EDMS - Reaching the Million Mark

When Christophe Seith from the company Cegelec sat down to work on 14 May 2009 at 10:09 a.m. to create the EDMS document entitled "Rapport tournée PH semaine 20", little did he know that he would be the proud creator of the millionth EDMS document and the happy prize winner of a celebratory bottle of champagne to mark the occasion. In the run up to the creation of the millionth EDMS document the EDMS team had been closely monitoring the steady rise in the EDMS number generator, so as to ensure the switch from the six figured i.d. to seven figures would run smoothly and of course, to be able to congratulate the creator of the millionth EDMS document.


From left to right: Stephan Petit (GS-ASE- EDS Section Leader), Christophe Delamare (GS- ASE Group Leader), Christophe Seith, creator of the millionth EDMS document, David Widegren, (GS-ASE- EPS Section Leader).


The millionth EDMS document.

For those who are not familiar with EDMS, its overall goal and purpose is to provide the Organization with cutting-edge engineering and equipment data management; it ensures that data and documentation for projects and installations are safeguarded, organized, verified and also remain easily retrievable on a long-term basis. This includes technical documents and drawings but also the tracking of physical equipment and systems as well as managing all interventions carried out on them. For about ten years, EDMS has played a vital role in enabling engineering knowledge transfer between generations, something that is especially important considering some CERN projects can have lifecycles spanning over 50 years.

Over the past year an average of 7,162 EDMS documents were created every month and currently there are just over 6000 registered EDMS users. It might take some time to reach the two millionth document, but don’t let that put you off, the EDMS team prides itself on offering the highest level of support and provides regular training sessions for those new to EDMS aiming to make all of our users winners!