Marine Facilities Planning (MFP)

Marine Facilities Planning is the new system designed to replace the old Ship Time Request System (STRS).  Eventually the fleet's cruise planning will also be accomplished through this portal.  

Please click on the links below to learn more about each topic. There is a slight delay until it takes you to the correct topic.

You can find the MFP website here: https://www.mfp.us

MFP User Guide - For Operators

MFP User Guide - For Operators

MFP Overview 

• The Map Screen and Navigating the system

The SME

• Creating an SME
• Confirming Funding Status

Schedule Construction Module

• General Rules
• Navigating the Schedule Construction Module
• To start a new Draft
• Views
  • Grid Timeline View
  • Scheduler View
  • Map View
  • Review Mode
  • Equipment View
• Voyage v. Cruise
• Grid Timeline View
  • Finding the SMEs you want to put on your schedule
  • Setting the Include settings
  • Stack Mode
  • Event Positioning
  • Adding SMEs to your schedule
  • Showing Transit Days within a Cruise
  • Adding Other events to your schedule
  • How to create a new cruise/voyage
  • Linking/Adding multiple projects to a cruise
  • Schedule Notes and Funding Report
  • Special Cases
  • Deadhead Transits for science
  • Adding Intermediate Port Stops
  • To  break a science cruise into multiple legs
  • Loading on a Friday and departing on Monday
  • When the schedule has to shift
• Scheduler View
  • Viewing Events on the schedule
  • Adding Events
• Map View
  • Application Filters
  • Adding projects to the schedule
• Cruises with TBD Dates
• Assigning Days to Funding Agencies
  • 1 SME with 1 funding agency
  • One SME with Multiple Funding Agencies
  • Multiple SMEs with Multiple Funding Agencies

The Load Friday, Depart Monday with weekend standby

Schedule Pre-Publish Checklist

Publishing a Schedule

Editing a Published Schedule

NDSF Vehicle Scheduling Tips

• Jason Portcalls

The Research Planner Module

• Saving your cruise plan
• Recalling your cruise plan

Project Management Module

The Basic Cruise Planning Workflow

• The Comprehensive Cruise Planning Workflow
• Setting up Workflow Roles, Times and Email Notification
• Editing the Cruise Project Management workflow
• Editing the Pooled & Portable Equipment
  • New Equipment Question
  • Add a question that is already in the system to your Workflow
• Ship Fitted Equipment
  • Adding/Removing a listed piece of equipment to/from your ship
  • Adding/Removing questions for a piece of equipment
• Editing the Cruise Checklist
• When a project is published on a schedule
• Complete Workflow steps that are not necessary
• How to upload a Berthing Plan so it shows up in the CPM workflow
• When a cruise is put on a schedule:
• Edit Portable Equipment and Ship fitted equipment settings
• Edit questions associated with a piece of equipment that is already there
• Add a new piece of equipment

Adding Cruise Participants

Tips & Tricks

• Finding SMEs in the Project Management workflow once they have been put on a published schedule
  • The link to the Cruise Planning Workflow
  • Finding scheduled SMEs in the Project Management Module

The Reporting Module

Creating a schedule overview for the Annual Report

Registering your schedule Dates