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Editorial A Collective NotePresenting to you the Total Service Springer Production inate the men, the men equally makeup for their relativeEditorial team at SPS ….which is a home away from home lack in numbers! It is also a fine mix of the staff who arefor many. Many have found their friends and partners for yet to settle down in life and the others who are welllife since joining here. It is joy for there is a fine intercultur- settled in families.al atmosphere, as there are men and women from variousneighbouring districts and states, living in Chennai happily The team profile involves daily interactions with the jour-for the work they perform is enjoyable. nal community situated in different parts of the globe. Likewise, this is a team of various cultures, religion, edu-It’s spring season for the team during the month of April- cational and professional background all coming togetherMay!! Sounds baffling as one can only see the withering to provide best services and working together for a coher-leaves in the Chennai streets during summer, yet there is ent atmosphere.joy beyond, such as witnessing many memorable mo-ments. The work could be one related to publishing arti- Though the work continues relentless of the absence of acles/issues on schedule and communicating with a cross- colleague who may be sick or visiting home, their return issection of Editors/Publishing Editors and Authors on a daily welcome with joy especially when they return with theirbasis. But at TS Springer Production Editorial, there is lifebeyond the desk work which is intriguing and bonding all home-made mom’s delicacies. Recently, one col-who walk in to work daily. league went on an adventurous trip to North India to bestow the rightful education to children whoThis season, the team attended the marriages of col- are deprived of basic needs. There is no hesitationleagues, both interreligious and intercultural. How good to to share a friend’s workload and help the team tosee our generation moving forward positively! In the re- achieve targets.cent inter-religious marriages, there was a well-organizedChristian method of reception followed by a Hindu wed- Saturdays call for training sessions followed by theding. Another lovely blend in the team is the concoction of favourite savoury, the samosa. All situations arethe much experienced seniors with many years of e- looked as learning moments and one has man-publishing experience and the relatively lesser experienced aged to balance life (at work and at home or hos-who enjoy the learning each day. Though the women dom- tel). Though there are times to work at home after office, there is the comfort of balancing our enjoy- able professional and personal lives.May 2015 FANZINE 2

Best Performer of the year 2014 Award & Best Performers in Total ServiceThe award ceremony for the Best Performers function and voiced their happiness aboutof the Year 2014 was held on May 20, 2015 at their association with the company. The cer-Hotel Bhimaas, Vadapalani. The program was emony came to an end with a good feelingpresided over by the Technical Director, among the employees.Mr. Balasubramanian. He congratulated and High tea served after the function was muchthanked all the performers for their relentless appreciated.hard work and contribution to the growth ofthe company. He called them as the “Jewels” Vatsala Rajof SPS. Mr. Dayalu, CFO, traced the growth ofthe company in the last five years and I thank SPS for theacknowledged the services rendered by the award. It was a greatemployees. Recognition of consistent hard positive experience forwork goes a long way in boosting the moraleof performers and SPS firmly believes that me and I very muchthis recognition is the perfect way to motivate respect this award.and inspire them. Members of the SeniorManagement handed over the awards Balaji Rajagopaland certificates to the Best Performing em- Best Performer—for Promptness 2014ployees. Sumathi Ratnabai (Heidelberg TS PE)received the Best Performer award I am delighted to re-from the Senior Associate ceive the best per-Director Mr. Sundaram, while Balaji Ra-jagopal (who leads a team of Heidelberg TS former award for thePEs) received the Promptness award from the year 2014. I wouldChief Technical Officer Mr. Dominic Prakash.Some of the performers spoke during the like to express my sin- cere thanks to SPS management for recog- nizing and appreciating the employees. It in- deed encourages and motivates people to strive more and achieve the goal. I thank my manager, Mrs. Persis Yenubari, my team leads, and my colleagues, who have assisted me in performing well. Sumathi Ratnabai FANZINEMay 20153

ELET Breakthrough Program Attended by TS Springer Journals Production EditorsEnglish Language Enrichment Training tests) and e-mail com- munication; role-playBreakthrough Program for telephone or ver- bal conversation with Sujitha Magdalene / Sivaranjani Elangovan clients. The ELET Breakthrough The afternoon session sessions were held on was very interesting Wednesday, April 29th as the trainer conducted ‘Kaun Banega Crorepathi’. and Tuesday, May 5th at This was a very interesting part of the training as the our TRIL facility. The ses- teams were tested with activity working on different sion was skillfully conduct- tasks, involving making decisions within minutes. ed by our external trainer, Time management was one important aspect that Swapnesh Sebastian, who was focused in this session. The module taught tac-has been associated with the team for over 2 years now. tics that could be used to tackle stressful situations.The program was designed to focus mainly on the im-provement and development of the The trainer was of the opinion,production editors personality. The that the team which opted forparticipants for the program were the most difficult task first, in-selected based on parameters such variably wins the game everyas, grammar skills, verbal communi- time. This simple logic can becation and business writing, decision implied to our day to day workmaking skills, listening and under- and personal life, where we al-standing and time management. ways struggle between priori- ties. Prioritizing our dutiesIt was an engaging session as the team participated ea- makes life easier, or at least less complicated.gerly in every task. The activities were aimed at learning The session was intriguing and enhanced the com-through interaction, interlinked with game, puzzles which munication skills. The opinion of all participants wasprovided fun and enthusiasm. of much appreciation with anticipation of furtherThe morning session concentrated on some class room interactive learning activities in future.training for the improvement of written skills (grammar Our thanks to the SPS management (and our HR De- partment) for organizing this program.May 2015 FANZINE 4

