Enhancing Chemical Inventory Management in Laboratory through a Mobile-Based QR Code Tag

International Research and Innovation Summit 2017

Shukran, M.A.M.^1 ; Ishak, M.S.^1 ; Abdullah, M.N.^1

Faculty of Defense Science and Technology, National Defence University of Malaysia, Sungai Besi Camp, Kuala Lumpur

57000, Malaysia^1

关键词: Barcode technology;    Centralized systems;    Developed applications;    Inventory management;    Inventory management systems;    Real-time information;    Specialized networks;    Standalone applications;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/226/1/012093/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/226/1/012093

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The demand for a greater inventory management system which can provide a lot of useful information from a single scan has made laboratory inventory management using barcode technology more difficult. Since the barcode technology lacks the ability to overcome the problem and is not capable of providing information needed to manage the chemicals in the laboratory, thus employing a QR code technology is the best solution. In this research, the main idea is to develop a standalone application running with its own database that is periodically synchronized with the inventory software hosted by the computer and connected to a specialized network as well. The first process required to establish this centralized system is to determine all inventory available in the chemical laboratory by referring to the documented data in order to develop the database. Several customization and enhancement were made to the open source QR code technology to ensure the developed application is dedicated for its main purposes. As the end of the research, it was proven that the system is able to track the position of all inventory and showing real time information about the scanned chemical labels. This paper intends to give an overview about the QR tag inventory system that was developed and its implementation at the National Defence University of Malaysia's (NDUM) chemical laboratory.