Description
The current architecture for DPAS is 2 master catalogs.  One for Property Accountability and a distinct / separate one for Materiel Mgt/Warehousing.  This requires the customer to manage 2 catalog which is time consuming and prone to error.  There is a need to combine the 2 catalogs into one that is shared between all modules of DPAS.

Recommended
Create a process where the customer only has one catalog to maintain and the external National Catalog (FLIS) and Agency specific catalogs (AEMM, TDMS, D043, SOF MDR, C-ICPs, etc.) are integrated as well.  The catalog must be flexible enough to support difference in property between a Property Accountability Organization and a Materiel Mgmt organization (Wholesale vs. Property Book).

Mission Critical
To reduce the overall maintenance of the application, the combining of like processes into a single process should accrue savings to the program.

Benefits
Reduces the effort required to maintain a catalog, and improves the accuracy of the data as it is only maintained in one place.  It reduces the cost the application maintenance.

Users
All users who catalog as well as the Software Development Staff now only one process for managing each Catalog type record.

Completed – Release 7.0 – 20 April 2019