Technical data management system
Often the data are contained in 'records' of various forms, such as on paper, microfilms or digital media.
For example, a TDMS can be used for integrated steel plants (ISP), automobile factories, aero-space facilities, infrastructure companies, city corporations, research organisations, etc.
TDMS functions are similar to that of conventional archive functions in concepts, except that the archived materials in this case are essentially engineering drawings, survey maps, technical specifications, plant and equipment data sheets, feasibility reports, project reports, operation and maintenance manuals, standards, etc.
Data plans (long-term or short-term) are constructed as the first essential step of a proper and complete TDMS.
Data is often referred in other tests and technical specifications, where new analysis is generated, managed and archived again.
[7][8][9] Since TDMS is integrated into the organisation's systems, whenever workers develop data files (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Microsoft Word, etc.
If TDMS is not stable enough or when it is exposed to hacker and virus attacks, the organisation's data flow might shut down completely, affecting the work in an organisation-wide scale and leading to a lower stability as results.
This costs the problem of ineffectiveness as workers and researchers have to manually go through numerous layers of systems and files for the target data.
However, a great drawback is that huge effort for preparing and modeling the data is required.
For large-scale projects, huge monetary costs are induced, and extra IT human resources must be employed for constant handling, expanding and maintaining the inflexible system, which is custom for specific tasks, instead of all tasks.
TDMS is developed based on 3 principles, flexible and organized file storage, self-scaling hybrid data index, and an interactive post-processing environment.
Complex organizations may need large amounts of technical information, which can be distributed among several independent archives.
Their basic concept is to add to the pre-existing information a new layer of multiple partial models of products and processes, so that it is possible to reuse existing databases, to reduce the development from scratch, and to provide evolutionary paths relevant for the development of the WIS. Each partial model may include specific knowledge and it acts as a way to structure and access the information according to a specific user view.
The comparison between strong and weak information systems may be summarized as follows: The architecture of a weak information system is composed of: The integration layer comprises the following sub-layers: In some countries, such as in the US, record and document management are considered very vital functions, and much stress is given in the management of Technical Archives.
Technical Data Management Systems (TDMS) are widely applied across the globe, in different sectors.
