By replacing its existing process with TMS, Caliber expects productivity to go up and costs to go down.
The company is so convinced of the value of Java that it has decided to standardize on Java
as its primary application development environment.
IBM's contributions to the solution, which is currently in design phase, include Java consulting
services, the IBM VisualAge for Java
development environment, RS/6000 SP and AS/400 servers, and IBM
Network Station network computers.
"There's no doubt that using Java to develop applications will help
our customers," said Mike Hmel, Director of Information Services for RPS, Inc.,
Caliber's small-package delivery unit. "Right now they accuse us of using a
hammer and chisel to develop code. With Java and object-oriented programming we're
convinced we can develop things faster, and deliver products and services to market
more quickly."