Maximizing Production Workflow Turning content input into production output efficiently and cost effectively is at the heart of successful publishing. The critical nature of integral production workflow tasks is the same for both academic and professional publishers in an environment of chronically limited budgets, staff resources, and deadlines. Publishers faced with this kind of high-pressure environment need a committed partner with the experience and knowledge to streamline and accelerate production.
Getting the Most from Content For more than 20 years, Apex CoVantage has been partnering with publishers to maximize end-to-end production effectiveness. Apex copyeditors are much more than skilled editors. They are knowledge workers with subject matter expertise in a wide range of technical, scientific, engineering, and medical areas. Their skilled indexing and semantic tagging add valuable depth and breadth to content, while professional artwork and design bring content to life and add clarity and value to publications. Knowledgeable document management and policy and procedure control ensure compliance throughout the production cycle.
Managing Production to Meet Business Goals
With Apex as a partner in production management, workflow tasks are regulated yet flexible, visible yet transparent, and expert yet economical. Apex has engineered "best in class" production management processes that are continuously being evaluated and refined to further improve quality and output levels, while reducing costs. These include ProWEB™, Apex’s proprietary online project management system, specifically designed to manage globally-dispersed workflows and complex file management, and ProACT® the industry’s most sophisticated enterprise resource planning tool specifically designed to manage knowledge-based processes.
Benefit from Efficient and Economical Workflow Whether the end product is an academic, scientific, or medical journal, a reference publication in healthcare or another industry, or a manual for a manufactured product, the principles of effective production workflow are consistent. And they are consistently applied by Apex production professionals, from copy editing and indexing, through full artwork inclusion and XML-based pre-press services, to on-time/in-budget final production. Let Apex optimize your workflow, free your staff from inefficiencies, and transform your core production processes with world-class production management expertise.
