Innovation takes many forms – in rare cases, it’s creation from scratch, completely novel – utterly unpredicted. More commonly, it’s a combination of existing elements, combined in some new or unique way and adjusted for a specific purpose. Many medical devices follow this pattern – here’s an example from one of our clients – a device that keeps a heart beating (that’s right, when you see it live, the heart is in there, pumping away – incredible) so that it can be transported over longer distances for a life saving transplant. All of the components of this remarkable device existed before they were combined in this specific manner and for this specific purpose: innovation! The benefit of an “existing component” approach like this is that it reduces risk – of course, there’s a *system* risk to consider – but the basis for the system is proven and reliable
The EnCompass System for content automation is similar – we’ve combined XML publishing technology with guided authoring capabilities and translation process automation (including online translation review) to produce a system that can eliminate over +50% of the cost of a traditional, document-based labeling system: innovation! And, our approach has the same benefit of lower risk because the modules that make up the EnCompass System have been validated by the world’s leading medical device manufacturers.
The EnCompass System is tomorrow’s content management solution today – and based on industry standards (DITA/XML) so your content won’t be held hostage by proprietary formats.
