1. The ECCMA Global Item Registry (formerly ESN Registry)
Don R. Brown, PhD.
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2. Condensed Version
The EOTD standard will not be as effective as it could be without compliance
There are compliance tools called the ECCMA Global Item Registry and the EOTD Searcher that contains over 2 million parts
The ECCMA Global Item Registry has manual and web interfaces
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3. ECCMA Open Technical Dictionary
Classes and properties for thousands of items
Benefits in purchasing efficiency, inventory savings, error reduction
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4. Compliance is a Must
The key to the EOTD standard’s longevity and utility is compliance
Without compliance adoption will be slow and the value will be limited
The opportunity for confusion will be great
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5. Interpretation of Standards
Overall Length?
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6. Gear Gear Yesterday Today Evolution of EOTD Spur Gear Bevel Gear Worm
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7. Standards Confusion
Effort = N x N
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8. The ECCMA Global Item Registry
Effort = N
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9. EOTD Constituents Concepts Counts Classes 66,740 Properties 47,727
Property Values
92,819
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10. Item-Attribute Types Type Count % Invalid String 915,517 65
Unit of Measure
237,301 17
193,841
Enumerated
186,050 13
139,728
Number
51,648
3.7
Date
4,153
0.30
Total
1,394,669
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11. ECCMA Global Item Registry Today
Distinct Supply Points
34,883
Registered Products
2,146,214
Distinct Items of Supply
1,253,017
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12. EGIR in action
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13. Human Interfaces to the ECCMA Global Item Registry
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14. EGIR in Action: Creating an Item
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15. Keyword Search for Class Name
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16. Class Descriptions
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17. Prompting for Property Names
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18. Prompting for Enumerated Values
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19. Prompting for Real Values
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20. Prompting for Another Real Value
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21. Describing the Item
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22. Creating the Record
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23. Looking up Items with the EOTD Searcher
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24. Viewing Class Descriptions
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25. Viewing Property Descriptions
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26. Viewing Concept Details
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27. Machine Interfaces
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