January AMP_Digital

HIGHL IGHTS A D V A N C E D M A T E R I A L S & P R O C E S S E S | J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9 3 5 CEO CORNER Mahoney CEO CORNER Bridging the Digital Divide By the time you read this col- umn, ASM’s new Silverchair pub- lishing and digital library system has been live for about a month, with the ASM Handbook series as the initial reengineered content. We deeply appreciate the testing and feedback of nearly 100 volunteers to date, and we look forward to hearing from more of you about your experience with the latest system in our Digital Transformation. With its launch, we have now delivered the systems bridge across the digital divide. For perspective, recall that ASM began the systems- level work to cross the digital divide in early 2017. During the first two years of the ASM Renewal, we have completed cloud-based implementations of six enterprise-level sys- tems, and seven end-to-end interfaces, essentially as planned: on time, on cost, and on function. In the realm of enterprise systems, ASM’s delivery record is nothing short of remarkable: Most enterprise system implementations fail to meet any of those critical performance metrics. In ASM’s case, we had no choice but to deliver with excellence, and thus far we have. Going forward into 2019 and beyond, much work remains in content reengineering to complete ASM’s Digital Transformation and to render all ASM content discoverable, searchable, accessible, and interoperable via the internet. Based on our benchmarking and testing experience from the Handbooks project, we are confident that our XML conversions, metadata tagging, abstract creation, and other reengineering methods are sound. Nonetheless, major chal- lenges remain in prioritizing the conversion and deployment of our roughly 300,000 legacy content items as well as new content. Additionally, how to best complete the transition from a largely transactional business model to a predom- inantly electronic subscription business model remains to be devised and implemented. We look forward to executing these transitions with your guidance and input, on the strength of our members’ accumulated wisdom. Please let us know your thoughts and advice on ASM’s remarkable progress toward a complete Digital Transformation. William T. Mahoney, CEO, ASM International bill.mahoney@asminternational.org and how to submit a nomination, visit the FAS website at asminternational.org/web/fas. Heat Treating Society (HTS) is seeking nominations for a vice president, secretary, two directors, and one emerging professional board member. Candidates must be an HTS member in good standing. Nominations should be made on the formal nomination form and can be submit- ted by a chapter, council, committee, HTS member, or an affiliate society. The HTS A&N Committee may consider any HTS member, including those who have served on the HTS Board previously. For more information on eligibility and for a copy of the nomination form, visit the HTS website at hts. asminternational.org . International Metallographic Society (IMS) is seek- ing nominations for candidates for a vice president, secre- tary, finance officer, and three director positions. Any IMS members in good standing is encouraged to nominate themselves or another member for any of these positions. Current board members whose terms are expiring may be eligible for nomination and possible reelection on an equal basis with any other candidate. For more information on eligibility and how to submit a nomination, visit the IMS website at asminternational.org/web/ims. International Organization on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies (SMST) is seeking nominations for candidates for the SMST Board. Open positions include two directors. Any member of SMST in good standing is encouraged to nominate themselves or another member for one of these positions. For more information on eligibility and how to submit a nomination, visit the SMST website at smst.asminternational.org . Thermal Spray Society (TSS) is seeking nominations to fill two board member positions, specifically from the government and international thermal spray community. Nominees must be a member of the ASM Thermal Spray Society and must be endorsed by five TSS members. Board members whose terms are expiring may be eligible for nom- ination and possible reelection on an equal basis with any other nominee. For more information on eligibility and for a copy of the nomination form, visit the TSS website at tss. asminternational.org .