The efficiency of using a tailored inventory management system in the military aviation industry

INTRODUCTION: Military aviation inventory management systems are a vital tool for air forces to reduce operating costs whilst improving fleet readiness, aircraft serviceability, and availability, and the safety measurements of the country. OBJECTIVE: This paper aims to establish a local, affordable, high quality, reliable, and adaptive inventory management system which manages and improves inventory in the military aviation industry (Air forces). The aim of the new system is to improve aircraft fleet serviceability, reliability, and readiness in order to enhance the operational status and level of readiness at the least possible costs. METHODS: This study designs, proposes, and implements a highly reliable customized Microsoft Access software as a powerful, simple, user-friendly. Affordable software that supports the on-time availability of the air force inventory of spare parts. The system will have full capability of integrating maintenance management systems (M.M.S.) and will address aircraft inventory challenges. RESULTS: The proposed system provides high-quality reports that improve supply chain management and processes that help collate maintenance, supply chain, and logistics information that reduces stock to the minimum. This will result in improved components, increased serviceability, availability, and reliability, decreased costs, and decreased Aircraft on Ground (A.O.G.).