Consolidation of World-Wide Vault | 2020 Upgrade

The Customer’s Challenge

John Zink Hamworthy Combustion, after maintaining a primary Vault Professional server with 9 worldwide replicated servers including 5 separate Vault Databases, decided to consolidate all Vaults into one primary GLOBAL vault, and then re-establish replication around the world. The task would require the standardization of workflows and product Lifecycle management processes that all business groups around the world would use. 

The Project Goals

Our project consisted of one main goal:

• The Vault Consolidation project aimed to simplify the management of their engineering data and information for easier access and sharing through the entire worldwide John Zink engineering community.

The Solution

John Zink engaged Symetri (Formerly Team D3) to:

• Review current documentation for all vaults, including file structure, securities, lifecycles, categories, mappings, current hardware, and network. Evaluate workflow requirements and develop a simple lifecycle and revision scheme that all existing Vault users can use.
• Document implementation and training requirements.
• Develop and document the consolidation and data update process, including John Zink Hamworthy Combustion’s resource requirements.

The Business Outcome

Through engagement with Symetri (Formerly Team D3) professional services, John Zink Hamworthy Combustion consolidated its five individual vaults into one primary Global Vault with replicated access around the world. In so doing, it was able to standardize its file structure, securities, lifecycles, categories, mappings, and workflows, giving it a uniform engineering process across all business groups. 

Conclusion

“We rely on Symetri (Formerly Team D3)’s expertise in Autodesk Vault Professional to keep our engineering data secure, controlled, and accessible globally.”