If you are managing a library of thousands of images or a complex product imaging project it is almost impossible to keep track of part numbers, images, image views, image related data and when and by whom the images were taken. Another challenge for most organizations that have invested significant time, money and resources in capturing images of their parts is maintaining the images in a single repository allows secure access to various departments and trading partners. Solenium’s Image Extranet addresses these concerns; the result is an online system that manages and distributes image assets through your organization and supply chain.

Solenium’s Image Extranet

The Image Extranet is an Internet based image and project management tool allowing project stakeholders to interact with various aspects of the image project and image assets in real-time. The Image Extranet acts as a control mechanism for the complete flow of part images from the digital photography phase through to image processing and review. This helps ensure high image quality and consistency. The Image Extranet, as an image management tool, also helps provide the necessary discipline most organizations need to managing their digital assets. In order to effectively leverage the value of digital assets organizations must have a single source and access point to these assets. This single source must be robust enough to provide secure access to all levels of the organization. Solenium’s Image Extranet acts as that single source of image assets for your entire organization.

The following lists the key functions of the Image Extranet:

• Set up project details including; uploading parts and interchange lists, creating image views, uploading sample images, creating users, and assigning roles and security rights to users.
  
  
• Ability to add and delete parts from the parts and interchange lists.
  
  
• Communication channel with Illuminate™, Solenium’s Image Capture Software allowing the Image Extranet to send project update information to Illuminate while Illuminate uploads captured images and image related information.
  
  
• Quality control workflow for images that are in the postproduction phase.
  
  
• Functionality allowing users to review and approve / reject processed images before they are formatted and delivered.
  
  
• Image search functionality: able to search for images by part number, part category, date captured, photographer, date processed, date approved, date reprocessed, and image view.
  
  
• All images can be download one-by-one or as a defined group i.e. by part category.
  
  
• Image attributes can be changed at any point in the image workflow or life cycle.
  
  
• Add, delete or change user’s roles.
  
  
• Download part lists based on image status or image attribute.
  
  
• View and download project status.