iMMS
By Shri Damodar Prasad,
Sr.AFA (Retd)
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Acronym of Integrated Material Management System.
· Initially Materials Management Information System (MMIS) was developed by Central Railway in 1998 year.
· Covered PCMM office, Stores Accounts Office and Major Depots of the Central Railway.
· MMIS - Areas
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Purchases |
Issues |
Generating PO - Purchase Order |
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Generating ERM - Electronic Requirement Mandate |
RO - Receipt Order |
Issue Note |
· MMIS - Generation of the following Reports
A. Details of slow moving items.
B. Quantities available as on date.
C. Pending POs (Purchase Orders)
· MMIS has undergone several customizations and is implemented at most of the Stores Depots; Divisions & Stores finance branches all over Indian Railways.
· MMIS to iMMS - This decentralized MMIS running on individual server in Zonal Railways is being integrated at CRIS (Centre for Railway Information Systems), New Delhi with the iMMS (Integrated Material Management System) web based application on central servers.
· First phase of iMMS - Local purchase module of iMMIS has been rolled out for implementation in all depots and divisions of stores department of Zonal Railways, both for Stock & Non-Stock items.
· iMMS - catering depot transaction (Issue/ Receipt) of all the Indian Railways.
· iMMS to IPAS - Once this application is fully implemented and integrated with IPAS it will take care of all the payments and suspense head operated in Stores Accounts.
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