Everyone is talking about the women's quota, at tecteam it is a reality. The editorial team consists of 40 specialists, 18 of whom are women, which is a quota of 45%. The 35 technical editors are supported by five technical illustrators. In the further training of technical editors, the proportion of women in [...]
Verena Diederichs How and when did you join tecteam? After completing my degree in German and Anglophone Studies, I did further training to become a technical editor. Part of this training was an internship, which I completed at tecteam. After completing the training, I was offered the opportunity to stay with tecteam, [...]
Automation not only ensures high documentation quality, it also guarantees efficient and time-saving working methods. To make working with a content management system a success story, tecteam supports the entire process. Initial situation An international mechanical engineering group sells around 140 products with countless variants, whose operating manuals are translated into 25 languages. For each [...]
"Cables lying on the floor, being walked on by people, being treated cruelly." Anyone who reads this in an instruction manual knows that the manual is no good. Confidence in the potentially good product may now also be shaken. "When the header area is filled, you jump through the fields." A certainly amusing stylistic flourish from a software description for [...]
Date of issue: January 2020 DIN EN 15494: Candles - Product safety labeling DIN EN 15494 was released in January. The standard specifies the minimum safety information with which candles must be labeled when sold. This concerns safety information and the presentation of product safety labeling. Optional safety information is also specified. They can either [...]
Review of a full-day regional group event By merging two regional groups, it was possible to hold the "Filling intelligent systems intelligently" workshop as a full-day event. This gave us the opportunity not only to apply the creativity techniques extensively with all participants in the "alien scenario", but also to transfer them to other problems. In addition, the results of the creative work [...]
Exploit the full benefits of your content management system with basic knowledge. Let's imagine the following: You are in a managerial position and are responsible for technical editing. For years, your employees have been creating technical documentation using conventional methods such as Word, InDesign or FrameMaker. With an editing system from 0 to 100 this [...]
Dear participants, even if many things are changing now - your training with us will continue! And almost unchanged. Your study and further education plans will remain the same - if there are any changes, we will inform you personally and in good time. The scheduled e-learning courses will take place as planned and our learning coaches will support you as usual. [...]
On 26.02.2020, the IHK Dortmund, represented by Dipl.-Kfm. Michael Ifland, presented tecteam with a certificate of honor for the 25th anniversary of the educational institute. Managing Directors Herbert Herzke and Horst-Henning Kleiner were delighted with this visit and the appreciation of the IHK. The IHK also published the following article about tecteam in "RUHR Wirtschaft - the regional business magazine" [...]
Work-life balance, healthy food, open-plan office yes or no, flexible working hours etc. ... Topics that shape and determine today's working world! The feel-good factor in the office should be a given in any case. In the middle of the 19th century, people had other priorities, as our little find shows. Fear of God, cleanliness and punctuality are the prerequisites for [...]
