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Learn how to reduce diagnostic tester development costs by efficiently managing parametric data in various formats across multiple automobile makes. Explore industry partnering strategies and the creation of a Generic Data Template to streamline data processing. Presented by Bernard Carr from Robert Bosch LLC at the NASTF General Meeting in Miami on May 3, 2011.
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Reducing Diagnostic Tester Development Costs NASTF General Meeting Miami, Fl 3 May 2011 Presented by Bernard Carr, Robert Bosch LLC
Data Management NASTF General Meeting 2 Lots of parametric data High effort to manage Industry partnering May 3, 2011
Lots of Parametric Data NASTF General Meeting 3 Data comes in many formats • DOC, ODX, PDF, SQL, TXT, XLS, XML, … Data takes many forms • Vehicles, Systems, ECUs • DTCs, Parameters, Controls, Scripted Tests Data is endless • Thousands of records (rows of data) May 3, 2011
High Effort to Manage NASTF General Meeting 4 Handling hundreds, or thousands, of: • Vehicle Identification, ECUs, DTCs, Parameters, Controls, Scripted Tests Across many automobile Makes Collectively this is a very large data set A challenge to manage costs as data is administered in business system(s) May 3, 2011
Industry Partnering (1/2) NASTF General Meeting 5 Tool Companies’ Create: • “Generic Data Template (GDT)” to hold data • Software tools to import this data • First requirement: no complex solution Tool Companies’ work with OEM: • Companies provide extraction tools • OEM outputs their data into the GDT format • OEM satisfies legislation very efficiently May 3, 2011
Industry Partnering (2/2) • Tool Companies’ Standardize: • The “GDT” system through itself or an existing standardization body • Tool Companies’ Recurring Job: • Get data in any format from OEM • Cleanse, normalize, and optimize • Output data in simple “GDT” format • Make GDT data sets available to members NASTF General Meeting
Open Discussion NASTF General Meeting 7 Sanity Check: • Does such an approach make sense? • Is there skilled labor to perform this task? • Are business system costs now high enough to address this issue? May 3, 2011