The infrastructure of enterprises with extensive network facilities, such as those in telecommunications, energy, and district heating, spans vast areas and comprises numerous interconnected elements.
Effectively managing such networks requires modern infrastructure management systems, also known as network inventory systems. However, these systems are dependent on accurate data about the network facilities they manage.
How can paper documentation be transformed into digital assets for network inventory systems?
Numerous enterprises gather data on network facilities and maintain extensive archives of technical documentation in physical form. Unlocking the potential of this stored information for efficient infrastructure and process management necessitates…
a shift from analog to digital format and
a seamless integration into a network inventory system.
Challenges
What challenges arise in extracting network data from paper records?
Identifying network information within tens of thousands of technical documentation folders and integrating it into the network inventory system is the most difficult stage in implementing a digital network model. This process involves numerous obstacles, including:
Difficulty in locating current documentation
The technical documentation archive often spans many years, making it challenging to quickly find the most up-to-date information. This increases the risk of entering outdated data into the network inventory system.
Labor-intensive manual documentation categorization
Categorizing paper documentation is a time-consuming and costly process, as the type of document determines the information about network elements it contains.
Tedious manual digitization of objects and attributes
Manually reviewing hundreds of pages to identify objects and their attributes is error-prone and time-consuming. Correcting errors further escalates the cost of digitization.
Solution – iDoc for GlobIQ
Source network data from paper records
Addressing these challenges, iDoc for GlobIQ leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to extract data from paper technical documentation and update network inventory systems.
How iDoc for GlobIQ works
With the help of AI, the system categorizes data, identifies the location and date of investments, and retrieves information about the network facilities and attributes of the network elements.
Document categorization
iDoc recognizes document type, date, and investment location.
Recognition of network objects
Tailored for telco and utilities, iDoc identifies network objects (stations, cables, splices, boxes, connectors) and reads their attributes from paper documentation.
Verification and approval
Extracted information is verified by a data entry specialist to ensure 100% accuracy.
Migration to the network inventory system
Verified data is uploaded to the network inventory system.
Who is iDoc for GlobIQ for?
The iDoc for GlobIQ solution is for you if…
Your enterprise operates in network infrastructure industries (telecommunications, energy, heating, water & sewage, and others).
You’re planning to implement a network inventory system to manage your network infrastructure.
You collect network data in paper format and seek a quick, reliable, and error-free transfer to the inventory system.
Benefits of iDoc for GlobIQ
By choosing iDoc for GlobIQ, you will:
- Reduce costs: cut down on the expenses of digitizing paper documents and significantly decrease processing time.
- Accelerate Implementation: speed up the network inventory system implementation, resulting in a quicker return on investment.
- Streamline Business Processes: enhance efficiency in key business processes utilizing the digital network model.
To find out more about digitizing, categorizing, and recognizing attributes from paper documents visit the iDoc solution website.
Find out more about iDoc
iDoc for GlobIQ is part of the GlobIQ platform for building and maintaining a digital network asset model.
Find out more about GlobIQ
iDoc for GlobIQ is part of the GlobIQ platform for building and maintaining a digital network asset model.
Find out more about GlobIQ
Why partner with Globema?
Globema boasts over 20 years of experience in implementing inventory systems and processing data for network industries. Explore our solutions, including:
Our experience – by the numbers
During our digitization projects, we’ve successfully acquired data about:
1 000 000
network connection points
100 000
kilometers of cables
20 000
devices, such as rack spaces and conduits
3 200
kilometers of pipelines
31 000
kilometers of energy networks (LV, MV, and HV)
12 000
energy stations with internal schemas
8 000 000
devices (poles, connectors, measurement devices, and others)
We’re trusted by:
Would you like to learn more about the GlobIQ Platform?
- Schedule a consultation: our experts will analyze your business needs and suggest the right solution and next steps.
- Together, let’s complete a pilot project. Try out the solution in practice!
- Sign the agreement and embark on a project accelerating the digital transformation of processes at your company!
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