Abstract
Inventory management of spares is one of the activities Zambia Air Force (ZAF) undertakes to ensure optimal serviceability state of equipment to effectively achieve its roles. This obligation could only be made possible by automating the current manual and paper based inventory system. A web based inventory management system using cloud architecture and barcode technology was proposed. A literature review was conducted on three technologies used in the inventory management that is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Barcode Technology and Near Field Communication (NFC). A review was also undertaken on the related works to identify the concept that could be adopted in the proposed system. A baseline study was performed to understand the challenges faced by ZAF in the inventory management of spares. The results of the baseline study were analyzed and found that the challenges were attributed to the current manual inventory management system mainly due to human errors, incorrect inventory reporting and pilferage of items. The proposed prototype system was developed and tested and proved to be faster, efficient and more reliable than the manual and paper based system.
Highlights
Inventory management of aircraft spares is one of the activities Zambia Air Force (ZAF) carries out to ensure that the state of the equipment is serviceable to effectively achieve its primary and secondary roles
The results obtained from the baseline study and system prototype development and testing are presented
1) Baseline Study: The data collected from the baseline study was analyzed using descriptive statistics and the results were presented in form of charts
Summary
Inventory management of aircraft spares is one of the activities Zambia Air Force (ZAF) carries out to ensure that the state of the equipment is serviceable to effectively achieve its primary and secondary roles. Among other spares that ZAF procures are Garmin Audio Control 340, Directional Gyro, Compressor Bleed, HF Receiver Exciter, HF Controller, AMP Coupler, KX165 VHF COMM/NAV, Marker Beacon Receiver, KN6ZA, Computer, Radar Altimeter, Isolation Amplifier, ATC Transponder, Pictorial NAV Indicator, Weather Radar, Transceiver, Flap Train, Access GPS, Slave Accessory, Transmitter, Slave Accessory, Radar sensor, Split Pin, Altimeter Pressure, Ignition Exciter, Indicator temperature AC Sealed Relay and High current Fuse. Some of these spares are very small in size and fuses are a good example. Most large companies and organizations in developing countries are adopting web-based applications to do their business efficiently and effectively by taking advantage of Internet presence that has rapidly spread around the world [1]
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