The Logistics Base of the Swiss Armed Forces (LBA) is the backbone of the Swiss Armed Forces logistics supply. With around 3'000 civilian employees and an additional 12'000 militia members, it provides all logistical services for troops and infrastructure, from vehicles and ammunition to catering and textiles. The diversity within the organization is reflected in over 300 different professional groups.
The aim of the LOG-VISION project is to create an independent, modern platform on which employees from different areas of the LBA can actively participate in internal communication. The aim is not only to share the latest information about LBA, but also to obtain feedback, encourage participation in surveys and share experiences from LBA's fields of activity. Contributions and stories from everyday working life can be recorded and published as text or in video form in a decentralized, independent and intuitive way. With LOG-VISION, a platform has been created that does justice to this complexity and at the same time strengthens dialogue within the organization.
The content management system (CMS) Livingdocs was selected in 2022 as the basis for all federal government and federal administration websites and is now one of the federal government's standard ICT services. It is particularly suitable for collaborative work and the structured creation of digital content.
Livingdocs is provided by the Federal Office of Information Technology and Telecommunications (FOITT) - either as a ready-made website in the CI/CD of the Confederation or as a "content only" variant, in which only the data from Livingdocs is retrieved. LOG-VISION was realized in this content-only version. Instead of the standardized CI/CD of the Confederation, an individual front end was developed that is visually based on armee.ch, but is fully tailored to the requirements of the LBA. The content is retrieved via the Livingsdocs API and displayed in its own web design. The focus is on accessibility, a clear structure and ease of use.
The platform enables a content structure. Articles are provided with specific tags that enable both automatic categorization and targeted SEO optimization. Icons of the LBA or army in the content overview visualize the classification according to organizational unit, content type or strategic area. The content of the website can be searched using a powerful full-text search and filtered according to various criteria if required.
The navigation and page structure can be fully customized in the CMS. The homepage can be customized with elements such as a full-screen video. Forms, which can be used to make contact, for example, are seamlessly integrated and forward enquiries to email addresses stored in the CMS.
Tag-based content control with metadata for icons and filter functions
Full-text search that delivers paginated and tag-filtered results
Contact forms that are maintained directly in the CMS
Multilingualism & translation management via Loco
Accessibility, already taken into account in design and development
Performant caching - content is only reloaded when CMS changes are made
Configurable content layouts, dashboards and Kanban boards for the editorial team
Our deep integration with the Livingdocs API, the clean modelling of content types and the use of the CMS as a genuine editorial tool are proof of this: We don't just know Livingdocs in theory, we know how to use it to realize projects cleanly and practically.
