CHAPTER 4 MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND PRODUCTION CONTROL The maintenance control or production control office is the focal point of all aircraft and aeronautical equipment maintenance actions within an aviation maintenance   activity.   Maintenance   control   in organizational maintenance activities (OMAs) and production   control   in   intermediate   maintenance activities (IMAs) have similar roles. Both coordinate the work of shops with diverse skills to achieve a common goal—keeping aircraft flyable. MAINTENANCE CONTROL AND PRODUCTION CONTROL TASKS LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Identify the function   of   maintenance   control   and production control in the maintenance effort and the levels of maintenance of each. Define the  purpose  of  Naval  Aviation  Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS). As the nerve center of a maintenance activity, maintenance control plans and schedules the workload of the work centers. Maintenance control uses the Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System (NALCOMIS) to schedule the workload  of  work  centers  and  divisions  in  the maintenance department. NALCOMIS is an automated management information system that provides Navy aviation activities with the information to aid in the day-to-day management of the maintenance effort of assigned aircraft and equipment. The system provides detailed  procedures  to  enter,  collect,  process,  store, review, and report maintenance and flight data that are required to manage the maintenance organization. The  maintenance  material  control  officer  (MMCO) heads maintenance control. The MMCO is responsible to  the  head  of  the  maintenance  department,  the maintenance officer (MO), for the overall maintenance effort  and  material  support  of  the  maintenance department. The main tasks that are performed by maintenance control  include  the  following: Coordinate   and   monitor   the   department workload Control the daily workload and assign work priorities Prepare the monthly maintenance plan (MMP) Ensure   compliance   with   the   planned maintenance  system  (PMS),  related  instructions, and publications Review NALCOMIS and maintenance data reports  (MDRs)  to  ensure  effective  use  of manpower and materials Maintain aircraft logs and records, associated equipment records, and weight and balance records Coordinate and monitor NALCOMIS in the maintenance evolution Maintain aircraft discrepancy books (ADBs) The   MMCO   ensures   accomplishment   of maintenance  control  functions  through  division officers, maintenance chiefs, work center supervisors, NALCOMIS,  and  AZs.  If  you  are  assigned  to  a maintenance  control,  you  may  perform  tasks  in  support of these functions. One of your primary duties as a maintenance  controller  should  include  maintenance action form (MAF) initiation. To perform this task, you should  have  an  in-depth  knowledge  of  aircraft maintenance documentation procedures. NOTE:   Refer to the Naval Aviation Maintenance Program (NAMP),  OPNAVINST 4790.2, for detailed information  of  the  duties  and  responsibilities  of maintenance and production control. The  most  important  function  of  maintenance control is to ensure that aircraft and equipment are maintained in the highest state of material condition of readiness. One program that is used to maintain aircraft and equipment in high states of material condition of readiness is the Planned Maintenance System (PMS). 4-1