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INTRODUCTION
Foreword-Howtouseandnavigatethroughthismanual
Thismanualhasbeenproducedbyanewtechnicalinformationsystem.Thisnewsystemisdesignedtodeliver
technicalinformationelectronicallythroughwebdelivery(eTIM),DVD,andpapermanuals.Acodingsystemcalled
SAPhasbeendevelopedtolinkthetechnicalinformationtootherProductSupportfunctions,e.g.,Warranty.
Technicalinformationiswrittentosupportthemaintenanceandserviceofthefunctionsorsystemsonacustomer's
machine.Whenacustomerhasaconcernontheirmachineitisusuallybecauseafunctionorsystemontheirma-
chineisnotworkingatall,isnotworkingefciently,orisnotrespondingcorrectlytotheircommands.Whenyourefer
tothetechnicalinformationinthismanualtoresolvethatcustomer'sconcern,youwillndalltheinformationclassied
usingtheSAPcoding,accordingtothefunctionsorsystemsonthatmachine.Onceyouhavelocatedthetechnical
informationforthatfunctionorsystem,youwillthenndallthemechanical,electricalorhydraulicdevices,compo-
nents,assemblies,andsubassembliesforthatfunctionorsystem.Youwillalsondallthetypesofinformationthat
havebeenwrittenforthatfunctionorsystem:thetechnicaldata(specications),thefunctionaldata(howitworks),
thediagnosticdata(faultcodesandtroubleshooting),andtheservicedata(remove,installadjust,etc.).
ByintegratingSAPcodingintotechnicalinformation,youwillbeabletosearchandretrievejusttherightpieceof
technicalinformationyouneedtoresolvethatcustomer'sconcernonhismachine.Thisismadepossiblebyattaching
3categoriestoeachpieceoftechnicalinformationduringtheauthoringprocess.
TherstcategoryistheLocation,thesecondcategoryistheInformationTypeandthethirdcategoryistheProduct:
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LOCATION-thecomponentorfunctiononthemachine,thatthepieceoftechnicalinformationisgoingtodescribe
(e.g.,Fueltank).
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INFORMATIONTYPE-thepieceoftechnicalinformationthathasbeenwrittenforaparticularcomponentorfunc-
tiononthemachine(e.g.,CapacitywouldbeatypeofTechnicalDatadescribingtheamountoffuelheldbythefuel
tank).
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PRODUCT-themodelforwhichthepieceoftechnicalinformationiswritten.
Everypieceoftechnicalinformationwillhavethosethreecategoriesattachedtoit.Youwillbeabletouseanycombi-
nationofthosecategoriestondtherightpieceoftechnicalinformationyouneedtoresolvethatcustomer'sconcern
ontheirmachine.
Thatinformationcouldbe:
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theprocedureforhowtoremovethecylinderhead
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atableofspecicationsforahydraulicpump
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afaultcode
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atroubleshootingtable
•
aspecialtool
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