TDC Overview

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TDC Overview
Harry McGuckin TDC Secretary www.test-diagnostics.
org
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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

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History (Cont)

• 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

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History (Cont)

• 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

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Goals

• Identify and address members issues and concerns
• Provide technical and programmatic guidance
• Represent majority of user community
• Communicate common concerns to suppliers/vendors

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Goals (Cont)

• Secure resources for cooperative work
• Provide forum for suppliers/vendors to present
  ideas and technologies to user community
• Increase commonality of environments across
  industries

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Vision

• To work together to optimize the test and
  diagnostics environment through communication of
  business, and technological and customer-oriented
  issues and concerns

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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

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Status

• Organization
• Board of Directors
• Operations
• Membership
• Future Activities

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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

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Status of BOD

• Members
• Dave Carleton
• Harry McGuckin
• Marv Rozner
• Loofie Gutterman
• Bob Stern
• Jim Lundgren
• DoD advisor Mike Malesich

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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

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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

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Future Activities

• Membership Drive
• concentration on USERS
• solicit different industries
• Definition of an Initiative for TDC to address in
  the coming year
• Consider TDCs role in NxTest architecture
• Next meeting in early December

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Benefits For Users

• Reduced Costs
• Development
• Acquisition
• Maintenance
• Improved Test Diagnostic capabilities
• Increased knowledge
• Capabilities / technologies across industries
• Antitrust protection
• Allows cooperation among organizations

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Benefits for Suppliers

• Improved Margins
• Reduced time to market
• Increased knowledge
• Requirements / technologies across industries
• Antitrust protection
• Allows cooperation among organizations

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Member Briefings

• Hughes - Dave Carleton
• DoD - Mike Malesich
• Aeroflex - Marv Rozner
• Racal Instruments - Malcolm Levy
• Agilent - Bob Stern
• Winsoft - Gabriella Schwartzberg
• Geotest - Loofie Gutterman