All manufacturers of complex equipment could use the S1000D documentation standard to help to streamline and manage their technical documentation processes.

All manufacturers of complex equipment could use the S1000D documentation standard to help to streamline and manage their technical documentation processes.

This process does not necessarily require vast investment in software either. CDG can host the documentation and do the authoring/illustration using our own software licenses. This enables companies to benefit from the ‘re-use of data’ advantages provided by S1000D, without the significant investment requirements which normally prevent such projects being viable.

To find out more about how implementing S1000D could benefit your organisation, please contact Chris Moore on 01707 367700.

We used this year’s Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) exhibition at the Millbrook Test Facility, Bedfordshire to discuss this issue with many defence suppliers.

Organised by the MoD’s Specialist and Utility Vehicles IPT, the exhibition took place on 25th – 26th June 2008.

This year the event was also being supported by the General Support Vehicles IPT, Battlefield Infrastructure & Engineer Group, Deployable Support & Test Equipment IPT and four other IPTs.

If you didn’t attend, but might be interested for next year, we suggest you visit the event website, http://www.theevent.co.uk to see how you might benefit.

For more general information on S1000D, visit http://www.S1000D.net