AKRON, Ohio — October 1, 2003 — Today, Roadway Express, Inc. announced that it has been named to InformationWeek 500, a prestigious listing of the most innovative users of information technology (IT) in the United States. This is the fourth consecutive year Roadway has been named to the list.
For 15 years, the InformationWeek 500 has tracked organizations' IT agendas providing a unique opportunity to understand and examine their business practices across core areas of operations. Companies named to this list demonstrate a pattern of technological, procedural and organization innovation.
"Innovation is one of the core values Roadway employees strive to demonstrate continuously. It's especially heartening to be recognized for successful innovation by a leading publication in the IT industry," stated CIO and Vice President - New Venture Commerce for Roadway, Bob Obee. "This recognition is a testimony of the resourcefulness of Roadway's IT organization in finding solutions for our customers supply chain needs."
Roadway delivers state-of-the-art web-based services, while fully leveraging a high-performance database environment. The company's award-winning technology provides customers with accurate, real-time supply-chain information about their shipments, as well as providing its professional truck drivers, dispatchers and sales force with mobile communication resources to operate more efficiently.
"The InformationWeek 500 are a major force in the U.S. economy," said Stephanie Stahl, editor of InformationWeek. "Collectively, this year's 500 businesses will spend nearly $177 billion on technology tools, products, and services. We expect this commitment to continue into 2004 when we estimate that the InformationWeek 500 will spend $185 billion to establish and move technology initiatives forward."
