Combining Multiple DOD DTD's to Repurpose Legacy Technical Publications

Within the US Army, there was a need to take legacy technical documentation of multiple formats including 40051 and 13784 DTD's, and repurpose for use as work instructions for shop floor applications. Using Service information Manager, APE, and some configuration, we allowed non-technical authors to reconfigure, and selectively build small work instructions from massive volumes of information. Using the power of  Windchill's associativity, estimated times to update these work instructions have gone from months to hours.