In order to establish a more consistent and traceable system for the management of SITTV equipment, a new system shall be put into place in order to ease the administration of operations.
The lack of a proper equipment management system has needlessly tasked members, and made operations difficult.
Requirements
The system in question should be similar to library self check-out/in system.
Verified users will be able to login with their username/production, scan the items needed for the production, and log their usage.
Database Requirements
List of user names and cwid's
List of productions
Barcode, name (and possibly pictures)
Ability to keep track of who has what privileges.
Touch-screen UI Requirements
Ability to login by name/cwid pair
Ability to sign in by production
Autogeneration of forms
Automatic return (regardless of user login)
Backend UI
Ability to check out who/which productions are in possession of what equipment.
Usage statistics based on logs (what equipment is used by most, by whom, etc.)
Notification Bot
Bookie Botthe bot that comes after you if you don't return what you owe
Slack bot for overdue item notifications
Contacts necessary parties (user, producer, director of operations, etc.)
Design Considerations
Database
Containerize the database (most likely using Docker)
Web App
Use a standard scripting language such as Python or NodeJS.
Touch Screen
Integration of a card-swipe system to expedite login on the touch screen.
Item entry by barcode and calendar selector (for date-until).