System for Advance Manufacturing Assessment & Rating (SAMAR)  and Electronic Maintenance Management System (e-MMS)”

Context: Recently, Defense Minister of India has inaugurated e-MMS and SAMAR portal.

About SAMAR and e-MMS:

• SAMAR serves as the standard by which defense manufacturing companies are evaluated for their competence.
  • It is an outcome of the collaboration between DRDO and Quality Council of India (QCI).
• e-MMS was launched by Indian Air Force (IAF).
  • It is one of the largest Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) IT implementation in the world.
  • It has been designed and developed by the Indian IT giant Wipro.
  • It seeks to seamlessly connect squadrons, wings, commands, and Air headquarters after its implementation.
  • It will transform IAF’s paper-based legacy maintenance system to an online system as it will be implemented in IAF’s hierarchy and functioning.
  • It will help to monitor the operational availability of all fleets and systems in real time at various hierarchical levels.

Source:  NewsOnAir