Baseline articles from May 2005

Baseline archives from May 2005

Tech Differences May Create Speed Bump in Truck Merger.
May 2, 2005... The trucking company known simply as Yellow saved $100 million and boosted its operating profits from 2.8 cents on the dollar to 5.3 cents, in the first year after it merged with rival Roadway. It didn't eliminate computing systems that helped...

Will GM Losses Thwart Its Tech Plans?
May 2, 2005... General Motors loses $1.1 billion in the first quarter, citing ballooning health-care costs. It reorganizes top management, with Chairman and Chief Executive Rick Wagoner personally taking charge of its sagging home market, North America. ...

Disaster Defeats High-Tech Recovery Effort.(Brief Article)
May 6, 2005... Major natural disasters are always a surprise in that no one is sure when or where one will hit. But on a macro level, it's no surprise that they will occur, often in parts of the world with little ability to recover on their own or the...

Southwest Airlines CEO: High Tech = Low Cost.(Brief Article)
May 9, 2005... In an industry characterized by rising costs and threats of bankruptcy from major carriers, Southwest has matured and grown, making a profit for each of the past 33 years. It's done that by keeping to the cost-efficient principles on which...

Calculator: Computer Costs by the Hour.(Brief Article)
May 11, 2005... Grid computing can be cost-effective for organizations that run lots of complex applications and need them completed quickly. In the example in our worksheet, Baseline calculates what it would cost a multibillion-dollar financial services firm...

Home Depot Hopes SAP Can Help Boost Sales.
May 18, 2005... Home Depot wants to put more information at the fingertips of its "orange-blooded associates doing hand-to-hand combat in the aisles," its chief information officer said Wednesday. The home improvement retailer, fresh off spending $1...

May 2005 Online Extras.
May 26, 2005... BASELINE ONLINE Planner: Calculating Costs of a Satellite-Based Network (p.40) Dowload our Premium Project Planner to calculate your company's startup and operations costs for a satellite network. Computer Costs by the Hour (p.74) Before...