Database Publishing Case Study

Learn more about our solutions for the publishing industry.

Client:
This Client is the producer of one of the world's largest and most comprehensive databases of chemical information. Their principal databases include over eighteen million document records and more than thirty three million substance records. They also produce databases of commercially available chemicals, chemical reactions, listed regulated chemicals, and compounds claimed in patents.

Strategic Opportunity:
To help the Client to introduce two new databases - Bibliography and Citations.

Key Challenge:
Both databases required an aggressive turnaround schedule in order to meet market demand, and they each had very different production requirements. The Client approached Apex Publishing because our highly automated logistics management system would allow the client to meet their aggressive schedule.

Apex CoVantage Solution:
For the Bibliography project, Apex provided a database of article abstracts and bibliographic information with the entire scanned image files of the chemical journals and conference proceeding converted into ASCII files with proprietary tagging. For the Citations database, Apex created a standardized database of Scientific Journals and patents from the TIFF page images of article references and works cited.

Given the aggressive turnaround time, logistics was the most critical dimension of this project. Apex utilized a fully automated logistics system at the production facility, which requires minimal maintenance.

Result:
Apex's highly cost effective automated workflow and quality control systems enabled the Client to meet their aggressive turnaround schedule and deliver quality products to its customers. The Client was extremely pleased with Apex's approach and solution that enabled them to meet their schedule. Apex currently produces close to 70MB of data every month for this Client.