ELET Breakthrough Program Some reviews on the session...SUMATHI: The ELET Breakthrough session conducted was indeed a breakthrough. It inspired and enriched ourunderlying communicating skills, and also encouraged the significance of team spirit.SENTHIL: The ELET training session conducted was certainly fruitful in inculcating communication, listening ande-mail writing skills. The trainer is an excellent resource with his unique training methods and an overall inter-active session with the candidates.HEMALATHA: I am very thankful for conducting the ELET Breakthrough Session which was very informative andchallenging. Many events were conducted on various aspects to develop our personality skills. It enhances anindividual’s interaction and gave an idea about decision making in correct scenario.JOY: The ELET training program was valuable to improve our verbal communication. Especially, the training ontelephonic conversation and speech session about general topic helped us to develop our spoken English andequipped us to be courageous in speaking English without fear.DIVYA: The ELET training session has motivated my leadership skills and has given me confidence to communi-cate.SARAVANAN BABU: It was a good experience in learning wiping out my anxiety to speak in English and helpedovercome anxiety while speaking in meetings & presentations.Plight of the Heat by Vidhya. G, Trainee Production EditorCan we all brace ourselves to bid farewell to the tantalizing Whatever reasons we give and become fugitive, the sunheat on May 29th as the ‘Agni’ season comes to an end? guru not only alters our zodiac orientations but alsoOr is it the same old pedagogy of deceiving ourselves to drives our shadows crazy.sustain further? Have you ever imagined about the funny ads created - ABesides the hustling crowd in railways stations and buses, big umbrella in Nerolac emulsion paint encasing a housetransits getting tougher and incomplete breakfast diet that to prevent from any type of weather, talc that changeskeeps us alive all day, one reason that everybody prefers our mood-swings due to scorching heat and people pop-general shift is that we can hide ourselves from the sun. I ping into mentos/chilling sodas as if they are going to ex-could see my peers being scrupulous to escape from theheat and before the clock strikes 1.30, there will be full perience a paradigm shift in weather.attendance of the second shift people on the floor. The These are not for reality and the empa-sparkling crystals of sweat all over them, thizing voices of the people remain un-defending body-spray that gets knocked heard.out so easily, the haunting MUMMY incar- Even if the initial tasks gush into JWF in-nate of people fully covered in sun coat/ terface, e-mail alerts ping us to pay atten-scarf and the war between sun-screen tion, pending articles for issue-building orlotions and UV rays - can we call it the the never-so-always-friendly e-mail con-beauty of nature or the survival of the versation with the authors, it would befittest? Colleagues of the morning shift better to turn ourselves into workaholicwill be eagerly waiting to hear from them instead of throwing ourselves a prey toif the temperature is moderate or so the glowing mass of fire.harsh to get out of the comforting AC. FANZINEMay 20155

EVENTS At our colleague Suganya's Wedding reception Dear Suganya & Solomon At our colleague Jeyapradha’s Wedding ceremony Dear Jeyapradha & GaneshCongratulations!Wish you a very happy Married life!You'd be holding each other's hands for a lifetime.Take care of each other and enjoy this sweet journey Moh(ManayKu1m5)ar Sur(iMyaakyu2m3a)r Divya (May 18) Baskaran (May 17) Jey(Maparyad2h3a) Supraja (May 23)May 2015 FANZINE 6

