Solution Overview
Introduction
Ai-Butler GenManual
Automatic writing of user and repair service manuals for small and mid-sized manufacturers | Ontology knowledge DB + LLM (RDF RAG)
Put your product data in, get a draft manual out
Existing manuals, design documents, BOMs and requirements become knowledge → generative AI writes the document-and-illustration structure automatically
User manual and repair/service manual together, in one pass
RDF Triples5M+ (manual structure)
Instances3M+ (manuals/BOM)
IP5 patents filed
[Conventional practice / ERP document management] vs [Ai-Butler GenManual]
Writing manuals the old way (by hand or outsourced)
Slow, uneven
• Long to write, costly
• Quality varies with the writer
• Slow to reflect changes
• Rising service and support costs
• Quality varies with the writer
• Slow to reflect changes
• Rising service and support costs
Ai-Butler GenManual
Generated from data
• Draft written automatically from product data
• Structure and terminology standardized by ontology
• RAG grounds the text in evidence (minimal hallucination)
• User and repair/service manuals at once
• Structure and terminology standardized by ontology
• RAG grounds the text in evidence (minimal hallucination)
• User and repair/service manuals at once
Automation roadmap
Stage 1: 70% AI + 30% human (semi-automatic)
Stage 2: under 10% human (highly automated)
Features
Features
How it works (Ontology RDF RAG + manual generation)
INPUT → KB → OUTPUT
INPUT
Existing manuals, design documents, requirements
BOM and parts data
ONTOLOGY
Manual structure schema generated automatically
(for text and illustrations)
RAG+LLM
RDF RAG on Qwen and Llama3
Generation, summary and Q&A grounded in evidence
OUTPUT
User manual + repair/service manual
+ online Q&A (turned into a chatbot)
An example of ontology-based manual structure
Value for small and mid-sized manufacturers (End-Customer Benefits)
1
Shorter lead time
Faster to reflect launches and changes ↑
2
Standardized quality
Manual quality at an international standard
3
Lower service costs
More efficient repair and customer support ↑
Quick Matrix: what sets it apart (against ERP and other tools)
| Item | Typical ERP or tool | GenManual |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Storing work and documents | Generating manuals automatically |
| Grounding | Templates and people | Ontology+RAG |
| Reflecting changes | Updated by hand | Regenerated from data |
| Service | Centered on PDFs | Turned into Q&A (chatbot) |