Development of an Automated Shipboard Food Service System

"Foster-Miller proposes to develop a plan for an automated shipboard food preparation and scullery operation through a Systems Engineering Process (SEP) development program. Food service and scullery operations are complex systems that require a carefullyexecuted plan that only this type of an approach can fulfill. Foster-Miller will use its experience in food cooking and processing systems, along with our experience with the application of a SEP based program to present a logical development plan forPhase II. The key to this Phase I effort will be the utilization of simulation and animation modeling to verify the system engineering process. Foster-Miller proposes using simulation and animation to verify the requirements and physical functions ofthis complex system. The product of this effort will include a process flow model for both the Food Item Preparation System (FIPS) and Scullery Management System (SMS), through simulation, to properly integrate all operations based on capacity and demand.A 3-D animation based on the simulation model to establish the physical parameters of the FIPS and SMS and demonstrate a "working system". All major components will be specified in terms of commercial availability or need for further development. Anautomated solution is presented. (P-010754) Automation of the shipboard food service systems will reduce the highly intensive manpower operations currently in place. Workload reductions in f