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The ARMS Armory Management System Executive Overview
The ARMS Armory Management system is optimized for Weapons / Gear Accountability, by tracking weapons, gear and defensive equipment using software screens, bar codes and / or RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technologies. The software is fully developed, COTS (Commercial Off-the-Shelf) software, and is typically further customized according to each customer's specific requirements.
The ARMS rapid-application-development toolkit enables the software to be rapidly configured according to each customer's preferred terminology (data fields), and to automate workflow and generate reports consistent with current or preferred operational practices.
In addition to tracking weapons and gear, ARMS provides software components to track weapons cleanings, inspections, maintenance, test firings and similar functions. ARMS also includes functionality to track and look-up weapons certifications, 'Do Not Arm' status, items-required-for-a-post, and similar database lookups during transfer and return processing.
A single database 'instance' of ARMS can be further configured to model and track a wide range of additional items, such as records, evidence, assets, people, vehicles or similar entities. The software is available hosted, or can be installed on local server (s), with cross-platform support for Windows and Linux environments. ARMS is scalable to unlimited item types, locations, users and records.
Software and Bar Code Tracking
ARMS includes a 'Weapon / Gear Tracking Screen' that enables staff to enter an item # by keyboard, or scan a bar code or RFID tag on an item (using a USB connected bar code or RFID scanner), to indicate an item that is being issued to personnel or returned to the armory. The armory, or the person to whom item (s) are being issued, can be entered by keyboard, selected from a drop-down list on the Tracking Screen, can be captured by scanning a bar code on an ID card / badge, or by scanning bar codes printed on sheet (s) of paper (each person / place is printed as a text field and is represented by a bar code on the sheets). As such, ARMS provides robust performance and tracking capabilities, with minimal investment, using software screens and / or USB-connected scanning devices.
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Tracking
RFID Radio Frequency technology is the state-of-the-art in weapons tracking, and is achieved by placing special RFID tags within or on weapons and gear. The RFID tag # is linked to the Weapon or Item Serial # within the database. Staff can also be RFID-identified, by using RFID name badges issued to each authorized person (or RFID labels can be placed on existing name badges or name badge lanyards).
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Source by Michael Carrington