AKRON, Ohio--August 15, 2002--Roadway Express, Inc. is a recipient of the prestigious CIO-100 Award from CIO magazine. The 2002 CIO-100 award recognizes organizations around the world that excel in positive business performance through integrated processes and technologies.
To provide a vision of ever-changing business trends, the focus of the CIO-100 changes each year. This year Roadway was selected as a company that demonstrates integrated technologies and procedures to improve products, services and relationships with partners and customers.
"Now, more than ever, companies rely on integrated applications that freely share information," says Abbie Lundberg, Editor in Chief, CIO magazine. "This year's CIO-100 award recipients are being honored because their companies developed an integrated enterprise to enhance their business, from improving relationships with customers to creating a seamless value chain."
The recipients of this year's CIO-100 were selected through a three-step process. First, companies filled out an online application form. In addition, CIO staff and members of its expert panel nominated companies they deemed best fit the award criteria. Finally, a team of CIO editors and writers reviewed the application forms and expert recommendations and voted on the final 100.
"Integration--working seamlessly together from a common source of data—has always distinguished Roadway's information technology and freight systems from our competitors," stated Bob Obee, Vice President and CIO for Roadway. "Our entire systems development approach centers around leveraging one single, integrated transportation management system, to provide everyone--internal and external--their own but consistent view of supply chain information. It takes a bit more work up front, but it's well worth it in the end. This recognition is especially gratifying because it acknowledges the success of those efforts to tie everything together into one simple yet elegant transportation management solution."
Complete coverage of the 2002 CIO-100 is featured in the August 15 issue of CIO magazine and at www.cio.com.
Included in the Dow Jones Transportation Average, Roadway Corporation (NASDAQ: ROAD), is a holding company dedicated to identifying opportunities to expand the transportation-related service offerings available to customers through the Roadway portfolio of strategically linked transportation companies. Roadway Corporation's principal operating subsidiaries include: Roadway Express, a leading ISO 9002-certified transporter of industrial, commercial and retail goods in the two- to five-day regional and long-haul markets. Roadway Express provides seamless service between all 50 states, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico including export services to 140 countries. New Penn Motor Express, a regional, next-day ground less-than-truckload carrier of general commodities serving twelve states in the Northeastern United States, Quebec, Canada and Puerto Rico, with links to the Midwest and Southeast United States and Ontario, Canada. And, Arnold Transportation Services (ATS), an irregular route, dedicated truckload carrier serving short-haul markets in the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Southwest regions of the U.S. For additional information, contact the Company at www.roadwaycorp.com.
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