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FrameMaker solutions for manufacturing

Manufacturers deal with a tremendous stream of information that is critical to their profitable operation. It must be managed and integrated into external product documentation, as well as data-heavy catalogs and other materials to support the sales channel. Producing these materials is labor intensive, lead times are long, and conventional publishing formats such as paper catalogs are expensive.

Publishing groups in this industry must manage and integrate information from a diverse array of sources to support the manufacturing process, provide documentation for manufactured products and components, and meet certification requirements.

An information publishing solution based on Adobe® FrameMaker® 8 software or Adobe FrameMaker Server 8 software offers a template-driven publishing model. The benefits for manufacturing include: a full-featured authoring tool for creating long, complex documents from disparate sources; server-based publishing that supports publishing parts catalogs and other materials directly from a data repository; powerful single-sourcing; and content management for change control, reuse, and repurposing of information.

FrameMaker 8 key benefits

• Create rich XML documents in a familiar word-processing environment and distribute them in nonmodifiable formats.
• Lock in document accuracy and consistency through preset styles and automatic formatting.
• Single-source variations of the same document through advanced conditional output.
• Help users and service personnel quickly find information they need in highly reliable manuals with a unified appearance.
• Ease the cultural transition from paper to electronic files with a consistent authoring interface.
• Convert files to Adobe PDF for timesaving electronic commenting and reduced storage and bandwidth requirements.
• Integrate 3D models and rich media contained in Adobe Flash SWF files directly into their Adobe PDF documents.
• Enable anyone with Adobe Reader to experience dynamic and interactive assets such as 3D, video and animation directly within the context of their document.
• Integrate screen recordings, simulations, tutorials, and quizzes created with Adobe Captivate 3.
• Reuse content across similar product lines and for shared components.
• Manage document authoring and production so that documents follow the product development and manufacturing timeline.
• Customize or personalize new and updated operations manuals and repair procedures for individual products and distribute them worldwide.