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Manufacturing customer stories

View these selected customer stories to learn more about how Adobe helps manufacturers improve their business processes.

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Designbrand

Successful product design firm handles design review cycles twice as fast and improves client services using Adobe Acrobat 3D software.

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Eaton Corporation

Leading electrical systems manufacturer improves information access and employee collaboration using Adobe Acrobat Professional and Adobe PDF.

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Flymo

European lawnmower juggernaut Flymo uses a special Acrobat plug-in to build ordering functionality into its Adobe PDF based catalog.

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Polaroid

By using Adobe Acrobat and publishing Adobe PDF files on the web, Polaroid reduces call center volume and expenses by about US$4 per phone call and US$20 per manual shipped.

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Samsung Electronics

Samsung Electronics' Domestic Sales Division implements an innovative, integrated sales document management system using Adobe PDF.

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Dell Inc.

Dell uses Adobe software to improve the quality and accelerate the publication of millions of pages of documentation.

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salesforce.com

Salesforce.com helped customers succeed and gained brand loyalty using Macromedia Breeze (now Acrobat Connect) to deliver best practices presentations.

Palm Treo 700p Sales Training

This six-minute Breeze sales training presentation teaches Sprint retail employees how to identify potential customers of the Palm Treo 700p, understand their needs, and demonstrate the Treo 700p in a manner that focuses on those needs.

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CEMEX Spain

Cement producer issues 30,000 customized invoices monthly using the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform.

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Hyundai España

Popular automotive importer and distributor uses Adobe solutions to streamline creating and delivering legally compliant electronic invoices.

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The Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) Group of Companies

Spanish aircraft motor manufacturer automates ERP document generation and form-based processes with the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform.

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Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed)

Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed) uses the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform to improve business process efficiencies.

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YORK International

This HVAC&R manufacturer streamlines global business processes with the Adobe Intelligent Document Platform and the EMC Documentum enterprise content management platform.

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Zamil Industrial Investment Company (ZIIC)

Leading manufacturing and fabrication group ZIIC adopts Adobe solutions to streamline key business processes.

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Alamo Iron Works

Learn how a leading industrial supply distributor uses FrameMaker software for fast, efficient creation and delivery of detailed product catalogs.

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Bally Gaming and Systems

Leading gaming provider increases publishing efficiency and consistency using FrameMaker software.

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Bombardier Transportation

Helping people around the world get to where they want to be, train manufacturer Bombardier increases its documentation output with FrameMaker+SGML and Acrobat.

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Dell Inc.

Dell increases quality and speeds publication of millions of pages of documentation with FrameMaker software.

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Hewlett-Packard

HP's Direct Marketing Organization reinvents its product documentation system by converting to an electronic version with FrameMaker and FrameViewer.

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IBM

The Personal Systems Group at IBM automated the creation of its worldwide product catalogs with FrameMaker and slashed production times from weeks to hours.

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Laitram Corporation

Holding company slashes production time for technical manuals with a solution based on FrameMaker, Acrobat, and TRADOS software.

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McDonnell Douglas

This aircraft manufacturer relies on FrameMaker+SGML for a structured yet easy-to-use authoring environment to produce its flight crew operating manuals.

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MDS Sciex

Leading manufacturer improves customer service and speeds document creation with single-source publishing system based on XML and FrameMaker software.

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SAP Labs

SAP Labs enhances services and expands revenue opportunities with books authored in FrameMaker and sold online in Adobe PDF.

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Scriptware

Translation specialists use FrameMaker to rapidly create localized product materials for their clients worldwide, including manufacturers such as Komori International and Grasso Products, BV.

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