Joint Configuration Management Information System

JCMIS is a comparatively priced Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) application, developed by Intergraph Corporation, which supports components of the Department of Defense (DoD), US Federal Agencies, Commercial Industry, and approved Foreign Governments.

JCMIS supports all phases of the product lifecycle: from its conception, through design and manufacture, to service and disposal, as well as, Configuration Identification, Configuration Change Control, Configuration Status Accounting, and Configuration Audits, and integrates these functions into a close loop system that enables customers to perform PLM from the earliest designs through asset retirement. JCMIS provides a seamless view of a part, its documentation, identification number, engineering change proposals, technical directives, allowable configurations, and associated attributes. JCMIS was developed in compliance with EIA 649 (National Consensus Standard for Configuration Management) and embraces the CMII methodology of providing "Clear, Concise and Valid" information for all users.

The JCMIS standard configuration is a three-tier architecture comprised of a user's web browser as the accessing tool (Internet Explorer, (IE)), a web server running ColdFusion to provide the Graphic User Interface (GUI) and Oracle database server for data storage, retrieval and processing. The user can access the JCMIS database via their web browser to store, retrieve or update their PLM data depending on the user database privilege and security profile. This tiered approach provides improved security, scalability, and deployability. All three tiers can be installed onto a single platform for demonstration or stand-alone purposes.

In addition, data security is provided using multiple layers of data filtering and access control coupled with the vigorous security protocols provided by Oracle. User access can be restricted on a screen-by-screen basis and to specific data subsets within tables. JCMIS provides 'Ease of Use' system administration interface for controlling user accounts, access, and roles thus vastly reducing the complexity and manpower needed to maintain and sustain the application.