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Why do we still have documents in our cars?

4D CONCEPT takes Europe by storm
International development is an essential and mandatory step in a publisher’s roadmap.
Although the economic situation remains confused for the moment, it is the right time for 4D Concept to broaden its reach and provide a positive response to the growing demand from foreign manufacturers who wish to deploy our solutions.
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A DITA CCMS for PSA
It is on the strength of its experience in this project that the 4D CONCEPT teams are continually improving their developments and the CCMS DITA FACTORY roadmap, convinced that the need expressed by the PSA Group was not isolated.
Today, all the players in fields as varied as industry, digital services, publishing, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods and many others can produce and publish their documentation in DITA standards, benefiting from a high level of expertise and a robust and complete tool.
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ADAM Manager 5 breaks the sound barrier
This is an important period for the ADAM suite and especially the Manager module. Graphic redesign, improved performance, enhanced security, 4D Concept has not left anything out of its version 5 offering of the CSDB S1000D, the most powerful on the market.
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Technical Writing: history and evolution of the discipline
La rédaction technique est une discipline à l’historique riche. Elle connaît depuis longtemps des avancées
techniques et technologiques surprenantes qui ont encadré son évolution dans le temps. Des prémices de la PAO jusqu’à la production documentaire

Focus: S1000D Training
Le standard documentaire a également pour mission de rendre simple ce qui est complexe pour garantir la clarté de l’information, et supprimer tout risque ou besoin d’interprétation par les opérateurs de maintenance. De fait, l’objectif est de réduire les marges d’erreur, et d’augmenter la sécurité et la durée de vie des systèmes.
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DITA, S1000D… What if you have to choose?

Documentary engineering: what are we talking about?

RELEASE NOTE – NEW VERSIONS OF ADAM AUTHOR AND MANAGER
ADAM is continuing its development, and is releasing two new versions of its Author and Manager components.
“These new Author and Manager versions are definitely major improvements to the ADAM Suite, strengthening its authoring and publishing abilities.”
Alexandre NIO – Product Owner ADAM.

ATA e-business FORUM
The ATA e-business FORUM will open its doors from May 20 to 22, 2019 in Henderson, Nevada.
It will be the opportunity for 4D CONCEPT to present its ADAM S1000D/ATA2300 software suite, especially during a product demonstration, which will be given by Mr HERAULT, technical data expert.
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SAVE THE DATE
4D CONCEPT on DITA Europe 2018 – 5-6 November – Rotterdam (The Netherlands)
With insights from nearly 50 presenters, 17 Sessions in the Technology Test Kitchen, an exhibit hall packed with the best content management solutions, and the very best in industry networking, DITA Europe is designed with your specific needs in mind—providing strategies you can use immediately as you create and manage technical content, and expanding your professional network with information development experts from around the world.
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Conversion SAE J2008 ↔ DITA and contents improvement with via DITA Factory
For their “localization” in Europe, an automotive global player simply wanted to use car-maker data that were available in SAE J2008 format (Recommended Organization Vehicle Service Information), and convert them into DITA-publishing-standard data.
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Airbus Helicopters
Also wishing to modernize and optimize its document production process, Airbus Helicopters chose to work with 4D Concept by equipping the ADAM S1000D 4.1 documentary workshop for drafting and managing the technical documentation of its helicopters. The ADAM solution will make writing, managing and publishing different formats on different media easier and quicker.
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Formation S1000D – October 16-18, 2018
Providing support to your teams is at the heart of our concerns. That is why 4D Concept has set up a rich and tailor-made training offer that promotes individual exchanges in small groups and real-life scenarios involving reflection and practical work. At your premises or in our offices in the Paris region, we adapt our programs to your requirements and your working environment.
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DITA Factory manages the PSA Group documentation
In 2015, the PSA Group wanted to change the editorial system producing user documentation for Peugeot, Citroën and DS vehicles, in particular to reduce translation costs (30 languages), and to enable the transition to digital technology (smartphone applications), in order to provide users with more relevant and customized content.
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SAVE THE DATE
Find our solution ADAM on the show Eurosatory, from 11 to 15 June 2018, Parc des Expositions in Villepinte – Hall 5B – G161
The Eurosatory show will be again the occasion to find out about the future trends and directions in Defence and Security as well as to discover and compare new information technologies.
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SAVE THE DATE
All for content – the 13th & 14th February 2018. We will be present at the show All for Content, at the New Cap Event Center – Paris, with Maury and Key Graphic.
Join us at the booth 5. The show will bring together all new multichannel content solutions to design your brand commmunication devices : web, print, data, social networks, mobile.

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Show La Presse Au Futur – 29th & 30th November 2017
We will be present at the show La Presse au futur lon the 29th and 30th of November 2017, at the New Cap Event Center – Paris, with Key Graphic.
Join us at our BOOTH 18.
The show will bring together 60 exhibitors, actors in the press sector.

Product support plateforms
NEW : development of product support platforms
We have in place two products support platforms, for our ADAM and XMS suites.
These platforms have been developed out of concern for quality and visibility, to enable the ADAM and XMS users to follow the latest news and product developments of our products.
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4D Concept & Dassault Systèmes
4D Concept, a key player in documentation engineering, has announced the signature of a partnership with Dassault Systèmes, “The 3DEXPERIENCE Company”.
4D Concept and Dassault Systèmes, the world leader in 3D design software, 3D digital mock-ups and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, are combining forces to offer a 100% French offering with high added value.

A show not to be missed in the S1000D User Forum, 26 to 29 September in Seville
The S1000D User Forum 2016 opens its gates from 26 – 29 September 2016 in Seville, Spain.
It will be the occasion for 4D Concept to presents his AIRBUS HELICOPTER partnership. In the frame of the H160 program, AIRBUS HELICOPTER chose to move to S1000D 4.1 and ATA2300 standards.

Elle, JDD and Paris Match choose XMS PressNews
The Lagardere Group is a global leader in content production and distribution whose powerful brands leverage its virtual and physical networks to attract and appeal to qualified audiences. Its model relies on creating a lasting and exclusive relationship between the content it offers and consumers.
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The world of technical documentation today
In a world that is increasingly competitive, companies must find the most appropriate way to renew their product range, with vigorous and innovative R&D. New products that result from this will require appropriate technical documentation that describes and illustrates exactly the exponential quantity of new functions that have just been added.
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The BEST solution for a successful digital transformation!
The version 3.0, “XMS PressNews“, is the synthesis of the best publishing CMSs of the moment. This publishing system, which is widely deployed in the press rooms of the major players of the French Press, is now available in a new version that is even more innovative!
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4D Concept and Aquafadas are now Partners !
Nowadays, cross media publishing is in fashion, but cross- media is much more than a simple trend: it is essential. For many of the things we do throughout the day, we are connected to our mobile devices permanently. In pour professional lives and in our private lives, we are used to getting information instantly. Even information has evolved : it has become interactive. That is why companies must think differently about the production and publication of their information right from the first drafts.
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New publishing module for ADAM S1000D
The ADAM S1000D family grows, discover its features publishing module, ADAM Publisher helps you generate your publication for multichannel distribution. Highly configurable, it allows you to easily approve, transform and distribute all types of source content.
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