Development of Drone-based Inventory Auditing System

成立于1996年的Magic Information Systems Inc. (MIS)是一家总部位于多伦多的软件开发商，专门从事集成管理信息系统，旨在提高用户的运营效率。他们提供广泛的解决方案，包括他们的旗舰产品“eWholesale”，一个全面的企业资源规划（ERP）软件。这种高度灵活的模块化解决方案可帮助企业监控其运营的各个方面，从订单输入到采购，到库存控制，再到会计和工资单。他们的客户大多是中小型企业，特别是批发商、进出口商、分销商和轻工制造商。这些公司的共同点是，仓库运营是其业务的重要组成部分。运行大型仓库最具挑战性和成本最高的方面之一是维护有关库存数量和库存位置的准确信息。MIS认为这是一个为客户提供增值服务并产生额外收入的机会。MIS正在与Seneca合作，为使用无人机的自动化库存审计系统构建概念验证，以替代人工方法。一旦这项研发工作完成，设计和技术挑战得到解决，新的基于无人机的库存审计解决方案将为MIS客户节省大量运营成本，使公司能够增加收入来源并使其多样化，提高市场渗透率。拟议的技术适用于许多行业，没有固有的地理限制，因此有可能在全球范围内取得成功，创造新的高薪工作岗位，帮助将加拿大人才留在加拿大。

Founded in 1996, Magic Information Systems Inc. (MIS) is a Toronto-based software developer specializing in integrated management information systems aimed at improving operational efficiencies for their users. They offer a broad range of solutions including their flagship product, "eWholesale", a comprehensive Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. This modular and highly flexible solution helps companies to monitor all aspects of their operations, from order entry, to purchasing, to inventory control, to accounting and payroll. Their clients are mostly small and midsize businesses in particular wholesalers, exporters and importers, distributors and light manufacturers. The common thread for these companies is that warehouse operations are a vital part of their businesses. One of the most challenging, and costly, aspects of running a large warehouse is maintaining accurate information about stock quantity and location of inventory. MIS sees this as an opportunity to provide a value-added offering to its customers, and to generate additional revenue. MIS is partnering with Seneca to build a proof of concept for an automated inventory audit system using drones, as an alternative to the manual approach.Once this R&D undertaking is complete and the design and technical challenges are resolved, the new drone-based inventory auditing solution will provide MIS clients with significant operating cost savings, allowing the company to increase and diversify its revenue stream and increase market penetration. The proposed technology is applicable across many industries, has no inherent geographic limits and as such has the potential of being successful globally resulting in new, high paying jobs, helping to keep Canadian talent in Canada.