Searching Capabilities
In order to complete projects in a time-effective manner,
maintenance professionals need a solution that enables
them to quickly find the information that they need.
Rather than requiring mechanics to manually wade
through information, search through a library, and look
through multiple films, TechPubs provides mechanics
with something similar to a built-in Google search.
Using TechPubs’ keyword search feature, mechanics
can quickly look for specific words, part numbers,
or a series of words in any document, enabling fast,
effortless searches that take seconds rather than
minutes. Mechanics can choose to search through just In addition to chapters, chapter sections, schematics, and
the maintenance manual or the parts catalog, or through parts numbers, TechPubs hyperlinks service publications,
the whole disk (see Figure 3). including service letters and service bulletins. To access
“Searching with a digital solution is much faster,” the service publications, mechanics select this tab in the
remarks Mangon. “The way we have it set up on the TechPubs Manager homepage. After clicking on this tab,
server, we have more stations in the hanger where a table of contents and list of service publications appears.
each airplane is, so the mechanics don’t have to come Mechanics select the publication they need, and it is
in and out of the office on a continuing basis to look promptly available for them to read (see Figure 6). With
up information in paper or fiche. TechPubs saves me hyperlinks to every point, maintenance professionals can
money by keeping the mechanic there on the job and on simply click their way to the information that they need,
the project.” saving them considerable time.
Linking Capabilities Electronic Updates Ensure Current Information
Unlike other digital services, TechPubs are fully hyper- To ensure that maintenance professionals have the
linked, allowing mechanics to click back and forth from latest aviation maintenance revisions, Avantext mails
parts listings, to parts descriptions, to schematics, to main- a new, updated CD or DVD each quarter to mechan-
tenance information, to service publications, and so on. ics, who can then throw away their old discs. These
Other digital sources do not provide complete CDs and DVDs are dated and have an expiration date,
hyperlinking capabilities. Although these sources link guaranteeing that mechanics are working with the last
the table of contents to each chapter, the sections within update in that particular manual while also simplifying
each chapter are not hyperlinked. As a result, mechanics FAA inspections.
must go through the chapter page by page to get to the In order to access service publications that are
section they need. TechPubs goes a step further than released between the quarterly updates, TechPubs
other digital solutions by hyperlinking all of sections subscribers can download the latest publications
within each chapter, enabling mechanics to get directly from the Avantext website. Website access allows
to those documents. Mechanics can click back and forth mechanics to check for any updates since the last disc
between chapters, sections within chapters, and the they received. These service publications are all dated
table of contents. and are placed on the next disc that is mailed out.
Moreover, TechPubs hyperlinks schematics and parts “TechPubs makes it a lot easier to keep the libraries
numbers that are referenced within chapters, as well as up to date,” states Mangon. “I have found that where
parts numbers within the schematics. For instance, if a we get revisions in the past with fiche, sometimes the
mechanic clicks on “wing installation” within the table of wrong card might get pulled out and replaced. With
contents of a maintenance manual, a schematic with index TechPubs, everything showing up on DVDs four times a
numbers is displayed (see Figure 4). Clicking on the index year, it keeps the FAA very happy. I can show them my
number will bring the mechanic to a list of part numbers current, up-to-date manuals.”
and index numbers. The index number that the mechanic Maintenance professionals need a solution that
selected blinks next to the corresponding part number (see allows them to quickly access accurate, up-to
Figure 5). To return to the schematic, the mechanic simply date information. As a fully hyperlinked digital
clicks on the index number. These linking capabilities documentation solution with advanced searching
allow mechanics to easily move back and forth from the capabilities and continuous electronic updates,
schematic to the parts number. Avantext TechPubs helps mechanics more efficiently
“We love where it links in,” remarks Mangon. “It can link manage their maintenance information while also
to service bulletins or a part number, or a page number. ensuring accuracy and currency.
The hyperlinks save us a lot of time. The searching and By saving mechanics valuable time, TechPubs sig-
linking capabilities are two features that we use many times nificantly increases productivity. As Mangon states,
a day on a daily basis.” “TechPubs pays for itself very quickly.”
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