PLM-Driven Content Management - Aligning Engineering Design and Technical Publications Support Functions: Ensuring Product Launch Success

The implementation of structured authoring initiatives and other technology advances has significantly improved the lifecycle associated with managing today's product and service documents - especially with respect to reducing production time and managing resources effectively. PLM-driven content management directly relates XML content instances to a product's parts - thereby synchronizing the product and its documentation even when product changes arise. The relationships between product parts and content ensure that critical path documents that depend on engineering data flow will be completed without imposing unnecessary overhead (typically required when engineering and technical publication teams work with different systems in isolated environments).