Case Studies
Oxford University Press
"Thank you! We knew it could be done ... we just didn't know where to begin to automate it." (regarding a project for providing dynamic daily content updates)—Joanna Wolfe, Webmaster
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Successful E-commerce Initiative
As part of OUP's push toward e-commerce, hesketh.com built a shopping cart that, consistent with technical requirements, limits the shopper's ordering capability to a single catalog (regular, seasonal, or promotional). At checkout time, shipping and handling, other surcharges, and taxes are automatically calculated. OUP has turned to hesketh.com for its other e-commerce projects, including special promotions, online Special Interest Groups, and mailing lists.
Catalog Publishing System
OUP needed a catalog delivery system that automatically generated catalog entries/descriptions from a proprietary database…and hesketh.com made it happen. The original database badly needed to be revamped; not only was it struggling to maintain the existing titles, but it was completely ill-equipped to handle OUP's desire to offer online catalogs. The new system can produce comprehensive catalogs (with over 30,000 items!) or special promotional catalogs, each with its own unique look and feel. The catalog-build process has been reduced from three days to one day and demands less technical knowledge of the catalog producer.
Ongoing Support and Consulting
Since 1997, hesketh.com has provided consulting and hands-on technical expertise to OUP's staff. These services are invaluable and have included business process consulting, feasibility and software consulting, system administration and technical support, security consulting, database and server load maintenance, and the routine maintenance and improvement of previously developed applications and code.