Microsoft Access migration in Dayton, OH

Access Migration in Dayton

When the database holds the evidence

In Dayton's precision and aerospace work, an Access database is often holding more than operational data. It holds the link between a shipped part and its material certificate, its inspection result and the drawing revision it was made to. That link is evidence, and evidence has to survive a migration exactly.

So the verification step is different here. It is not enough to show that the same number of rows arrived. The relationships have to be proven intact, because a part whose certificate no longer links to it is a traceability gap, and a traceability gap is a customer problem.

The other local factor is that these files are frequently the oldest thing in a very modern shop. New machines, new inspection equipment, and a database from two Windows versions ago quietly holding the record for all of it.

What we would look at first in Dayton

• Which relationships in the file constitute traceability, and how they would be proven intact
• Whether a shipped part can still be tied to its certificate, inspection and drawing revision
• How long the file has been running, and which Windows version it was built for
• What the file is the only copy of, and where its backup actually lives
• Which reports would be shown to a customer, and what they must keep showing

What Microsoft Access migration includes in Dayton

• A free audit of every object, with the traceability relationships identified explicitly
• A blueprint approved before any data moves, stating how relationships are verified
• A verified migration proving the links survived, not only the row counts
• A parallel run until the records and reports agree on both systems
• An audit trail on the new system, so later changes carry a name and a time
• The system, the data, the documentation and every login handed to you

Tracing a real part end to end is done standing in the shop, on a full-day visit via I-70. The rest is remote.

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