Matson Recognized by CIO Magazine as One of CIO 100 Award Honorees
2009年9月14日 - 10:00PM
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Matson Navigation Company has been honored by CIO magazine as a
recipient of the 2009 CIO 100. The 22nd annual award program
recognizes organizations around the world that exemplify the
highest level of operational and strategic excellence in
information technology (IT). Matson was recognized for its common
application services (CAS) strategy for software reuse to reduce
operating costs, eliminate technology obsolescence risks and enable
growth.
“This year’s CIO 100 awards draws well-deserved attention to
companies that are both innovating and creating business value with
IT despite the economic downturn,” said Maryfran Johnson, Editor in
Chief of CIO magazine and Events. “These winners are an inspiration
to businesses everywhere.”
According to CIO magazine, Matson earned its ranking among the
top 100 companies in the world because of its innovative approach
to CAS and its value to the organization: “Reusable components are
provided to applications development teams in conjunction with the
needs of the applications projects so that those components can be
efficiently used and reused. The company reduced capital
expenditures across 14 completed software applications by $2
million – an ROI of 106 percent.”
Matson was one of nine transportation companies to be honored
with this year’s award, along with such industry leaders as Jet
Blue Airways, Con-Way, and UPS. It was the only ocean carrier
recognized by the publication in 2009. Other recipients of the
award included Best Buy, BP, Dell, IBM, Marriott International,
Monsanto Company, and Pfizer.
“Component reusability in software has been successfully
achieved in other industries, such as automotive and electronics,”
said Peter Weis, Matson chief information officer (CIO). “Matson’s
IT strategy has been to transform our IT environment from a
‘stovepipe’ applications architecture with little or no reuse of
common building blocks to a single integrated stack architecture
where all reuse opportunities are fully leveraged in the
development of new business applications. Unlike specific business
application projects that may deliver value on a standalone basis,
the return on investment in CAS is realized over the course of
multiple initiatives, as the components get reused. In recent
years, Matson has realized the benefits of this strategy on a
number of business fronts, ranging from our logistics unit in North
America to our terminal operation in Hawaii, which is the hub of
the company’s Pacific services. We have also been able to utilize
the strategy to enhance our online capabilities for consumers
shipping their personal vehicles.”
Matson President Matt Cox added: “The success of the company’s
IT strategy is a direct result of the support and cooperation of
the entire Matson organization, as well as our parent company,
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. This recognition reflects the
commitment and dedication of virtually all of our business units to
leverage technology in ways that deliver to our customers an
efficient, reliable service of superior quality and value. Matson
is very proud to have been recognized for its IT initiatives with
such a distinguished group of global companies.”
Matson provides ocean transportation services to Hawaii, Guam,
China and Micronesia, as well as logistics services through its
subsidiary, Matson Integrated Logistics. Matson is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. of Honolulu
(NYSE:ALEX).
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