COMPONENT CONTROL SECTION

The CCS, also known as the repairable management section (RMS), is responsible for the repairable management and accounting of all repairable assets stored in LRCA storage areas as well as items in the intermediate maintenance activity (IMA) repair cycle and retrograde repairable being processed for shipment to designated overhaul points (DOPs). This section is divided into four units: the DCU, the LRCA storage unit, the SSU, and the AWP unit, individual CCS unit responsibilities are listed in the following paragraphs. For detailed CCS unit responsibilities, refer to OPNAVINST 4790.2, volume III, chapter 14.

Document Control Unit

The DCU is responsible for the control of all NRFI components in the IMA repair cycle (except rotatable pool components), components awaiting turn-in from customers, and the following associated documents:

l DD Form 1348-Department of Defense (DOD) Single Line Item Requisition System Document (manual and mechanized)

l DD Form 1348-1-DOD Single Line Item Release/Receipt Document

l OPNAV Form 4790/60-VIDS/MAF

l OPNAV Form 4790/28A-Scheduled Removal Component (SRC) card

l OPNAV Form 4790/106A-Assembly Service Record (ASR)

l OPNAV Form 4790/113-Equipment History Record (EHR)

l OPNAV Form 4790/135-Modular Service Record (MSR)

l OPNAV Form 4790/29-Aeronautical Equipment/Service Record (AESR)

l Any document formatted for requisitioning purposes other than the DD Form 1348

Local Repair Cycle Asset Storage Unit

The LRCA storage unit is responsible for the receipt, storage, issue, and accountability of repairable assets under the control of the SSC, including the rotatable pool. The LRCAs are part of an activity's repairable fixed allowance and are generally stored in a location that hastens timely IMA repair and return to the shelf in RFI condition.

The rotatable pool portion of LRCAs is located in an area that promotes efficient supply support of aircraft maintenance; that is, rapid issue to an organizational maintenance activity/ intermediate maintenance activity (OMA/IMA), rather than storage or recordkeeping convenience. Co-location of the rotatable pool with either IMA production control or the IMA is the most desirable arrangement.

The supply department prepares a list of repairable items carried in the LRCA storage locations, with specific identification of rotatable pool items. The list is then distributed to all aircraft maintenance activities requiring supply support. The list format includes the NSN, manufacturer's part number, CAGE code, WUC, family group code, description, and LRCA item number in various sequences adapted to the needs of the maintenance activities.

Supply Screening Unit

The SSU is responsible for processing all items returned from the IMA. The SSU prepares the retrograde material for shipment to the DOP or the designated support point (DSP) via the advanced traceability and control (ATAC) program within 2 workdays. When processing field level repairable, refer to OPNAVINST 4790.2, chapter 14.

Rapid movement of beyond capability of maintenance (BCM) depot level repairable (DLRs) into the DOP pipeline is required before requisitioning replacements for stock or end use. Where practical, items designated movement priority designator 03 in the Master Repairable Item List (MRIL) are retained awaiting shipment no longer than one-half of a workday.

Under fixed allowance procedures, DLRs must be certified BCM and prepared for shipment to a DOP before a replacement can be requisitioned for stock or end use (excluding CRIPL items and ZA9 project code). Every section or unit concerned with repairable must make sure BCM DLRs are handled quickly.

Unserviceable DLRs retrograded to a HUB, DSP, or DOP are assigned document numbers as follows:

. NRFI returns as a result of an issue from wholesale stock or Navy Stock Fund stores account. The retrograde uses the document number that appears in the exchange issue requisition; for example, the customer's document number. l NRFI returns as a result of an issue from end use. The retrograde is returned citing the document number of the stock replenishment requisition in place of the original requisition document number.

Awaiting Parts Unit

The AWP is responsible for receiving, storing, and controlling all AWP components returned from the IMA. This unit should be located next to IMA production control. The following is a partial list of AWP responsibilities, Refer to OPNAVINST 4790.2, volume III, chapter 14, for more details.

l Establishing holding and staging areas.

. Requisitioning piece parts and maintaining requisition files, registers, and records necessary to monitor, follow-up, expedite, reconcile, and report material demands for component repair.

. Maintaining liaison with the SRS on maintenance material matters to guarantee delivery of material required for component repair.

. Receiving incoming material, identifying it to the failed component, and when all required material is received, reinducting the component.

. Continually reviewing and following up on off-station requisitions to fill AWP requirements.

l Establishing procedures to make sure unsatisfactory LRCA AWP situations are made known to higher authority for assistance.

l Making recommendations for controlled cannibalization of AWP components after joint review and determination between the AWP unit representative and the IMA production control. l Establishing procedures to BCM components to the next level of repair when appropriate. AWP management must be responsive to aircraft maintenance needs by guaranteeing that timely follow-up, validation, and BCM actions are performed. The accuracy of AWP inventory requisition records and outstanding requisitions must be maintained through weekly reviews. A standard of no less than 98 percent accuracy is necessary for effective AWP management.

Additional management attention, including a joint review of the overall AWP situation by maintenance and supply management personnel, is undertaken any time the number of AWP components on hand exceeds 15 percent of the average monthly IMA inductions or the number of aged (more than 60 days) AWP components exceeds 1 percent of the average monthly IMA inductions.