SCAT
System Commonality Analysis Tool
The System Commonality Analysis Tool, SCAT, was designed to aid managers and engineers in identifying common, potentially common, and unique components of a system. Commonality lowers overall system cost through use of the smallest variety of items or subsystem types in the greatest number of applications. SCAT, through utilization of a comprehensive parts database, determines cost effectiveness by comparing life cycle costs of unique part configurations and standard part configurations. The SCAT database reflects both engineering and financial data. SCAT was instituted as a commonality analysis for the Space Station, but is easily applicable to other projects such as software commonality, which is used as an example in the detailed documentation.
Program Size: 8,427 Statements
Computer Language: FORTRAN 77
Copyright (c) 1996 Pacific HiTech, Inc. and COSMIC 
