Automated Repair Service Bureau: Preface

Preface By L. SCHENKER and S. J. BARBERA (Manuscript received June 22, 1981) A family of computer-based operations support systems, the Automated Repair Service Bureau (ARSB), has been introduced at Bell Operating Companies. The ARSB includes the Loop Maintenance Operations System and the Mechanized Loop Testing System. A third component, the Loop Cable Maintenance Operations Support System, is in an earlier stage of introduction.