for our own use and what we have learned about the computer.
The balance between desires for cost effective and do-all programming is explored. This paper explains the way we decided which capabilities were necessary in our inertia programs and how we implemented them. The Inertia Productivity Facility is the result of group feedback and individual suggestions. It is an expansion of the IBM Structured Programming Facility called SPF. This expansion is divided into two major sections, DATABASE and REPORT. Database management utilities are used by mass properties personnel to institute and maintain aircraft inertia definitions. Report utilities place calculated inertia into files which may be printed, viewed online or stored for future reference.
Education is a primary concern in any structured program facility. Our solution of including the users in the design stages of the system from the beginning has saved untold time and frustration for the individual engineer. This insures that a job will be done in a familiar and identifiable manner. Computer training needs are kept at a minimum since the engineer knows what to expect from previous discussions of the design, The only real training need is a manual for guidance, although additional training methods are used to insure the engineers’ self confidence.
