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Tata Infotech in partnership with the Computerised Inventory Control Project (CICP) Team of the Army Ordnance Corps has completed a multi-crore Inventory Management and an MIS project for the Army. CICP is one of the premier IT projects of the Army. Integrated Inventory Management application has been developed by Tata Infotech using state-of-the-art Java Enterprise Beans (J2EE) technology. The pilot phase of this project has more than 1500 screens and is one of the largest projects in terms of expanse and functionality using J2EE technology.

Implementation of CICP has ushered a new era of automation of activities akin to ERP in the Army Ordnance Corps, the materials managers of the Indian Army. Modern Material Management techniques have been incorporated in CICP, which would result in enhanced transparency, asset visibility and customer satisfaction. CICP system would bring in savings through reduced inventory carrying costs and accurate provisioning. The system would fulfill the long outstanding need of the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) that manages the largest inventory in the country. The project shall also result in reduction of paper work in the Army, faster response to operational requirements of the field, effective logistics support and effective MIS and decision support system for commanders in chain.

Tata Infotech has undertaken execution of the Systems Integration project on turnkey basis. Teams of software engineers and system integrators of Tata Infotech along with domain experts in the field of Materials Management of CICP have worked tirelessly for the past two years to develop & implement this robust and user friendly system. The CICP team worked hard along with Tata Infotech to ensure success of such a challenging project within a span of two years.

To facilitate use and to enhance customer satisfaction, features such as Touch Screen, Digital images of inventory and Interactive Voice Response system (IVRS) has been provided. Use of hand held terminals has been done for receipt, warehousing and stock taking activities in the system, thereby resulting in saving of time.

CICP has brought in qualitative improvements in the functioning of Army Ordnance Corps in particular and the Army in general. The turnkey Systems Integration project executed by Tata Infotech stands as an excellent example of successfully building mission critical IT infrastructure through partnership between industry and Defence.