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TAV Manipulation and Matriculation

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TAV Product Summary
Management Software, Inc. (msiTM) is a woman owned and operated, small Connecticut corporation that provides a line of logistics products known as Total Asset Visibility (TAVTM). Initially developed for the U.S. Intelligence community, TAVTM is a collection of modules, each tailored to a specific logistics area of responsibility:

  • Receiving and Internal Distribution (AMSTM)
  • Inventory and Order Fulfillment (WMSTM)
  • Shipping and External Distribution (MDSTM/CDSTM)
  • Document Processing and Control (DCSTM)
  • Activity and Access Control (ACSTM)
  • Activity Archive (DASTM)

Total Asset Visibility (TAVTM) is Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) certified and listed in DADMS as "MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TOTAL ASSET VISIBILITY 2.8". This includes all TAVTM modules.

All Total Asset Visibility (TAVTM) applications are IUID compliant. When scanned, IUID Bar Codes are decoded to their base UIDs for posting and reference in the TAVTM Data Base and the IUID Registry.

All msi software has been developed with Oracle Developer Suite. The Total Asset Visibility (TAVTM) Data Base is an information element rich implementation that takes full advantage of Oracle's integrity constraint features to harden it against an adversarial world.

All TAVTM systems are implemented to fulfill all the needs of material distribution and manipulation at every level and interface with industry standard hardware such as Scales, Mailing Systems, Document Scanners, Handheld 2D Bar Code Scanners, RFID Readers, Portable Batch Scanners, and Portable Pen Terminals.

All TAVTM products behave according to the configuration data stored in the TAVTM Data Base. This information includes locations (e.g., work, inventory, office, etc.), carriers, couriers, personnel, equipment (e.g., vehicles, processing machines, rate servers, etc.), classifications, chambers, and activities (e.g., painting, assembly, collation, printing, etc.). Each of these information items in turn may be associated with specific accreditation, activities, charge units, rates, locations, etc.

Comprehensive configuration information makes each installation applicable to the specific operations of that enterprise. TAVTM implementations can be configured so that the same software can be applicable to any operation expressed in the data base.

TAVTM enables its users to define their operations using terms meaningful to their business. A marina would have “haulage”, “storage”, and “launch” activities where a manufacturer would have “assemble”, “paint”, and “fabricate” activities. Each “activity” in turn would have attributes specific to that deployment; e.g., charge units, unit rates, location, equipment, times of operation, etc.

Initial installation usually includes the importation of “account” and “material” information from legacy data sources. Oracle tools make this job straight-forward and often reduces, if not eliminates, the need for special importation software to be written. Oracle inter-connectivity makes the exchange of operations data with other systems less of a concern, particularly when communicating with networked RDBMS’s.

TAVTM customer order processing is a good representation of how configuration data drives the software’s operation. Utilizing customer data, material product data, bill of material and operations data, inventory data, transportation data, and vendor data; the movement of material and the work activities required to fulfill a customer order are defined, sequenced and scheduled. In the event of an inventory shortage, the operator is presented with “buy” and/or “build” options which precipitates the emission of either vendor requisition(s) or the material movement and work orders necessary for sub-assembly production. The time requirements derived from either option’s data are included in the compilation of Time to Fulfillment.

Applying accreditation to material, products, locations, and transportation services guarantees the proper handling and processing of material and product. Accreditations have three categories, User defined, Department of Transportation (DoT) defined (i.e. Export Classifications), and Department of Commerce (DoC) defined (i.e. Harmony Codes). User defined accreditation assignment enables an enterprise to accommodate a broad diversity of material handling and associated work activities. The use of Export Classifications facilitates U.S. Customs compliance in international operations. The use of Harmony Codes also facilitates U.S. Customs compliance as well as hazardous material handling.

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This page last updated on October 6, 2011.