The use of modern procedures in R&D and production have helped  introduce integrated documentation solutions.

Higher investment cost are balanced be quicker production times and changes made automatically.
 
If software solutions are used properly there is no price increase for the  R&D, Production and Customer Services, only savings.
 
If the data is correctly managed at the start of the production chain, all departments can benefit whether it is PDM, animation, handbooks or e-learning as the data foundation is the same throughout.