Application Note

The Test Data Management Challenge

Given the global nature of consumer and electronics manufacturing – with design, engineering, and production activities often taking place in several countries and on different continents – just gathering and collating data from these sources is a huge challenge. There is live and historical data stored in various silos, databases, test stations and spreadsheets. And with standard business growth through acquisitions, new product introductions (NPIs), supply-chain adjustments, new contract manufacturers, etc., additional data is coming online all the time. Once the data is collected from these disparate sources it will likely require transformation and validation, because the source data models may not match the desired target data model.