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Inc. TDC Overview. Harry McGuckin TDC Secretary www.test-diagnostics.org. History. 1994 - 1997: DoD Automatic Test Systems (ATS) Executive Agent addressed Test and Diagnostics issues Late 1997: DoD ATS EA realized industry was in better position to provide solutions. History (Con’t).
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Inc. TDC Overview Harry McGuckin TDC Secretary www.test-diagnostics.org
History 1994 - 1997: DoD Automatic Test Systems (ATS) Executive Agent addressed Test and Diagnostics issues Late 1997: DoD ATS EA realized industry was in better position to provide solutions
History (Con’t) Early 1998 DoD met with industry representatives to discuss establishment of a consortium August 1998 TDC concept presented at IEEE Automatic Test Conference by TDC Development Team
History (Con’t) Mid 1998 to Early 1999 TDC Development Team held several meetings to address organization, activities, membership, etc. April 1999 TDC Development Team welcomes industry to TDC Organizing Meeting to discuss issues identified by Development Team
Goals • Identify and address members’ issues and concerns • Provide technical and programmatic guidance • Represent majority of user community • Communicate common concerns to suppliers/vendors
Goals (Con’t) • Secure resources for cooperative work • Provide forum for suppliers/vendors to present ideas and technologies to user community • Increase commonality of environments across industries
Vision • To work together to optimize the test and diagnostics environment through communication of business, and technological and customer-oriented issues and concerns
Mission • Work together to identify and address mutual test and diagnostics issues and concerns • Foster development of more effective test and diagnostics tools, systems and processes • Facilitate communication in test and diagnostics community
Status • Organization • Board of Directors • Operations • Membership • Future Activities
Status of Organization • Non-Profit 501 (c)(3) • Incorporated in Kentucky • Fiscal year from July 1 to June 30 • Officers • Chairman Dave Carleton • Secretary Harry McGuckin • Treasurer Jennifer Fetherman
Status of BOD • Members • Dave Carleton • Harry McGuckin • Marv Rozner • Loofie Gutterman • Bob Stern • Jim Lundgren • DoD advisor Mike Malesich
Status of Operations • CMG under contract to: • develop marketing strategy • handle anti-trust issues • identify potential new members • Accounting Firm hired to: • file federal tax return • file Kentucky return • prepare financial statements
Status of membership • Current membership is 32 companies • Changed membership categories to two types: User and Supplier • Renewal letters will be mailed in October for January payment • Membership drive AUTOTESTCON 2000
Future Activities • Membership Drive • concentration on USERS • solicit different industries • Definition of an Initiative for TDC to address in the coming year • Consider TDC’s role in NxTest architecture • Next meeting in early December
Benefits For Users • Reduced Costs • Development • Acquisition • Maintenance • Improved Test & Diagnostic capabilities • Increased knowledge • Capabilities / technologies across industries • Antitrust protection • Allows cooperation among organizations
Benefits for Suppliers • Improved Margins • Reduced time to market • Increased knowledge • Requirements / technologies across industries • Antitrust protection • Allows cooperation among organizations
Member Briefings • Hughes - Dave Carleton • DoD - Mike Malesich • Aeroflex - Marv Rozner • Racal Instruments - Malcolm Levy • Agilent - Bob Stern • Winsoft - Gabriella Schwartzberg • Geotest - Loofie Gutterman