Java HomeNewsJava-Based AppsDeveloper ToolsDeveloper AssistanceEducationCommunityEventsFeedback
Community - Java Success Stories Caliber, a fortune 500 company, is a leading provider of transportation and logistics services. The Transportation Management System (TMS), jointly developed with IBM, is a mission-critical application that will improve profitability and decrease operating costs by automating the routing of 1.3 million packages a day.

Company: Caliber
Location: Akron, Ohio
Industry: Transportation
URL: http://www.calibersys.com
In Person (audio): Mike Hmel, Director of Information Services

(Requires Netscape Navigator 3.0 or higher or Internet Explorer 3.0)

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."



JavaTM is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Other companies, products, and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others.

Copyright    Trademark

IBM HomeOrderEmployment