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- | SSWC - Bell Research Report (Vol III) |
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- | Phile #10 of P/HUN Magazine Issue #5 |
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- All research gathered, tested and mastered by the original
- members of SSWC:
-
- Chance - The Technician - Cellular Phantom
-
- After the large response we have received after writing our
- first two Bell Research report documents, we have chosen to
- continue our discussions on the ever intriguing Bell System
- and its many fascinating departments. Note that the
- information in this file is subject to change. However, we
- will try to keep you updated as much as possible.
-
-
- In our in depth research and social engineering practices of the
- Bell System, we have discovered an important plan which frameworkers
- and switch technicians must follow. This plan is known as the Frame
- Force Management Plan (FFMP), which is a guide to obtain maximum
- benift from the performance of frameworkers. (In other words this
- plan is used so the Bell System can make sure there frameworkers
- don't drop the ball). This plan may be used in either a centralized
- frame environment or a local a local wire center. It provides
- techniques for the manager to use in estimating the work load (demand
- and programmable frame work) and matching the available frame
- personnel to the expected work. The plan also provides information
- for the manager to analyze and evaluate the results of these
- techniques. In essence, the plan aids supervision in ensuring that:
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- * Work is available to ensure adequate load exists for the
- available time.
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- * Adequte personnel is available to complete necessary work.
-
- * Work is assigned in a correct sequence to minimize impact on
- other personnel.
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- * Completed work is evaluated to ensure its efficiency and quality.
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- * Work and personnel are scheduled to meet due date commitments.
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-
- Note: The records, reports and status information for this plan
- may be administered in the local distributing frame
- enviornment, a Frame Control Center (FCC) or a Frame Work
- Station (FWS) in a Switching Control Center (SCC).
-
-
- This plan provides frame managers with suggested procedures to
- develope forcasts or estimates of future work volumes. With this
- knowledge, the manager should be able to accomplish the following:
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-
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- * Meet subscriber demands.
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- * Program company-generated work.
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- * Ensure that all employees are assigned productively.
-
-
- To avoid possbile misunderstanding, the following definitions are
- provided.
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- Distributing Frame: Main Distributing Frame (MDF), Intermediate
- Distributing Frame (IDF), Line Distributing
- Frame (LDF), Trunk Distributing Frame (TDF),
- No. Group, Translator, Block Relay,
- No. Network (Automatic Number Identification)
- [ANI] and any other frame performaing
- functions related to work covered by this
- plan.
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- Frame Control Center: An administrative center that performs
- pricing, packaging, force loading, tracking,
- and force administration for centralized
- frame operations.
-
- Frame Work Station: A work station that is responsible for the
- functions of the FCC on a smaller scale. It
- is located in an SCC.
-
- Programmable Work: Programmable work requests consist of the same
- work requests that are included in demand
- work. The difference is that the programmable
- work requests are received before the due date
- in time to schedule thier completion. Examples
- of programmable work are:
-
- * Service Orders
- * Trunk Orders
- * Special Service Orders
- * Verifications
- * Cable Transfers
- * Routine maintenance
- * Line Equiptment Transfers
- * Service Observing (Remote
- Observation[REMOB])
-
-
- In a Cosmos environment, the following activites should be
- conducted to ensure data base accuracy:
-
- * Prompt and accurate frame service order completion
- notifications.
-
-
-
- * Use of the order status procedures for notifying the Loop
- Assignment Center (LAC) and other control centers of
- discrepancies and pending order status encountered that
- contradict the Cosmos frame work order or prevent frame
- order completing.
-
-
- The average service order for an MDF consists of two basic
- operations: (1) the jumper on the Main Distributing Frame (MDF),
- and (2) the cross-connections for the telephone number, billing,
- and line equipment. (Modular and Common System Main Interconnecting
- Frame [COSMIC]) systems' types of cross-connects. COSMIC; developed
- by AT&T.
-
-
- Next we will discuss how Cosmos is used in aiding Frameworkers
- and Frame Technicians.
-
- The Computer System for Main Frame Operations (COSMOS) is a
- mechanized record and assignment system designed to maintain
- accurate records of Main Distributing Frame (MDF) facilities and
- efficiently administer desired assignment of exchange facilities.
- Cosmos maintains a record of all line equiptment, exchange cable
- pairs, and telephone numbers served by the wire center.
-
- Cosmos is a very useful tool in administering frame work in a
- central office. It allows increased productivity and gives the
- frame supervisor much greater visibility of the projected work
- load. However, Cosmos will not automatically create order out of
- chaos.
-
- The purpose of Cosmos is to assign the shortest possible MDF
- jumper connection between CO line equiptment and the cable pair
- serving the customer.
-
- With the Dedicated Inside Plant (DIP) administration, Cosmos aids
- in reusing as many spare jumpers as possible. When a D-Order (dis-
- connect order) is processed, the possibility of reusing the existing
- jumper on a new connect service order is considered. Re-using a
- jumper eliminates extra work and reduces the possibility of wiring
- errors.
-
- Frame work is performed from the Cosmos output whether the order
- is a service order or work order. When a service order cannot be
- worked, the frame workers should establish a jepordy report in
- Cosmos. Enough information must be provided so that the LAC can
- take appropriate action, without having to call the frame.
-
- Because Cosmos will only print out orders due on the date
- requested, and because an inquiry can be made on any pending orders
- in Cosmos by order number, it is not necessary to file orders
- by due date or by order number. However, it is necessary to be able
-
- to find orders that have been modified, cancelled, or changed.
-
- Next we will briefly discuss the Cosmos orders filing system,
- which can be divided into two parts: (1) pending orders, and
- (2) Main Distributing Frame (MDF) completed orders. In each section
- the orders will be filed by exchange code. Circuits without a
- telephone number are filed in a separate "private line bin"
- *(however, we regret that we have not fully understood and research
- this section of the filing system, due to its uncommon use). The
- service orders in the pending section are those which for one
- reason or another, cannot be worked at present. These include orders
- that have had the due dates advanced or that require the installers
- go-ahead. A separate file area is kept for orders in jepordy.
- When an order is MDF-complete, it is placed in the complete order
- section. Work orders such as (cable pairs transfers, line equiptment
- transfers) should be filed in the pending order section by order
- number. In the completed section, work orders should be filed
- by telephone exchange and remaining telephone number, along with
- service orders. Orders in the complete section are only retained
- for a few weeks only. Usually after a two week period those
- completed orders are removed.
-
-
- The responsibility of the frame with Cosmos is to enter the
- status of all work orders into the system. The frame also shares
- the responibility for reporting data base validity, and is
- responsible for reporting any data base errors to the originator
- of the order as well as performing periodic verifications of the
- data base, to insure proper functioning of the data base.
-
- We will now briefly discuss the Cosmos Frame Work Management (FWM)
- module. The Cosmos FWM supports a Frame Control Center (FCC), a
- Switching Control Center (SCC), or a traditional wire center location
- by mechanizing the clerical effort involved in sorting, pricing, and
- packaging Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) frame work orders. The
- module automatically developes work packages, either by due date,
- order type, frame location, switching type or in any combination
- which meets assignment requirements.
-
-
-
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