Small/Midsize Department Electronic Reference Data Organization
Small/Midsize Department Electronic Reference Data Organization
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Rather slow right now...
Our current means of storing all the vendor, OEM, and other reference data we use in our department would be best described as "helter skelter" as in buried within project files, miscellaneous files, networked personal computers, etc.
The current task is to come up with a system to organize all this information into a searchable reference depository. Ideally, someone relatively untrained or green could search by file name and content (where possible). Also, cost of implementation is a concern- can't require a lot of data entry. Some of this reference material is only used once...some once every few years...some multiple times a week.
I'm wondering how others might organize such data. Throw it away? Find as necessary? Organized with detailed procedures? Data mining search engines?
Any and all ideas/opinions/thoughts welcome.
Our current means of storing all the vendor, OEM, and other reference data we use in our department would be best described as "helter skelter" as in buried within project files, miscellaneous files, networked personal computers, etc.
The current task is to come up with a system to organize all this information into a searchable reference depository. Ideally, someone relatively untrained or green could search by file name and content (where possible). Also, cost of implementation is a concern- can't require a lot of data entry. Some of this reference material is only used once...some once every few years...some multiple times a week.
I'm wondering how others might organize such data. Throw it away? Find as necessary? Organized with detailed procedures? Data mining search engines?
Any and all ideas/opinions/thoughts welcome.





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RE: Small/Midsize Department Electronic Reference Data Organization
You can also download or create PDFs from manufacturers and put into folders by type/etc.
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RE: Small/Midsize Department Electronic Reference Data Organization
create a simple organization standard within a network folder,
write the standard down and publish it at the top level folder,
organize existing data to match the standard,
file future information per the standard.
Implementation and results were all over the map depending on how ambitious the standard was and how committed the users were. My suggestions is KISS for organiztion and emphasize getting everybody to use a single location for similar data (vendor data, specifications, memos, etc.).
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