With the increasing spread and growing functionality of editorial systems, at some point the meaningfulness of their names is no longer sufficient. New names are needed to differentiate the systems in terms of their growing complexity and the more advanced technologies. First beginnings When I first came into contact with database-supported software for managing text modules in 1999, I [...]
For many companies, the introduction of a component content management system (CCMS) is the ideal solution to meet the increased requirements in the editorial process. However, the associated changes are often met with resistance from the employees concerned. They have to give up old habits, acquire new skills or familiarize themselves with new roles and tasks. This [...]
Working with content management systems (or component content management systems, CCMS for short) is often disparagingly referred to as "industrialized text production". As with industrial products that are practical but come in a boring and loveless design, documents from a CCMS are said to be squeezed onto the pages in a "one-size-fits-all" look in order to maximize paper [...].
What do you do when the management sets a strategy for which you are not prepared? A globally active company was confronted with this challenge. It was not an easy task to master, but not an impossible one either. A practical report from our day-to-day editorial work. The initial situation The company is a global player with a diverse [...]
Switching from a DTP program to a content management system (CMS) is a big step. Not only technically, but also for the people who have to work with the new program. Some people find it difficult to adapt to the new conditions. But you can only reach your goal as a team. Individualists in the content management system For the creation of [...]
System Day at tecteam again This time, Mr. Drache from SCHEMA (www.schema.de) and Mr. Weih from Across (www.across.net) demonstrated the interaction between content management systems (CMS) and translation management systems (TMS). The interested guests came from Bochum, Bocholt and Cologne, among other places, and one person even traveled from near Stuttgart for this event. Admittedly - the time [...]
Für die redaktionellen Anforderungen kleinerer Unternehmen gibt es durchaus kostengünstige Programme, mit denen sich die Arbeitsweise und die Ergebnisse optimieren lassen. Es kommt jedoch darauf an, dass Anforderungen und Lösung zusammen passen. Zudem muss man berücksichtigen, dass auch die Einführung einer „kleinen Lösung“ zu Beginn einen höheren Aufwand bedeutet, der neben dem Tagesgeschäft zu [...]
The first System Day@tecteam took place at the end of June in Dortmund, where several interested participants from near and far were able to experience how a content management system (CMS) and a translation management system (TMS) can be used along the typical process in technical editing. After a brief introduction, docufy, as the CMS manufacturer, showed why [...]
Be it the topic of Industry 4.0, the improvement of service friendliness or general competitive pressure - technical documentation is becoming increasingly important. Companies need to create procedures and processes that enable them to produce, translate and distribute data on a large scale and do so in a qualitative, cost-effective and reliable manner. On the one hand, [...]
