Resources
White papers, case studies, guides, and checklists spanning technical documentation, translation, and localization. Practical knowledge built on 35+ years of helping global manufacturers communicate across languages.
Content Reuse Starts with a Sentence Library
A manufacturer can build a working content reuse system without buying a component content management system. This white paper documents the standard sentence library methodology Hansem Global has run for more than 20 years inside one of the most demanding documentation environments in the world, the manual program of a global…
Manual Production Automation: Expectation and Reality
Full automation of manual production is not achievable. Most of the work in a manufacturer documentation program is derivative production, where content reuse exceeds 80%, and the real cost of multilingual publishing sits in typesetting and verification rather than in writing.
Digital Manuals Without a CCMS
You can convert product manuals into searchable, multilingual web-based manuals without first buying a component content management system. This paper documents the structure-first conversion method Hansem Global has operated for more than ten years in the manual programs of a global mobile device maker and a global automotive…
Elevating Quality Governance
A white paper on documentation quality for manufacturers shipping into regulated markets. It shows how to move from trusting that documents are correct to proving — with data — that quality is under control, reducing regulatory and liability risk.