InformationWeek placed Con-way in its list of 500 innovative users of business technology, honoring the carrier for its Linehaul Simulation tool, a web-based solution designed for its less-than-truckload subsidiary, Con-way Freight
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The corporate rankings highlight innovation in information technology, rather than simply identifying the biggest IT spenders. Winners were featured in the magazine's Sept. 14 issue. The 2009 companies were revealed at a recent awards ceremony held during the InformationWeek 500 Conference at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort in Dana Point, Calif. Con-way ranked 101st on the list.

"Year after year, InformationWeek 500 companies harness technology to improve efficiency, boost productivity, drive revenue and establish a competitive advantage," said Rob Preston, InformationWeek editor-in-chief.

Con-way's Linehaul Simulation tool quickly produces an analysis of the effects of potential changes to Con-way Freight's linehaul network. By simulating the flow of freight through the proposed system, it measures how the changes would affect performance and reveals whether the changes would be beneficial from a variety of perspectives. Before the company created the tool, implementing even minor alterations was extremely time- and labor-intensive.

"Our Linehaul Simulation tool represents the very successful end result of months of hard work by Con-way employees," said Jacquelyn Barretta, vice president and chief information officer, Con-way. "It is a prime example of how technology can be integrated into business practices to achieve significant cost and time savings and improve processes throughout our operations."

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