We’re hearing a great deal at the moment around Integrated Product Support, the S-Series and the importance of data integration and the data thread. The blue sky thinking of IPS is often very different from the down and dirty reality for many projects especially those with time and budget constraints. These projects must get on…
The TDW Show – Episode #1 – Welcome to the all-new TDW show, an idea and format we have been working on for some time and finally we after weeks of technical challenges and aligning all of our ducks. It’s ready! In the first TDW Show Episode #1, I speak with Berry Braster from Etteplan,…
TDW-Live#9 – During November this 2019 TDW hosted the annual TDW-Live event, gathering together with like-minded professionals from the field of aerospace, defence and space product support. The event which is hosted over three days and kicking off with a workshop day focuses on practical applications of modern technical information production and deployment methodologies. The…
Condition Based Maintenance Plus – At the S1000D User Forum we took the time to speak with Bob Hogg from SDL. SDL presented on the topic of Condition Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) and specifically how SDL is connecting the platform to the technical publication through the IoT and Health Monitoring Systems. Watch the full video…
There’s more to life than S1000D! OK, let’s get real, the technical publication is a requirement of product support. We can argue about what constitutes a professional technical publication, from a simple installation card through to a full-on interactive technical manual, and we may be asked to produce a wealth of support information types. The…
Adobe TCS 2019, Jana, SEMCON, A2Z of S1000D & stolen technical publications! In the week that Adobe TCS 2019 is released to include some new and exciting features! We look at the key news items to hit the street. Including technical manuals for sale on the dark web for $150! Probably the most troubling story…
Digitization, Flash, 3D Parts, Type 31E – Thursday Thoughts #17 An article on digitization from Rolls-Royce CEO makes our top ten news items this week, what else did we discuss in our new recorded version of Thursday Thoughts? All the links we mentioned in this weeks episode: 10 – Rolls-Royce Power Systems and an interesting…
Effective QR Codes in Technical Publications QR codes are an excellent way of driving users to content, protecting your technical publications and driving up user engagement with our content. In this course we are looking at the Effective use of codes in traditional technical publications. We start with looking at what these codes are and…
Tempest, Viking Air, Airbus all make TT#16 BAE Systems Tempest was announced at last weeks Farnborough Air Show, has this sparked a possible merger with Airbus and BAE Systems Fighter Jets? Well we mention this all in this weeks Thursday Thoughts. This week we have recorded Thursday Thoughts as Mike has a root canal appointment…
General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and Technical Publications (Part 2) GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) are now in force within the European Union with already reports that some organisations are already being investigated for not being fully compliant. We have all seen the massive noise around GDPR, we have all been asked multiple times to…
