Engineering Workbench

Expedite technical research and innovation with an advanced engineering intelligence solution.

Engineers access an average of 13 different data sources - each with their own entry point/login - to get the information they need to complete projects. It's no wonder that engineers spend up to 40% of their time searching for information. To stay competitive, engineers must not only find the right information fast, they must also ask the right questions of the data.

Engineering Workbench addresses this "information overload" challenge with a single intuitive interface that uses advanced knowledge discovery technologies to surface answers from a curated universe of technical knowledge. This includes standards, codes, specifications, applied technical reference, engineering periodicals, patents and patent applications, and enterprise knowledge sources.

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Solve problems faster and deliver better products
Increase process efficiencies
Mitigate design and compliance risk
Achieve greater growth and profitability
Foster internal knowledge discovery and retention

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Next-Generation Standards Management with Engineering Workbench

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Watch the videos below to see Engineering Workbench in action and learn how this intuitive solution accelerates engineering productivity by making it easy to access a wealth of knowledge and pinpoint the answers you need to solve your technical challenges.

Introducing the next-generation solution for engineering intelligence

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Standards, Codes and Specifications

Standards Expert - The industry's top standards management solution, it connects your entire enterprise to the world's largest collection of continuously updated engineering and technical reference documents from over 400 standards developing organizations and publishers.

Features

Full-text search, 'standards-tuned' document number search and results display, advanced filters, redlines and more
Customized data lists and searches
Watch lists with automatic change alerts
Document and project management tools
Multi-language interface and search
Ability to add notes to document records and metadata to Standards Expert index for future searches and securely retrieve external content referenced within internal documents and workflow processes

Benefits

Reduce cost and risk due to noncompliance
Improve time to market
Guarantee product quality
Ensure user adoption
Simplify procurement

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Applied Technical Reference

Knowledge Collections - A comprehensive online library of 10,000+ authoritative engineering and technical reference documents from the leading publishers - aggregated, accessible and curated for you in one place.

Features

Next-generation search technology that extracts answers, not results
Full-text search ability and automatic related keyword searching - no need to match search terms exactly to discover answers
On-demand virtual subject matter expert guides you through data
Faceted filtering by publisher, publication date, author and more
Tools to annotate content with project notes and expert commentary, share and bookmark source documents and link directly to answers within them

Benefits

Accelerate research time by up to 30 percent
Solve problems faster by looking beyond your industry for answers
Increase engineering efficiency by reducing design cycles
Reduce errors and other project risks, and ensure compliance
Maximize corporate knowledge discovery and retention

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Engineering Periodicals

Expert Index Collection - A comprehensive collection of authoritative engineering and technical reference content, including more than 75 million technical articles, publications, reports, design principles/best practices, and over 100 eBook titles - aggregated and readily accessible in one place, to help engineers, scientists and other technical professionals quickly make the best decisions.

Features

Next-generation search technology that extracts answers, not results
Full-text search ability and automatic related keyword searching - no need to match search terms exactly to discover answers
Faceted filtering by publisher, publication date, author and more
On-demand virtual subject matter expert guides you through data
Tools to share and bookmark source documents and link directly to answers within them

Benefits

Reduce technical research time by up to 30 percent
Identify solutions to problems faster
Discover new applications for innovations from outside your industry
Ensure compliance with the latest best practices
Get new engineers up to speed faster through access to a comprehensive knowledge base

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Patents & Applications

Patent Solutions - A rich collection of more than 60 million patents and patent applications from key global markets, published in the original languages.

Features

Full-text searches and dynamic summaries available in multiple languages
Graphical toolset for performing a range of analyses

Benefits

Discover existing or potential solutions to technical challenges
Understand new markets and prepare successful entry strategies
Comply with intellectual property rights
Keep pace with competitor companies, including their R&D investments
Monitor technology trends
Set new trends and drive product/process improvements

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Advanced research, problem-solving and analytics

A range of powerful tools, built from the ground up to help engineers and other technical professionals achieve sustainable productivity improvements, solve problems better and faster, and out-innovate the competition.

Features

Patented semantic technology that extracts answers from data regardless of location, type or language
Problem-solving and ideation tools, including Root Cause Analysis, Value Engineering and TRIZ
Access to innovation consultants with broad experience in knowledge management, engineering, product development, materials science and systems deployment

Benefits

Expedite the research process freeing engineers to focus on solving problems and developing solutions
Leverage prior knowledge to avoid repeating past mistakes
Accelerate problem solving and idea generation
Identify new markets and envision next-generation solutions
Gain insight into competitor, technology and market trends

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Engineering Workbench Capabilities

Authoritative, comprehensive content: With one search, you can extract the knowledge you need from a vast library of more than 135 million documents, from the sources you trust
Answers, not Results: Next-generation search technology, working behind the scenes of an intuitive interface, lets you quickly drill down to precise answers to your queries
Full-text search ability: If you know where to look, recover the exact document you need instantly
Semantic understanding: The search engine understands that when you search for “reduce” you could also mean “decrease”; therefore, you don’t have to worry about matching words to uncover answers
Faceted filtering with point-and-click research: Drill down by publisher, publication date, author and more to quickly locate the content you need
On-demand virtual subject matter expert: When you’re unsure of the questions to ask, let our add-on Research Assistant technology do the work for you so that you get answers organized by categories and, within those categories, by concepts
Productivity tools:
- Dynamically create, translate, share and save summaries of source documents
- Set up regular queries related to topics of ongoing interest to receive updated findings
- Link directly to the answer in the source document
- Extract source document’s bibliographic or metadata
- Bookmark content and pin it to your desktop

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IHS Markit Experts

IHS Markit experts speak to the value of Engineering Workbench to different users and functions in the organization.

The Five Major Challenges of Engineering Leaders

Who uses Engineering Workbench and how?

Who?	How?
Engineers (Design, Compliance, Safety, Materials) Scientists Researchers Non-engineer technical professionals	Use vetted industry reference sources to discover reliable and innovative solutions to technical challenges quickly Accelerate R&D and problem solving Minimize rework in the design cycle
Engineering program managers	Consolidate information sources to make your engineering teams more efficient and collaborative Reduce costs and simplify processes
Librarians Standards managers	Increase utilization of knowledge sources Improve relevance of technical answers provided to engineering/R&D teams

Industry Success Stories

Global Energy Industry Leader Drives Innovation and Competitiveness with Enhanced Engineering Library

One of the world’s largest energy companies – a Fortune 100 leader in global oil, gas and chemical markets – turned a potential business disruption into a new opportunity to drive efficiency and innovation by providing 9,000+ worldwide employees with easy access to a major catalog publication via a single online platform.

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Global Engineering Leader Achieves Cost Savings and Productivity Gains with Unified Knowledge Platform

This US-based frontrunner in global engineering services simplified access to 1.6+ million industry standards and 100+ million trusted technical publications from authoritative sources by relying on a single platform. This enabled the company to reduce costs and reduce the 30% of time that engineers typically spend on R&D.

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Monroe Energy improves operational efficiency, enables Delta Air Lines’ strategy to cut fuel costs $300MM per year

As a Delta Air Lines subsidiary, this oil refinery reduced the parent company’s jet fuel costs by $300 million per year and increased the efficiency/productivity of its own 40 engineers by up to 2 hours a day – saving about $600K per year. The refinery also strengthened corporate governance by ensuring compliance with safety/environmental standards.

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