Hefei Wisfly Information Technology Co., Ltd.

BACKGROUND

Introduce your business and what you do there.

e-Century Publishing Corporation is an online publishing company which is dedicated to provide services to the academic community of medical science in a time-efficient manner.

I am responsible for corporate strategy and operations.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

What business challenge were you trying to address with the vendor?

Cost, Quality, Timeliness and Language Barriers.

What was the scope of their involvement?

Page Editing

Correct all spelling, grammar, punctuation and word use errors in manuscript

Typesetting

Typesetting in its simplest form involves laying out text and illustrations to a specified pattern and creating a finished document ready for printing

Data Conversion

Convert PDF files to searchable XML and provide digital conversion services from original format such as MS Word and Excel

Others

Handle E-mails, take care of urgent demands and etc.

From the service provider’s company, what is the team composition? 

Page Editing Group, Typesetting Group and Data Conversion Group

27 people, 3 groups, each group has a group leader, a department head manages the three group leaders

How much money have you invested with them?

US$ 2.7 million

US$300,000-300,000 per year

SOLUTION

Results and Feedback.

The cost is 23% lower than expected. The quality has been greatly improved. Four journals have been indexed by SCI.

How did the vendor perform from a project management standpoint?

Perfect.

We work interactively based on the Internet.

WeChat, Skype, etc.

What did you find most impressive about them?

Rich experience in digital processing and mastering digital core technology. The company has independent intellectual property of data processing software and professional digital publishing team.

Are there any areas they could improve?

Team stability needs to be further improved.

Instability of Staff.