operations center
Central coordination facility
An operations center is a facility where personnel monitor and coordinate activities, typically in real-time.
Military operations centers direct combat missions; emergency operations centers manage disaster response; network operations centers oversee computer systems.
The term suggests centralized control, multiple information feeds, and coordinated decision-making: The hurricane response was coordinated from FEMA's operations center.
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- controlAuthority to direct
- hubCentral connection point
- dispatchSend with speed
- emergency responseOrganized action during crises
monitoring · screens · consoles · situation room · headquarters · bunker · mission control · surveillance · communications · tactical · coordination · alerts · night shift · operators · crisis · red alert · security breach · real-time
- Military Affairsmilitary, defense secretary, War Department, defense strategy, military policy
- military termsarmy, navy, air force, marines, soldier
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- military commandgenerals, commanders, admirals, officers, captains
- Power Centersheadquarters, head office, main office, seat of power, capitol
- Centerscore, hub, nucleus, middle, focal point
operations centerfield office
Remote organizational workplace
remote location · satellite office · branch office · outpost · forward operating base
operations centerfront lines
Active battle area
field · ground level · theater of operations · boots on the ground · shop floor
operations centerfield office
Remote organizational workplace
forward operating base · front lines · remote outpost · branch office · theater of operations
operation, center, operate, operator, operative, operational, operationally, operating, operable