IETM

umlaut IETM is developed to overcome the challenges of paper based technical manuals. Those are:

• Paper based technical manuals are tedious to maintain.
• Change management and revision management are difficult with traditional paper based technical manuals.
• Storing and retrieving of paper based technical manuals becomes strenuous.
• Arriving at the exact technical manual and section is time consuming.
• Hotspot view in the paper manuals are basic and it is difficult to identify the different parts.

IETM compresses volumes of text into few online pages which may include audio and video and allow readers to locate needed information quicker as compared to paper manuals. It is directly integrated with CSDB (Common Source Data Base).

The portal consists of the following options

• IETM provides great support to XML files converted from paper based technical manuals with respect to S1000D standard.
• The XML based technical manuals are imported and exported using Centralized Data-Base (CSDB), when the files are checked-in and checked-out for revision and change management.
• The technical manuals are stored as "collections" in umlaut IETM, and the reader/author can quickly arrive at the required manual with the ATA chapter and section.
• umlaut IETM is a web portal, allowing the user to view the manuals on any device, resolution and configuration.
• It allows the reader/author to remark and annotate to share the comments or feedbacks with other, provide simple and easier change and review management.
• umlaut IETM is implemented with Hotspot viewer, which highlights and displays each part with Hotspot ID.
• The reader/author can resume the work with the recently viewed files and resume the work at the last used position.
• IETM can filter the content of a technical manual based on the applicability and effectivity.
• Substantial cost cutting in updating, storing, or holding technical information.
• Suitable availability of accurate knowledge.
• Expensive trained manpower not required.
• Increased accuracy of information.
• Accessing information from anywhere.
• Accurate fault diagnosis with quick repairs.
• Optimum usage on storage space (Physical)
• Transferability of information.
• Increased operational readiness due to improved repair performance.

The improvement for the user

• Substantial cost cutting in updating, storing, or holding technical information.
• Suitable availability of accurate knowledge.
• Expensive trained manpower not required.
• Increased accuracy of information.
• Accessing information from anywhere.
• Accurate fault diagnosis with quick repairs.
• Optimum usage on storage space (physical).
• Transferability of information.
• Increased operational readiness due to improved repair performance.

The solution in detail

Planned features of IETM

• To provide options like select, rotate, zoom, mirroring, explore, cut sections and interact with data.
• To provide options for interacting with customers with respect to feedback /observation and clarifications.
• To enable with media support for user interaction information like 3D videos, animations, motion videos, detailed audit trials and knowledge management functions.
• To enable tracking the progress of each user, while they are actually using the manual, or chapters as they are being completed with action history, etc.
• To enable dynamic content creation with options like HTML editor and instant publishing system.

Technical features overview

• The umlaut IETM website is implemented with microservice architecture, any module/service can be implemented whilst running a project/an application.
• The umlaut IETM website is implemented with a modular angular architecture; it can modify the backend or service layer at any moment, without any difficulty.
• A CGM parser is implemented for the main feature of IEMT i.e. Hotspot.
• Created with a modular dynamic configuration to be able to change the database setting at any given moment, to support any different database.