Food & Consumer Affairs (FCA) Infosys Division of NIC has been providing technical support for the computerization of various activities of Food Corporation of India that operates through a countrywide network with its Corporate Office in New Delhi. To keep pace with IT revolution and also as a part of its organizational development strategy, FCI decided to streamline its stock accounting procedures and to provide right information to higher authorities at right time, which led to the development of “Integrated Information System for Foodgrains Management” (IISFM).
The IISFM is a Web based Integrated Management Information System that captures the complete workflow of FCI from Depot to Head Office levels and extends a new way of reconciliation of stock figures thereby transforming the current Depot set-up into a computerized environment. The Steering Committee reviewing the progress of computerization and upgradation of MIS at FCI recently approved the IISFM software that has been designed and developed by FCA Infosys Division. The total implementation will be done in three phases. The software will be implemented at more than 1000 Food Storage Depots operating under 167 FCI District Offices spread in 22 Regions. Salient features of the software include Component Object Model (COM) Compliance, Intranet based solution having modular design, E-mail messaging system to send dispatch details, need for only a browser at the client end and a Central Server linking wagon wise receipts. The software simulates complete workflow of the FCI right from stacking process to the total Stock Accounting by incorporating all the business rules and makes the Stock Reconciliation procedure extremely easy.