SAITAETGrad
New member
- Sep 20, 2003
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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.