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Inmedius Horizon BrochureProfessionally Managed ContentThe 6-page color brochure provides an introduction and overview to Inmedius Horizon, a business process-driven system to create, manage and deploy complex technical information through its entire lifecycle. |
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Document Bursting OverviewManaging Components & Fragments5 minute, Flash Demonstration illustrates how to break documents into small fragments, or sub-documents, for managing in a CMS. This allows documents to be created in a collaborative manner where the fragments can be checked out based on specific elements identified in a bursting specification. |
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The Horizon LibraryYour Content, Your WayCentral area where documents are defined to ensure consistency throughout a project. Allows you to organize information according to fully customizable criteria. Offers the ability to organize content according to variables, including project, technical specification, customer requirement, piece of equipment, or engineering structure. |
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Horizon Workflow ApproachEnsuring Your Business ProcessEach document goes through a complete and predefined standardization process to ensure that there are no gaps in the publication production procedure. Facilitates complete control over both formal and informal quality control processes. A multitude of workflow combinations offers absolute control over Horizon and the processes it manages. |
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Horizon History Supports Complete LifecycleToday and Tomorrow Your 360° ViewTracks every document, fragment, reuse object, illustration, stylesheet and DTD through its complete lifecycle. Each publication is placed back in the Library, with all corresponding document components and proper versioning recorded. Maintains a complete history of comments, reference materials, and electronic signatures to enhance traceability and configuration management. |
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Horizon Supports Multiple Docs, Formats & StandardsIntegration Offers You Flexibility, Options & Ease of UseIntegrated with your favorite authoring platforms, Horizon includes built-in plug-ins for PTC® Arbortext Editor™ and Adobe® FrameMaker®. Supports all documents, regardless of whether they are SGML or XML, PDF or Word formats, or illustration, graphic, sound, or other media files. |
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The Horizon DashboardYour Command CenterProvides a visual representation of the technical XML content management process. Provides complete visibility and control over all components within the department. |
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Horizon Closed Loop TimetablesYour Schedule On Target & On TimeSchedules are defined and maintained through powerful integration with Microsoft® Project. Each document is assigned a start and end date. Every document is tracked against the schedule, and those outside timetable parameters are flagged for corrective action. |
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Horizon Fiscal AccountabilityUnderstanding & Controlling Your CostsDelivers the means to control costs by automatically tracking and calculating expenditures on an ongoing basis. Tight integration with Microsoft® Excel allows costs to be examined and analyzed through custom spreadsheets for each document, reuse or assigned object. Costs can be entered directly into the system or computed by an hourly rate per individual. |
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Horizon Flexible Report EngineUnderstand Where You’ve Been, Where You Are, Where You’re GoingRetrieves data quickly and efficiently, outputting the designated information to Excel for further analysis. Delivers the information needed to make informed business decisions. |
Managing the Technical Information LifecycleGoing Beyond Standard Content ManagementWith the introduction of new standards and specifications, technical documentation has undergone a paradigm shift. This shift has a profound effect on how to effectively manage and organize a technical documentation department. Michael Ingledew, Managing Director, Inmedius UK will discuss the new realities of technical documentation and the need to manage multiple content fragments to create cohesive publications. He will address the challenges facing today’s managers to track specific metrics concerning every process of document creation, including throughput, cost, quality, and timeliness. |
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Professionally Manage Your ContentGoing Beyond Traditional Content ManagementThis 8-page PDF, executive brief explains how new standards and specifications have caused a paradigm shift in technical documentation — requiring new methods for managing content. |
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Metrics That MatterEffectively Managing and Improving the Technical Publication ProcessThis 8-page PDF, executive brief explains how content management systems are an important tool for technical publications departments, providing managers and authors with real-time visibility of the metrics that matter. |
