Projects

For a list of projects in each category, click on the appropriate link below.

• Analytics: The organization and use of large amounts of structured and unstructured data to improve business performance.
• Assessment: Evaluation of a student's competence in a body of material. Assessment ranges from low-stakes assessment such as self-tests all the way up to high-stakes assessment in which the student is graded.
• Cloud: The distribution of access, computing and storage of information into distributed, virtual servers to increase scalability and speed of deployment.
• Custom Publishing: The recombination of content on-the-fly in response to a customer request. This content can be delivered either in physical format via POD or other printing technology, or in digital format.
• Digital Strategy: Projects undertaken with the purpose of helping publishers determine how to move from print to digital formats and channels.
• Distribution [Function]: The movement of content in finished form from publisher warehouses or servers to the ultimate consumer.
• Expert witness: Providing testimony in support of legal proceedings based on expert knowledge.
• International: In most US publishing sectors International refers to non-U.S. sales channels.
• Inventory Management [Function]: Management of finished goods inventory. This generally includes forecasting the need for stock over time, and determining the quantity and timing delivery.
• Manufacturing: All of those steps necessary to create printed books. These generally include paper buying, text printing, cover printing, component printing and binding.
• Mobile: The distribution of applications to handheld devices providing anywhere, anytime access business and personal tools.
• Operations: Those activities associated with moving physical material from suppliers through manufacturing and distribution to customers.
• Organization Alignment: Projects involving definition of organization structures and staff "right sizing" to better achieve the objectives of the organization.
• POD: Digital printing used in book publishing for short print runs (as low as runs of a single unit). POD printing is used for pre-publication of galleys, for life-of-print printing where traditional prining would be excessively expensive, or end-of-life titles where demand is low and the cost of carrying inventory isn't justified.
• Production: The stages of the publishing process from essential completion of the editorial content through initial publication.
• RFID: Radio Frequency Identification is a Near Field Communication (NFC) technique consisting of embedded tag that can respond with pre-encoded information when queried by an appropriate transmitter / receiver.
• Rights Management [Function]: That function of publishing responsible for managing rights acquired from and licensed to third parties.
• Sales: Customer contact through placement of order.
• Social: Technology and applications used to promote collaboration across groups of individuals.
• Standards: Standards used in the publishing industry and organizations responsible for their development and maintenance.
• Strategy [Function]: That function of publishing that determines positioning of the publishing concern relative to the market, customers and competitors and ensures correct allocation of resources to achieve the business objectives.
• Technology: Tools and systems used to manipulate information used in publishing content.
• Technology [Function]: Management of information systems and business technology to support the publishing enterprise.
• Vendor Management: Management of vendors including identification, qualification, sourcing, negotiation, and vendor performance tracking.
• XML: e(X)tensible (M)arkup (L)anguage is used to decrease cost of production and increase the ability to re-use content for multiple formats or multiple editions.
• Accounts Receivable [Function]: The management of invoices that have been cut, but for which the cash has not yet been received.AR consists of a number of activities including collections, cash application, credit and debit reconciliation.
• Business Systems: Core systems used by a company to support its mission critical applications. These would include financial systems, sales, order processing, and operations management systems.
• Content Management System: A Content Management System (CMS) is used to manage a company's digital assets for either development or distribution.
• Editorial [Function]: Those stages of the publishing process between identification of the need for a particular publication through completion of the content prior to production.
• Human Resources: The department of a publishing enterprise that handles the hiring, training, administration, and termination of personnel and associated processes.
• Product Development: The process of bringing a new product from concept to market. This can range from commissioning a title for print publication to creating a large-scale digital platform for a reference or other work.