May 2015Monthly Production Reviews Team Review MeetingHeidelbergThe HD TS PEs team monthly production review meeting was held on Tuesday May 26, 2015. It wasattended by all TS PEs.The production editors were congratulated on compiling the maximum issues pages in May, as 191 issueswere forwarded for print publication. The credit goes to the team members as they tirelessly strived andachieved this request to prepone issues and built as many as possible.At the outset, the meeting session focussed on TAT and MDJs. The discussion shifted attention to the im-portance of various reports. The production announcement received this month was analysed and clarifi-cation requested by the team members were discussed. Some queries on the detailed differences be-tween free and open access were explained. The session continued to the inclusion of cross mark logobased on the article type. The importance of proper and complete analysis of an article concern beforefiling a Q-flow ticket was analysed. Finally, the session completed with CAP journals switching procedures.Practical concern regarding JWF after recent patch installation and technical defects were also discussed. Bharathi VelsamyDordrecht/Tokyo/BeijingThe Dordrecht/Tokyo/Beijing team monthly review meet was held on May 13, 2015 at TS journals Produc-tion Editorial team. The meeting was scheduled for 30 minutes and the topics discussed were qualityissues, production update etc.For new instructions received via e-mail, PEs were informed to preferably forward the e-mail to FSV in-stead of copy/paste option to avoid any induced errors while transferring the information. Regarding newinternal transfers, PEs were advised to track regularly the former PE’s outlook/JWF for few months. Theteam was reminded of the workflow procedures and the deviations to be averted. Any deviation in theposition of Crossmark logo must be informed.With regard to Special issues, PEs raised concerns on the absence of Article Category for Special issuearticles in the acceptance e-mail. One of the PEs shared a feedback from the journal Editor that categoryis not visible in OXE proof.The emphasis on the requirement for an accurate Springer journals Beijing weekly report was addressed. Aravindhan, JeyarajTeam review meets – New YorkThe monthly review meet was held on May 21, 2015 for Total Service New York for TS Journal PE team.The topics discussed in the meeting are Production announcements received in April-May 2015, articleand issue turnaround time, article backlog etc.The production announcement received for Cover month in issue publication, Cover finish for digitallyprinted journals, Institutional author name and non-floating elements are the important points discussedin team review.Queries from the team members regarding the “Bib Comment”, placement of Crossmark logo andORCID were explained.In continuation to last month’s discussion on TAT enhancement, individual journals TAT were scrutinizedin the meeting. Mohan Kumar, Kandaswamy FANZINE7

Letter to FANZINEMany thanks indeed for sending me copies of Fanzine magazines. I am really impressed. In future, please continue to send mecopies. Sharad Wasani, Managing Director, SPSI have gone through and should say, it has come out very nicely. Good development and the efforts are worth spending. BestWishes for many more in future. Balasubramanian R, Technical Director, SPSThanks for sharing this. Nice and good initiative, this will bring group morale. Keep it up. Dayalu, Chief Financial Officer, SPSA very good initiative. Kudos to the whole team! Vivek V, Senior General Manager, Wiley Journal Production, SPSWOW, thanks, that is a nice magazine. Nice to see the updates and the efforts put in by the team. Since I sit in the same facili-ty, I get to see many of the activities that your team is doing.Excellent work...I really believe that you are doing a great job of motivating and keeping your staff engaged in spite of themany constraints. Kudos! Dushyant Thomas, HR General Manager, SPSThis is so absolutely wonderful and thanks for sharing. Dr. Win Sutanto, Global Typesetting Director, SpringerA big thank-you to you for these initiatives!!Thanks for sharing the “Fanzine“ with us. I will be happy to share my experiences in one of the next “Fanzine”. Ulrike Dreschler, Head of Production Journals, Heidelberg & AsiaI think it is so lovely to see what you are doing and also put a face to names we know through e-mails contacts. Perhaps weshould do this for Dordrecht as well! It is always a please sure to see what you are doing at SPS. I have forwarded the fanzineto the team as well so they can get to know their TS colleagues a bit better! Esther Rentmeester, Manager, Springer DordrechtIt was impressive to see the Fanzine. No wonder you did the work so great! I saw the background story and you’re really doingthe best to ensure the quality! Very much touched. And it’s impressive that people so much believe in their faith, for it’s reallynot common to see. Thanks for sharing it with me! Steph Zhao, Manager, Springer BeijingI am doing well working at a new desk, thank you for your kind words ;-) (Actually I sometimes miss journal production yet…)Thanks also for the Fanzine. I didn’t expect my photo would be included! This issue again includes great contents—we couldknow TS’s social activities very well and I also like the design J I personally found the top news very interesting. I would appreci-ate it if you could continue to send the Fanzine to me, if you remember me.. Chieko Watanabe, Tokyo Springer ProductionThank you for sending me your monthly magazine. I will read through it within the next days. I clicked very quickly though it tosee all the pictures. I think you had a lot of work to organize everything. Marina Litterer, Springer Heidelberg Journals NEW FACES JUNE AGENDASrivatsan, A.P: B Tech (IT) with 2 years of expe- Saturday June 13: Improvement measures for pro-rience in publishing industry as an Executive duction/communication challengesOperations joined the team as TS PE Saturday June 27: Training session in continuation ofVidhya, G: Master’s degree in Industrial Bio- EDITORIAL BOARDtechnology, with 4 years of research andteaching experience, joined the team as TS BE Editor: Persis Yenubari Graphic Design: K. Mohan Kumar Editing: S. Muthulakshmi Inputs: TS New York teamMay 2015 FANZINE 8