Case Study:
Select from Module Library
A manufacturer of heavy equipment
- Produces many publications
- many publications for each machine
- owner’s manuals
- maintenance manuals
- field engineer’s manuals
- marketing collateral
- Much content the same in all manuals about same machine
- Many components the same in several machines
- Manuals written as a library of modules
- Each manual is a list of which modules to select, and in what sequence
For new model, just write modules on new features. Call modules on unchanged systems, features, sub-assemblies.
The instructions on how to use the Model XX123 radio are the same if it is installed in a tractor, a truck, or a road grader!