

We bring the very best of diagnostic innovation and professional technology into the home and right to the consumer’s finger-tips for better control of their own health. SPD was formed in 2007 as a joint venture between P&G and Alere to create one of the world's foremost organisations in consumer diagnostics. Our research centre is at the sharp edge of innovation, and is fully engaged in the development of reliable diagnostic products for better health and personal self-care. SPD brands are acclaimed for their pioneering innovation Clearblue® was the first brand to introduce a one-step pregnancy test, a one minute pregnancy test, a urine sample indicator, digitally displayed results and a Weeks Indicator feature (Weeks Estimator in the US).Īt SPD we are committed to advancing personal health and well-being, and delivering the needs of our consumers, through a continuing flow of new and inventive developments. as Clearblue® (and PERSONA®, are familiar in many countries, trusted for their accuracy and simplicity by women keen to know more about their own reproductive health. By investing in terminology best practices, SPD has realized improved quality and substantial cost savings – yielding a worthwhile return on investment.SPD is a world leader in the research, design, production and supply of advanced consumer diagnostic products. Currently SPD’s terminology maintenance solution amounts to less than 10 percent of their annual localization expenses.Īs the term bases are maintained and updated annually, SPD continues to minimize its localization costs and maximize its return on content globalization efforts. This terminology program solution amounted to a lower annual localization expense.

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Furthermore, a maintenance plan was implemented to update SPD’s term bases at least once a year, ensuring continuous improvement of program quality and efficiency year after year.

With considerably less query management required among linguists and Acolad’s service managers, localization cycles became increasingly succinct and efficient. Implementing a terminology management program resulted in less rework and significantly improved quality of SPD’s localized content deliverables. The online deployment also provided a centralized solution for the terminology’s usage and management. The terminology was subsequently deployed online to enable efficient distribution to linguists in all languages and industry-standard formats, such as. Once the monolingual, master termbase was completed, it was translated into 35+ languages. Phase 2: Adapt terminology termbase into 35+ languages.After initial client approval, Acolad and SPD collaborated to finalize the termbase, categorizing the terms’ origin by product line. In essence, Acolad’s terminology staff made a monolingual, master termbase, which contained critical terms accompanied by contextual examples and product categorization. The first step was to create a streamlined term base composed of crucial terminology and complemented with additional categorization and metadata. Phase 1: Create a terminology database, including categorization and metadata.Acolad’s terminology experts evaluated SPD’s existing linguistic assets, completing a terminology assessment to create a bespoke solution.
