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CHAPTER 9
RETAIL OPERATION MANAGEMENT
(ROM) SYSTEM
At the time this chapter was written, the Retail
Operation Management (ROM) system had not
yet been totally implemented and tested in the
Navy resale system and ship’s stores afloat. By
the time this rate training manual is published,
the only phase that will most likely be completed
by most fleet ships is the assignment of a six-digit
class number, followed by a four-digit sequence
number to all items of ship’s store stock. These
numbers are assigned to both contract and SSAC
items (an example is circled below).
At present, the system is being worked on and
tested. As soon as it is completely implemented
and satisfactorily functioning, study guides and
operating manuals will be available. It is
important for you, as a future manager and super-
visor in the Navy resale system, to realize that
much of the information you have already read
in this rate training manual will be changed to
some degree. You can at least expect the resale
procedures will be different. As a result of the
eventual implementation of the ROM system,
clerical tasks will be performed faster and with
greater accuracy. This benefit will allow you more
time to manage your on-the-spot operations.
Also, the system will help you to increase the
efficiency of your operations by providing you
with the means to see what is going on within your
operation at any given time.
OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES
The ROM system is structured to provide
tangible benefits to people, such as the ship’s store
officer, supply officer, assist teams, and senior
Ship’s Servicemen. All of these people will be end
users of the system. Some of the most visible and
important benefits to the senior Ship’s Serviceman
will be in the areas of inventory control, logistics,
and financial management. As with any new
system, tests and evaluations before and after
implementation aboard fleet ships will be
necessary for a period of time until the “bugs”
are worked out. With the ROM system, the func-
tional managers under the Naval Supply Systems
Command (NAVSUPSYSCOM) will be respon-
sible for testing and certifying the implementa-
tion of the functional systems under NAVSUP’s
control. This testing and certification process
serves two purposes: (1) to verify that the system
has been fully implemented and (2) to make
certain that the services being provided to resale
managers and supervisors in the fleet are useful,
acceptable, and beneficial.
The ROM system is not intended to replace
any current resale equipment or systems.
However, certain equipment items, such as
typewriters, may be reduced as the ROM system
begins to take hold. The following retail
documents are examples of some of the documen-
tation ROM will be handling:
1. Journal of Receipts, NAVSUP 977
2. Journal of Expenditures, NAVSUP 978
3. Financial Control Record, NAVSUP 235
4. Stock Record, NAVSUP 464
5. Vending Machine Control, NAVSUP 236
6. Ship’s Store Balance Sheet and Profit and
Loss Statement, NAVCOMPT 153
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