Desktop Application for Traceability System on The Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Storage Process

Abstract

This paper discusses the development of desktop applications for traceability systems. The application was developed to facilitate data recording and tracking in an electronics manufacturing company's storage process of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) products. The application is developed using the Visual Basic language and Microsoft Excel databases. Additionally, the application is integrated with a barcode scanner to simplify the data entry process from PCBs and employee ID cards. Through the trial process conducted on the developed application, it has generally functioned in accordance with the development goals. Program control validation has been tested through several application access attempts from users registered as operators and administrators. The application has successfully recorded data from inbound and outbound processes, demonstrating storage and tracking functionality. Furthermore, the application has displayed the actual status data of the PCBs present in the warehouse. In terms of user satisfaction, seven users stated that this application was effective and efficient compared to the manual data recording process previously used by the company. This result was obtained from a questionnaire after the application was implemented in the company warehouse.

Keywords

• traceability systems
• barcode
• product tracking
• pcb
• printed circuit board