Jan Visser started his publishing career with Elsevier in 1988 as a Publishing Editor of physics journals and books. He was involved with the launch of Elsevier’s first electronic journal “Nuclear Physics Electronic”. In 1998 he moved to Operations to head up the Production Development Department, where electronic workflows are developed and implement-ed. In 1999 he became Director Electronic Production (content loading to the Elsevier online platforms, maintenance and development of all opera-tions systems, development of new production technology). Jan Visser studied Theoretical Physics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. J.Visser@elsevier.com

Towards an Electronic Book Workflow
At Elsevier, we are implementing an end to end digital editorial-production workflow for books. In this presentation I will discuss some of the principles and ingredients underlying this workflow, such as process, (functional) system architecture, suppliers interaction, organization and specifications. Klopotek's PPM (to be rolled out globally in the second half of 2008) will play an essential role in this infrastructure.

Presentation: Towards an E-Workflow [PDF, 2500KB]