Technical Documentation Services and Solutions
AEC works with customers to understand their true documentation needs and develop practical solutions that fit how they operate. We want to be more than a vendor; we want to be a partner in helping customers build and maintain effective technical publications programs.
We can evaluate software and publishing options, develop templates and conventions, establish document numbering and workflows, organize complex publication sets, and create processes for review, revision, delivery, and ongoing support. Whether you are building a technical publications function from scratch, improving an existing program, or solving a specific documentation problem, AEC can help define and implement a right-sized solution.
Our team combines technical writing, desktop publishing, structured content, illustration, software, and documentation-process experience. We can support a defined improvement project or provide ongoing lifecycle support as documentation and requirements change.
How AEC Can Help:
Some documentation problems are not simply writing problems. They involve the tools, templates, standards, workflows, and processes behind the content. AEC helps customers solve those problems in practical, sustainable ways.
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Documentation Strategy and Program Development
AEC can help establish a new technical publications function or improve an existing program. Support may include:
- Evaluating the current documentation environment and identifying gaps
- Defining document scope, priorities, inputs, and deliverables
- Developing document numbering systems, conventions, and specifications
- Creating documentation conventions and requirements for internal use and suppliers
- Selecting right-sized authoring, publishing, and delivery solutions
- Establishing review, revision, approval, and publishing processes
Templates, Standards, and Publishing Systems
Consistent templates and publishing practices make documentation easier to create, maintain, and reuse. AEC can:
- Develop or update templates in FrameMaker, Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign, and other customer-selected authoring and publishing environments
- Establish paragraph styles, master pages, layouts, and branding standards
- Standardize existing document sets
- Support ATA iSpec 2200, S1000D, MIL-STD-38784, MIL-STD-40051, MIL-STD-3048, and other military, industry, and customer-specific requirements
- Support OEM-specific publishing systems, supplier requirements, and technical-data submission processes
- Improve document linking, publishing, and content-management workflows
- Help implement PDF, IETP/IETM, tablet, or other delivery methods
Our team is experienced in learning new software and adapting to customer-specific tools, systems, and workflows.
Where appropriate, AEC can also identify practical automation opportunities that improve consistency and reduce repetitive work.
Conversions and Content Modernization
AEC can modernize legacy documentation while preserving important technical content and improving usability. Services may include:
- Converting legacy files into current, editable formats
- Converting PDF content into FrameMaker, Word, InDesign, or another agreed platform
- Restructuring and standardizing existing manuals
- Rebranding and updating document layouts
- Supporting conversion into S1000D or other structured formats when appropriate
Revision, Configuration, and Lifecycle Support
Technical documentation must continue to evolve after its initial release. AEC can help customers establish and operate processes for:
- Recurring revisions and publication updates
- Redline and customer-feedback incorporation
- Vendor manual revision incorporation
- Configuration and document control
- Technical editing, validation, and consistency reviews
- Maintaining publication sets throughout the product or program lifecycle
AEC can support a focused improvement project or remain involved as documentation, products, and requirements change. Whether you are selecting a publishing platform, building a technical publications function, organizing a complex manual set, or establishing a long-term revision program, our goal is to develop a practical solution that fits the work without unnecessary complexity.
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Related Services and Industries
Looking for the writing side of the work? See technical writing services, or add capacity with technical writing outsourcing and contract writers. View our documentation samples and templates. By industry: aerospace, defense and government, transportation, and manufacturing.