SupplyChain Magazine February 2019 | Page 76

LSC COMMUNICATIONS

“ WE ARE COMMITTED TO HELP PROTECT OUR CLIENTS ’ INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TO SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION WITHIN THE SUPPLY CHAIN ”

— Mike Shea , Senior Vice President , Book and Directory Division , LSC Comminications
76 its warehousing capacity to meet this demand and now has a spread of facilities over the Midwest and East Coast . The LSC book fulfillment footprint now totals more than 3.7 million sq . ft . of operating space , serving clients in all of its market sectors . Most recently , LSC has acquired Elsevier ’ s warehousing and distribution facility in Missouri to strengthen its full range of supply chain services for publishers of both printed and electronic books . It ’ s a great demonstration of the new service model , says McCree , in partnership with one of the world ’ s leading publishing houses .
Educational technology , or edtech , is a fast-expanding and very fluid area of content delivery , explains Shea . “ There are hundreds of new and disruptive startups , attracting billions of dollars in investment , challenging established players like Amazon , Apple , Google and Microsoft .” These companies are seizing on technologies like virtual reality ( VR ), artificial intelligence ( AI ) and audio-visual ( AV ) tools delivered using cloud technology – but while this has disrupted print , it hasn ’ t replaced it .
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