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How Code and Pixels’ IETM software solution and their experience in the defence sector can solve technical documentation issues in shipbuilding
Introduction
- Code and Pixels leverage its defence sector expertise and IETM software capabilities to transform traditional shipbuilding documentation into digital, interactive, and easily accessible manuals, solving issues of accuracy, updates, accessibility, and usability.
- Shipbuilding is a highly technical and complex process involving machinery, propulsion systems, electrical networks, and safety-critical operations. Traditional paper-based manuals are often bulky, difficult to handle, and time-consuming to navigate.
- Searching for procedures or diagrams delays assembly and maintenance, while updates are slow and prone to errors, leading to inconsistencies and operational risks. Paper manuals also lack interactive visualizations, limiting understanding of complex systems.
1. Expertise in Defence Training and Documentation
- Code and Pixels have extensive experience working with the armed forces, developing CBT modules, IETMs, and interactive technical documentation.
- This expertise allows them to understand complex technical systems, procedural requirements, and operational workflows, which are very similar to shipbuilding systems in terms of complexity and safety-critical operations.
2. Digitization of Paper Manuals
- Traditional shipbuilding manuals are bulky, difficult to search, and hard to update.
- Code and Pixels’ IETM software solution converts these into interactive digital manuals, storing all technical content digitally with multimedia elements.
- This ensures easy access, portability, and real-time updates, eliminating the inefficiencies of paper-based documentation.
3. Interactive and Multimedia-Rich Content
- Their IETMs include 3D diagrams, animations, videos, and step-by-step procedural guides, which make complex ship systems easier to understand.
- This reduces errors in assembly, maintenance, and operation and improves knowledge retention for engineers and trainees.
4. Standardization and Version Control
- Code and Pixels ensures that all units and teams use the same updated documentation, solving the issue of inconsistent or outdated information.
- Multiple teams can access the same IETM simultaneously, ensuring consistency in training and operations.
5. Scalability and Cost Efficiency
- Digital manuals can be deployed across multiple shipyards without printing or distribution costs.
- This approach saves time, reduces human error, and increases productivity, addressing logistical challenges inherent in traditional documentation.
6. Outcome-Oriented Solution
- With Code and Pixels’ experience and IETM software, shipbuilders can have standardized, accurate, interactive, and up-to-date technical documentation, improving safety, efficiency, and operational readiness.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is IETM Software?
- IETM (Interactive Electronic Technical Manual) software transforms traditional manuals into interactive digital formats.
- It provides structured databases, making information easy to access and navigate.
- Features include search functions, hyperlinks, multimedia integration, and role-based access, search, bookmark, zoom, pan, hyperlinks, hotspots ( text/Image/Video), Annotations (User/Admin), related contents, content tree, Module boxes, Manuals Tab, Drawings Tab, Videos Tab.
- Glossary tab, User dashboard that consists of user history ( browsing history, password change history, annotation and bookmark history and also search history ).
- It enhances usability and supports efficient maintenance, especially for complex systems.
What is IETM Technical Manual?
An Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) is a modern, digital form of a traditional technical manual, designed with interactive
elements such as hyperlinks, advanced search options, and multimedia integration for easier access and understanding.
