From Your Source Material,
to Quality-Controlled Production and Operation
We provide end-to-end support, including content and layout adjustments, DTP and HTML production, and multilingual localization, based on your supplied source materials or legacy manuals. By tailoring our production setup to your project needs, we deliver smooth, ongoing execution on schedule without ever compromising on quality.
Source-Based Content Editing and Production
From Legacy Manuals to Essential Production Processes
We take your Japanese or English drafts, as well as existing manual files, and update both content and layout according to your revisions. Since we can step in at any point in the production process, including DTP, HTML authoring, and multilingual localization, you can easily request updates, revisions, or content reuse that don’t require net-new content. We verify your current production rules and data architecture to ensure seamless, format-ready delivery.
Production Coordination Linking Multiple Processes
Quality and Schedule Management via Workflows Tailored to the Production Environment
We build a fundamental workflow tailored to your specific production rules and operational needs. From initial source files to final delivery, we configure necessary modules, such as DTP, HTML production, localization, and QA, while defining clear file-transfer protocols, review criteria, and schedules for every assignment. Acting as your point of contact, we consolidate instructions, revisions, and progress updates, sharing information across all project teams while conducting quality checks and moving production forward on schedule. Maintaining this fundamental workflow over time allows us to minimize variations in production and review standards, even for projects that require frequent revisions.
Multi-Site Production System
Cross-Border Coordination Across Processes and Languages
For Japanese, English, and multilingual documentation projects, our domestic and international sites divide tasks based on project requirements. Domestic production centers collaborate closely with overseas locations, distributing responsibilities according to specialized processes and target languages, to manage base-language content creation, translation, multilingual DTP, and proofreading. Once the base language version is finalized, the approved manuscript, terminology rules, and style guides are shared across teams to execute multilingual production in parallel. Our ability to adjust the size and structure of our system based on the number of languages and schedule restraints allows us to handle even large-scale projects.
Quality Assurance via Productivity Tools
Systematizing Repetitive Tasks to Prevent Transcription and Replacement Errors
To manage recurring text substitutions and data integration across large documentation projects, we combine human verification with specialized productivity tools. Automating routine steps and cutting out manual tasks minimizes the occurrence of input errors and omissions for reliable production quality.
- Automated Text Substitution in Diagrams and Illustrations
- Our tools automate translations and other text substitutions. Eliminating manual text replacements prevents human errors such as missed transcriptions, typos, and omitted words.
- Seamless Alignment Between Product UI and Technical Documentation
- On-screen menu names and button labels are converted into unified databases. Using our proprietary, in-house tools, we link actual product display text directly with manual content, eliminating terminology discrepancies between manual descriptions and actual UI.
If necessary, we can also develop custom tools in-house, tailored specifically to your project’s workflow.
Development of Tools That Enhance Work Efficiency