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Die digitale Transformation in der Technischen Kommunikation

Die digitale Transformation in der Technischen Kommunikation

Die Industrie steckt im Prozess der digitalen Transformation. Diese Digitalisierung macht jeden Schritt der Wertschöpfungskette transparent. Die Fabrik von morgen ist schneller, effizienter und flexibler: Maschinen kommunizieren miteinander, informieren sich gegenseitig über Fehler im Fertigungsprozess, identifizieren knappe Materialbestände und bestellen nach. Die technologischen Möglichkeiten zur Verknüpfung von Objekten, Daten und Prozessen stellen neuartige Anforderungen [...]

Kirsten Schröder2025-10-08T14:48:18+02:0029.09.2020|Kategorien: Technische Kommunikation|Tags: CCMS, iiRDS, Klassifizierung, Modularisierung, Standardisierung, Technische Kommunikation, Transformation|0 Kommentare

tecteam and the “Smart Five”: Good friends, but not tied together

tecteam and the “Smart Five”: Good friends, but not tied together

There are a considerable number of providers in the content management system (CCMS) market, and the range of features offered by these systems continues to grow steadily. Who can keep track of it all anymore (tecteam, for example)? The Vast Landscape of Content Management Systems Perhaps you feel the same way: At the relevant conferences and trade shows, it’s almost enough to make your head spin when you look at [...]

Kirsten Schröder2025-10-08T14:47:27+02:0003.08.2020|Categories: Consulting, TechnicalCommunication|Tags: Consulting, bloXedia, CCMS, Cosima, Content Management System, Schema ST4, Smart Five, SMC, System Tag, TIM|0 comments

When the order generates its own operating instructions

When the order generates its own operating instructions

Automation not only ensures high-quality documentation, but also guarantees efficient and time-saving workflows. To ensure that working with a content management system is a success, tecteam supports the entire process. Initial Situation: An international mechanical engineering group markets approximately 140 products with countless variants, whose user manuals are translated into 25 languages. For each [...]

Kirsten SchröderSeptember 9, 2025, 3:31:00 PM +02:00 May 27, 2020|Categories: TechnicalCommunication|Tags: User Manual, Information Portal, Concept, Content Management System, XML|3 comments

Fill Smart Systems Smartly—Avoid Poor Results

Fill Smart Systems Smartly—Avoid Poor Results

At the 2019 tekom Annual Conference, the creative concept of “being allowed to think nonlinearly” was very well received by many participants in our session “Filling Intelligent Systems Intelligently—Preventing Stupid Results.” Creativity techniques were introduced, practiced, and then playfully applied to identifying and collecting classification systems and their characteristics (taxonomies and metadata). There was just as much interest in the creative [...]

Eva Tenschert2025-09-10T12:30:04+02:00 January 30, 2020|Categories: Technical Communication, Thinking Outside theBox|Tags: "Headstand" technique, analogy technique, imagery technique, intelligent systems, classification, creative work, modularization, tekom Annual Conference 2019|0 comments

Presentations at the 2019 tekom Annual Conference

Presentations at the 2019 tekom Annual Conference

Once again this year, in addition to its presence at the trade show itself, tecteam will be participating through several employees in presentations and workshops on various topics related to technical communication. Dr. Roland Gleißner looks forward to seeing you on Tuesday, November 12, at 11:45 a.m. in Room C4.2 for his presentation titled “Falling Into the Trap—Avoiding Pitfalls in Research.” We are also pleased to [...]

Verena Gorzolnik2025-09-09T15:00:58+02:00November 8, 2019|Categories: Working at tecteam, News and Events, TechnicalCommunication|Tags: Intelligent Systems, Messe Stuttgart, Research, Content Management System, tekom Annual Conference 2019, Terminology Management|0 comments

Content Management Systems and Layout—Two Different Worlds?

Content Management Systems and Layout—Two Different Worlds?

Working with content management systems (or component content management systems, CCMS for short) is often disparagingly referred to as “industrialized text production.” Just as with industrial products—which, while practical, feature a boring and uninspired design—documents from a CCMS are said to be crammed onto pages with a “one-size-fits-all” look in order to save as much paper as possible [...]

Verena Gorzolnik2025-10-07T14:41:05+02:00 March 13, 2019|Categories: General, TechnicalCommunication|Tags: CCMS, CMS, Layout, Content Management System, Schema, XSLT, XML, XPath|0 comments

From zero to five hundred in two years

From zero to five hundred in two years

What should you do when management sets a strategy for which you are unprepared? A global company found itself facing this challenge. It was no easy task to overcome, but it was by no means insurmountable. A case study from our editorial team’s day-to-day work. The Initial Situation The company is a global player with a diverse [...]

Kirsten Schröder2025-10-07T14:40:25+02:00 February 7, 2019|Categories: General, TechnicalCommunication|Tags: CMS, As-Is Analysis, Project Report, Processes, Research, Content Management System, Interface Adaptations|0 comments

The Fischer Digitization Suite at the tecteam System Day

The Fischer Digitization Suite at the tecteam System Day

What might modern product documentation look like in the age of digitalization? This question captured the attention of the interested audience at the tecteam System Day on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Rainer Börsig, CTO of Fischer Information Technology AG, explored the topic from various angles in his presentation: from information capture to management and the use of information. The audience [...]

Jürgen Sapara2025-09-10T12:54:56+02:00October 5, 2018|Categories: News and Events, Technical Communication,Continuing Education|Tags: Digitalization Suite, Fischer Information Technology, System Day, Technical Documentation|0 comments

iiRDS Version 1.0 – What's Next?

iiRDS Version 1.0 – What's Next?

Things are getting exciting—the tekom metadata standard iiRDS was released just in time for the spring conference in Koblenz. Software manufacturers will likely begin implementation now at the latest, since they can now “rely” on a single standard. The consortium is growing, with industry clients joining—this is important and positive, because it is the only way to ensure acceptance and [...]

Jürgen Sapara2025-10-07T14:31:53+02:00 August 16, 2018|Categories: TechnicalCommunication|Tags: iiRDS, metadata, standard, technical communication|0 comments

A Glimpse into the Future at UA Reloaded 2018

A Glimpse into the Future at UA Reloaded 2018

A first day packed with presentations and a second day filled with workshops—that was UA Reloaded in St. Leon-Rot. The conference on user assistance is a joint event organized by tekom and the software company SAP. This year, the focus was on user experience, videos, automation, virtual reality/augmented reality, and artificial intelligence [...]