Industry case
Air conditioning & Household appliances

Instructions for users

Client

World leader in the production of household appliances, equipment and home accessorie.

Requirement

To manage product documentation (User Manuals, Quick Guides, H&S documentation, etc.) and existing workflow. The workflow included the management of requests from EMEA factories via a dedicated platform; creation of source documents from predecessors; translation into the various target market languages involved; synchronisation of final files with the client’s online publishing system; process innovation consultancy.

 

Solution

  • Creation and customisation of the SDM platform for managing workflows linked to document types and for synchronisation with the customer’s publishing platform
  • Support from a dedicated team of STAR7 project managers for project management and coordination with project governance
  • Creation of an international team of translators, supported by the STAR Group network
  • Maintenance of TMs and implementation of specific glossaries
  • Consultancy on format migration, improving readability, reducing the number of pages, standardising graphics and content
  • Use of STAR Group’s proprietary GRIPS authoring system for managing Health & Safety documentation with data management and automatic publication

 

Outcome

  • Full management of the process, including: translation, IT development, proprietary translation and data management tools, and format consultancy
  • High performance of client’s translation memories, thanks to STAR7 management of source creation and formats
  • Very high documentation quality, speed of execution and considerable cost savings
  • More than 10,000 orders completed

Service lines involved

Technologies involved

Language Technologies
Transit
Translation and localisation
Authoring Technologies
GRIPS
Information management
Authoring Technologies
SDM
Authoring, translation and printing always under control

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Alessandro Bovo
Alessandro Bovo
Client Account & BD leader
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