77-Year Old Trucking Company Honored by Network World With Annual e-commerce Award; Fortune 1000 Company ABF Freight System Wins E-comm Innovator of the Year.Business/Technology Editors SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 26, 2001 Network World, the nation's leading network newspaper, today honored ABF ABF Arbetarnas BildningsFörbund ABF American Breakfast (Thailand Hotels) ABF Associated British Foods plc (London, UK) ABF Association des Bibliothecaires Francais (French) Freight System, the 77-year old trucking company and the largest subsidiary of Arkansas Best Corporation. Network World detailed the award winning implementation in its third annual Electronic Commerce Issue. See story online at www.nwfusion.com/ecomm2001/. Network World will honor ABF Freight System at IDG's Internet Commerce Expo (ICE) conference taking place this summer in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , NV. Network World's E-comm Innovator of the Year Award is bestowed on a company that approaches B2B e-commerce (Business to Business Electronic-COMMERCE) Refers to one business selling to another business via the Web. See e-commerce. with a well-thought out business plan, intimate knowledge of the target customer base, and strong technology underpinnings. This year, ABF Freight System, a transportation company in Fort Smith, Arkansas Fort Smith is a city that lies on the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border, situated at the junction of the Arkansas and Poteau Rivers, also known as Belle Point. The city began as a western frontier military post in 1817 and would later become well-known for its role in the settling of , wins the award for raising the bar on B2B e-commerce and proving that innovation isn't solely the domain of fleet-footed upstarts. "For many companies, e-commerce causes as many problems as it solves. But ABF stands as an example of how to do e-commerce right," said Julie Bort, Network World's Signature Series Executive Editor. "Their network design lets the mainframe be accessed by anything from web browsers The following is a list of web browsers. Historical Historically important browsers In order of release:
The e-business infrastructure, wrapped around ABF's IBM mainframe IBM mainframes, though perceived as synonymous with mainframe computers in general due to their marketshare, are now technically and specifically IBM's line of business computers that can all trace their design evolution to the IBM System/360. , is saving more than $1 million per year while providing a level of self-service never before available in this market. Users can now download updated versions of freight rates Noun 1. freight rate - the charge for transporting something by common carrier; "we pay the freight"; "the freight rate is usually cheaper" freightage, freight , map routes and even get progress reports of a shipment in transit. The site, dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. eCenter, boasts more than 23,000 registered users from more than 17,000 ABF customers. And, with e-commerce, ABF developed a new line of consumer business, called U-Pack Moving. U-Pack provides a service similar to a full-service mover mover /mov·er/ (moo´ver) that which produces motion. prime mover a muscle that acts directly to bring about a desired movement. by providing the truck and driver (the customer loads and unloads) but at a cost near the do-it-yourself truck rental rate. ABF primarily sells U-Pack over the web, and handles thousands of shipments each year. Consumers can also use the Web to schedule the rare, extremely large shipment, such as the sale of a motorcycle via eBay. Network World's Electronic Commerce Issue, in its third year, is part of Network World's Signature Series, an innovative series of six special issues published bi-monthly. The series is designed to explore the most important issues facing Network IS professionals, the people directly responsible for strategizing, designing, building and managing enterprise-wide computer networks. The six issues in the series are The Power Issue, The Electronic Commerce Issue, The Network World 200 Issue, The You Issue, The Buzz Issue, and The Best Issue. About Network World Network World, Inc., the Leader in Network Knowledge, empowers Network Leaders and enables e-business through education, information and community. Network World is the leading provider of news, analysis, reviews, events and education on information technology. Network World publishes the leading newsweekly news·week·ly n. pl. news·week·lies A weekly newsmagazine or newspaper that reports current events. , Network World, hosts the most active online community, Network World Fusion (http://www.nwfusion), and produces educational seminars and events worldwide. About International Data Group- Network World, Inc. is a division of IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) , the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers and 4,000 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology-specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 270 targeted Web sites in 70 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 168 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 50 offices in 43 countries worldwide. Company information is available at http://www.idg.com. |
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