1. Business Objects for Equipment Managers HM1(SW/AW) Sherwin Villagracia Equipment and Technology Management Medical Equipment and Logistics Solutions Naval Medical Logistics Command

2. Business Objects (BO) Purpose 1. To introduce BO as a tool for transforming data into meaningful information for management decision-making Objectives 1. Enumerate the basic steps in generating a BO report 2. Identify the screen elements in BO 3. Create a simple BO report 4. Save a BO report in Excel format 5. Open a BO template from NMLC FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 2

3. Exercise: DMLSS Review Where can you find the following data? If an equipment is a System or Component Risk Level of an equipment Manufacturer CAGE Code Last Inventory Date of an equipment FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 3

4. Review: Equipment Type FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 4  Equipment Module  Main tab  Equipment Type

5. Review: Risk Level FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 5  Equipment Module  Maintenance Data tab  Risk Level

6. Review: Manufacturer CAGE Code FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 6  Manufacturer Module  Manufacturer tab  CAGE Code

7. Review: Last Inventory Date FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 7  Equipment Module  Location & Inventory tab  Last Inventory Date

8. BASIC Steps in BO Reporting Preparation Identify the business case Why? What? Where? Who? When? Report Generation Select the data elements Apply criteria/filters Validation Review the Business case Replicate Sample FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 8

9. BASIC Steps in BO Reporting Preparation Identify the business case Why? What? Where? Who? When? FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 9

10. BO Report: Preparation Business Case Equipment with Last Inventory Date of June 30, 2011 and earlier must be inventoried not later than June 30, 2012. What Data (Data Elements) 1. Valuation Information fields: Equipment Control Number, Nomenclature, Commodity Class Manufacturer, Nameplate Model, Common Model, Serial Number, Acquisition Cost, Location, Custodian, Customer 2. Last Inventory Date FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 10 Annual Inventory

11. BO Report: Preparation Which Data (Criteria) Last Inventory Date is less than or equal to June 30, 2011 Whose Data (Criteria) All customers/custodians of the command FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 11 Annual Inventory

12. BASIC Steps in Report Writing Preparation Identify the business case Why? What? Where? Who? When? Report Generation Select the data elements Apply criteria/filters FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 12

13. BO Report: Report Generation FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 13 BO Install Not included in a client install Request from DMLSS System Administrator or IT Pre-Gen IV version is 11.5.0.0 Gen IV version is 12.0 Must be launched within DMLSS

14. BO Report: Report Generation FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 14 BO Modules Current privileging information For Equipment Managers, select Equipment and Technology Management

15. BO Report: Report Generation Onscreen Demonstration of Business Objects FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 15

16. Validating Preparation Identify the business case Why? What? Where? Who? When? Report Generation Select the data elements Apply criteria/filters Validation Review the Business case Replicate Sample FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 16

17. Got Questions? NMLC-ETM@med.navy.mil BUMED-PMO@med.navy.mil FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY 17