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IHS Awarded Initial Phases of $1.4 Million Data Conversion Contract

12 September 2000

IHS Awarded Initial Phases of $1.4 Million Data Conversion Contract With Aerojet IHS GROUP LOGO Information Handling Services Group Inc. (IHS Group) is a leading provider of engineering, energy and regulatory information databases published in a variety of media, from CD-ROM to the Internet and intranet. Its individual operating companies all serve the vital information needs of customers across a variety of technical, business and professional markets. (PRNewsFoto)[KC] ENGELWOOD, CO USA 08/31/1999    

          IHS Converts Millions of Engine-related Paper Documents To
      CD-ROM Format to Organize and Create Easy Access for Titan Program

    DENVER, Sept. 11 IHS Enterprise Solutions, an IHS Group
company, recently won a data conversion contract estimated to eventually total
$1.4 million with Aerojet.  IHS will scan and capture approximately one and a
half million documents and produce a CD-ROM for each set of engine documents
for each vehicle.  This enables the various user groups such as design,
quality and manufacturing engineers, as well as internal auditors for
logistics and product integrity to search, retrieve and view these documents
with relative ease.  IHS anticipates converting documents for 120 Titan
engines over the next several months.
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    "Our customers and Aerojet spend millions of dollars annually to review
our Liquid Rocket Engine processing paper.  By creating a searchable database,
this conversion to CD-ROM format will facilitate an improved and more
efficient review for ourselves and our customers," said Brad Bates, Aerojet
Titan production program manager.  "In addition, time required to research
hardware processing problems and problem resolutions will be accelerated by
use of the computer.  Previous searches were performed manually, so
theoretically, this project could eliminate the need for our customers to
travel here and spend weeks reviewing paper."
    Aerojet has been a major sub-contractor to the Titan project as a builder
of turbo pump-fed liquid propellant engines for approximately 20 years.  Each
vehicle includes two stages that are built and tested in accordance with
strict design specifications via a thorough records-keeping process that
tracks the dispensation of materials or procedures on the engines.  This
produces a vast amount of documentation that represents both conformance
verification data and historical data for the engines of the Titan project.
    "After Aerojet reviewed the volume of vital paper documents concerning
everything from the production and maintenance to testing and auditing of the
Titan engines, they sought an electronic data management solution to increase
efficiency," said Dennis Zehnle, president, IHS Enterprise Solutions.  "At
Aerojet's request, we evaluated the data management processes and are now
delivering a custom database solution that will dramatically increase
efficiency and eliminate many paper management headaches."