"The InformationWeek 500 honors today's leading companies who set the benchmark for business technology strategies and projects," said InformationWeek Publishing Director Fritz Nelson. "The companies on our list are some of the most innovative users of technology."

For the past 18 years, InformationWeek has identified and honored the nation's most innovative users of information technology (IT) with its annual listing. The list is unique among corporate rankings because it spotlights the power of innovation in IT, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders. Companies named to this list demonstrate a pattern of technological, procedural and organization innovation.

As part of the survey for the ranking, InformationWeek evaluated two Ryder technology initiatives that were innovative, delivered business value and improved productivity. The first was the Shop Maintenance System which was enhanced using a service-oriented architecture to further streamline maintenance operations and deliver greater value and customer service to customers. The system provides a variety of reports and data for technicians, vehicles and shop workload via an interactive information dashboard to more than 700 Ryder maintenance facilities. As a result, training time has been reduced from two weeks to two days, technicians spend 20 percent less time on the system, and the number of diagnostics screens has been reduced from 3,000 to 150.

The second initiative was RyderSTAR, a web-based safety tracking and reporting system. This tool allows the effective communication of the Company's safety goals and measurement of the productivity and effectiveness of safety programs. As a leader in the transportation industry, safety is a top priority for Ryder.

"Ryder is honored to be recognized by InformationWeek for the eighth consecutive year for our leadership and innovation in technology solutions for the transportation and supply chain industries," said Kevin Bott, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Ryder. "Through our extensive experience in implementing and integrating transportation and supply chain technology solutions and our reliable people, processes and technology, we enable our customers to realize efficiencies in their transportation and logistics operations and be more competitive."

Source: Press Release