CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS CHOOSES TEXAS INSTRUMENTS SOFTWARE TO DEVELOP FREIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE.PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 1995--The Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. (TI) Software Business announced today that Consolidated Freightways Consolidated Freight was the 3rd biggest trucking company in the US. In the 1930s they started their own truck manufacturing operation, Freightliner, now part of DaimlerChrysler. (CF), Inc. has signed a multi-million dollar contract to purchase TI's flagship client/server application development product, Composer. CF, Inc. will use TI's tools and services to reengineer the international freight management system of Emery Worldwide Emery Worldwide was a cargo airline, once was one of the leading carriers in the cargo airline world. Emery started in 1946 and was the first freight forwarder to receive a carrier certificate from the United States Government. , CF's global air freight air freight n → flete m por avión air freight n → fret aérien air freight air n → Luftfracht f , ocean forwarding and logistics services subsidiary. Retooling the company's mission-critical freight management system is integral to CF's efforts to improve customer satisfaction, control costs, increase productivity and expand market share. CF is moving its systems development process to an information engineering approach driven by business requirements in order to upgrade the freight management system, which includes international cargo processing, pricing, rating and customer support systems. "In a world of rapid technology development and ever- changing business needs, CF needed a solution that would allow us to respond quickly to changes," said Maury Johnson, CF, Inc.'s vice president of information systems. "We're proud of our track record of helping customers increase productivity and reduce cycle time," said Ed Ossie, vice president of operations for TISB TISB The International School Bangalore (Bangalore, India) TISB Technical Information Services Branch (NOAA) Americas. "Our partnership with Consolidated Freightways is a great opportunity for us, and we plan to exceed their expectations in terms of results, service and support." CF, Inc. required development tools that would allow the company to build business systems consistently and efficiently while ensuring that they are easy to maintain and modify. Johnson said, "We think the Composer product suite provides the necessary flexibility to respond quickly to changing business requirements." Lowering maintenance costs was a determining factor in selecting Composer for this project. Once development of the pilot project was underway, however, CF discovered that Composer also contributed to sharp decreases in cycle time. "In addition to lower maintenance costs, we have realized significant improvements in cycle time and quality with the Composer product," said Johnson. CF is deploying Composer with Ernst Young's Navigator methodology and ABT's Project Workbench project management toolset. The preliminary phase of the development process is due to be completed in October 1995, when the first features of the customer support system are rolled out. About Consolidated Freightways Consolidated Freightways, Inc., based in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif., is a $5 billion diversified transportation company with businesses in nationwide, full-service trucking, regional trucking, air freight, full volume truckload services, ocean services, logistics management Logistics Management is that part of Supply Chain Management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective, forward, and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet and customs brokerage. CF's principal operating companies are Emery CF MotorFreight, Con-Way Transportation Services and Menlo Logistics. About Texas Instruments Software Business Texas Instruments Software Business provides software application development and assembly tools and services for managing department and organization-wide implementation of client/server technology. TI Software Business is a divisio of Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) ), a high-technology company headquartered in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. , with sales or manufacturing operations in more than 30 countries. For more information on Texas Instruments and its products, please visit the company's World Wide Web site at http://www.ti.com. -0- Composer is a trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Luanne Kruse John D'Avolio TI Software Business Rourke & Company 214-575-5729 214-575-5743 krus@msg.ti.com jdavolio@rourke.com |
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