Background In August 2016 Mekon was awarded a contract by RSSB to design, test and deliver a mobile app to modernize delivery of content from their Rule Book product, publishing it to mobile devices (smart phones, tablets), as a more flexible alternative to the PDF version of the Rule Book. RSSB had previously implemented a […]

Mekon’s work with the Ultimate Software Group to develop a conversion tool to migrate from AuthorIT to Astoria. Background 7,850 DITA topics with complex reuse and translations migrated on budget and on time. The Ultimate Software Group (USG) supply sophisticated software to deliver HR, payroll and people management solutions to global organizations. In 2016 USG decided to replace their AuthorIT system with a […]

Mekon enabled a forward-looking company to realise their vision for more efficient, more usable documentation within an ambitious timescale. Background Napatech wanted to improve authoring efficiency while at the same time creating better, more tailored content for customers. The objective was to better fulfill customer needs by making information easier to find, consume and understand, […]

Background The objectives of the COPE strategy are for the CIPD to fully actualise the equity of its content. They are a knowledge business, and like other membership bodies, they have grown to recognise that it is by adopting a publishing mind-set that they will maintain their relevance and build the agility to exploit transient […]

Summary The Departments of the Official Report (Hansard) of both Houses of Parliament are responsible for producing, for their respective Chambers, publications consisting of reports and proceedings of debates, together with external material such as Written Answers and Written Ministerial Statements. Both daily parts and cumulative bound volumes are produced. The whole production process, from […]

Summary Travelers, a world-wide property and liability insurance organisation, commissioned Mekon to create a centralised solution for PDF document creation and assembly. Key Issues The existing HTML format limited document quality and portability offered. Some potential customers prevented from using the existing solution due to browser security restrictions around use of ActiveX. The IT team […]

Summary STMicroelectronics (ST) is the world’s fifth largest semiconductor company with market leadership in many fields with net revenues of US$10.0billion in 2007. ST is the leading producer of application-specific analogue chips and power conversion devices. It is also the number one supplier of semiconductors for the industrial market and for set-top box applications, and occupies […]

Summary Schlumberger is the world leader in oilfield services, trusted to deliver superior results and improved performance for oil and gas companies around the world. Schlumberger’s software development teams felt their tools and processes were becoming out of date, and did not lend themselves to the type of automatic content generation they required. Internally, Schlumberger […]

Radiometer is a global provider of solutions for acute care testing, meeting the needs of acute care diagnostics in blood gas testing, immunoassay testing and transcutaneous monitoring. Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark Radiometer have 2,200 employees worldwide. As a medical device manufacturer that had taken on DITA, XMetaL and the SDL Trisoft CMS, Radiometer chose Mekon […]

Summary Every year, more than two million people study for their GCE, GCSE, A Level or vocational qualifications. Edexcel works closely with its customers, helping them deliver high quality education and training programmes to their students. Formed in 1996, Edexcel was the first body to offer both academic and vocational qualifications. Edexcel utilises the services […]