Design of an Information System for Instrumentation Management: The DIGEP Metrological Laboratory Case

This thesis, developed in collaboration with the “Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale e della Produzione” (DIGEP) within Politecnico di Torino is a feasibility study of an Information System for the DIGEP Metrological Laboratory in the context of its recognition as “ Dipartimento di Eccellenza” by the MUR and potential development. The Lab lacks any structured system to store technical documentation and to book and manage utilization sessions (measurements, calibrations, surface characterizations) for its facilities, thus resulting in overlaps and inefficiencies. The present work is divided into two main sections: a detailed analysis of the problem, framed in managerial perspective in the first and a proposal and description of a technical solution in the second. Specifically, the solution consists of a web-based application written in Python and rendered with HTML and CSS. The first chapter briefly presents the context, the analytical tools, and the frameworks used in this project. The second analyzes the problem from a managerial perspective, considering its business implications, the stakeholders involved and their actual and potential requirements, and sketching an idea of a solution. Such an idea is then refined into a conceptual solution in the third chapter, which translates the high-level requirements into concepts and functional requirements using the UML paradigm. The fourth chapter shows the website implementation, its relevant classes, and pages while also describing the most relevant pieces of code. The fifth chapter deals with conclusions and potential future developments. In addition, the complete code produced is included in the Appendix