Unit level ammunition management information system

摘要

The present invention in its preferred embodiment is a generally a computer-based system for management of ammunition for military units that improves the efficiency of ammunition management at the unit level, brigade and therebelow. The currently used system, which is a paper-based system is replaced by the present invention, thus streamlining and automating ammunition management. The present invention is particularly simple and easy to use and it increases the productivity of ammunition managers. The present invention permits accurate forecasting, allocating, requesting and distribution of ammunition resources and is able to accommodate changes in training priorities. It reduces man hours needed to forecast ammunition requirements from hours and days down to seconds and is highly accurate in record keeping and it integrates operational and logistical processes into one end-to-end system. The present invention minimizes cost to the consumers of ammunition, namely the operational unit, and thus reduces training costs.