webMethods Announces Winners of Customer Innovation Awards
November 17 2005 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Avnet, Johnson & Johnson, and Motorola Recognized for Exemplary
Market Growth, Operational Performance, and Customer Service
Excellence FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Integration World
2005 -- webMethods, Inc. (NASDAQ:WEBM), a leading business
integration and optimization software company, today announced the
winners of its 2005 Customer Innovation Awards, which recognize the
impact of IT on business operations. This year's winners, Avnet,
Inc., Johnson & Johnson and Motorola, Inc. were honored
yesterday at webMethods' customer conference, Integration World
2005, in Atlanta. The distinguished panel of judges for this year's
awards included Eric Austvold, research director, AMR Research;
Gary Beach, group publisher, CXO Media; and John Schmidt,
president, the Integration Consortium. After reviewing each
submission, the judges met in-person to evaluate and discuss their
merits with the final decision following one-on-one interviews with
the eventual winners. Avnet, Johnson & Johnson and Motorola
were respectively recognized for their outstanding achievements in
using webMethods' technology to deliver substantial market share
growth, significant operational process improvements and customer
service excellence. "Our customers consistently impress us with
their innovative uses of our technology to create outstanding
business value, which makes it difficult to only recognize a few
customers. This year, Avnet, Johnson & Johnson, and Motorola
stood out as deserving special recognition," said David Mitchell,
president and CEO, webMethods, Inc. "Industry leaders such as these
recognize and embrace the fundamental role that business processes
play in defining the enterprise. By doing so, they're able to
integrate all of the components of their businesses together as one
so that they can operate with the most efficiency, effectiveness
and responsiveness possible. We're proud and honored to have a
significant role in these initiatives." Avnet, a Fortune 500
distributor of electronic components and computer products, faced a
challenge when several VARs needed to quickly select a new
distribution partner for order fulfillment. Leveraging its existing
webMethods' infrastructure, Avnet was able to sync up opposite ends
of the supply chain and keep the business moving. Additionally,
webMethods enabled Avnet to set up a user-friendly, self-service
interface for customers to place and manage their own orders. This
interface removes the need for human intervention on the
order-taking side, thus enhancing the accuracy and speed around
ordering. "Avnet has long recognized the strategic value of its
webMethods-based business integration platform, which provides the
company with the ability to respond to market opportunities with
unmatched speed, agility and precision," said Gary Beach, group
publisher, CXO Media. "In this example, they were able to quickly
seize upon a recent change in the marketplace with this initiative
credited for adding hundreds of millions of dollars in additional
business." Johnson & Johnson, the world's most comprehensive
and broadly based manufacturer of health care products, is a highly
decentralized organization with numerous operating companies. Each
operating company has its own processes, applications and data,
limiting collaboration and knowledge exchange across operating
companies. Johnson & Johnson's Integration Services group
turned to webMethods to integrate the myriad of business processes
and applications shared between each operating company, which
allowed Johnson & Johnson to operate more holistically and
efficiently as a result. "Johnson & Johnson launched a major
initiative using its Total Business Integration methodology to
bring together its operating companies and partners," said John
Schmidt, president, the Integration Consortium. "This endeavor
could not have succeeded without webMethods Fabric(TM), which is
the integration platform that enabled Johnson & Johnson to
share information and streamline business processes. Aligning the
business processes of its many operating companies as one has made
a significant impact on Johnson & Johnson's bottom line."
Motorola, a Fortune 100 global communications leader, was in need
of a solution that would support a fulfillment partner's assembly
and distribution of mobile phones while ensuring that customer
service levels were consistently maintained. Through the use of
webMethods Fabric, Motorola was able to meet this challenge while
increasing the efficiency and flexibility of their supply chain.
This solution allows fulfillment partners to participate as if they
are part of Motorola -- a great advantage for customers.
Additionally, the process has proven scaleable to other partners in
Motorola's distribution network. "Many enterprises are confronted
today with the need to fully leverage extended partnerships for
fulfillment while continuing to deliver best-in- class customer
service," said Eric Austvold, research director, AMR Research.
"Through its use of webMethods' technology, Motorola has found an
innovative way to transfer control of these key processes to
third-party providers while maintaining needed real-time visibility
into these operations. By doing so, these local affiliates are able
to serve as a highly-valued extension of Motorola across a number
of markets." About webMethods, Inc. webMethods (NASDAQ:WEBM)
provides business integration software to integrate, assemble and
optimize available IT assets to drive business process
productivity. webMethods delivers an innovative, enterprise-class
business integration platform that incorporates proven integration
technology with next generation capabilities into one interoperable
set of tools that delivers a unique combination of efficiency,
agility and control. webMethods combines industry leadership with a
zealous commitment to customers to deliver tangible business value
to more than 1,300 global customers. webMethods is headquartered in
Fairfax, Va., with offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia
Pacific and Japan. More information about the company can be found
at http://www.webmethods.com/. The webMethods name and logo are
registered trademarks of, and webMethods Fabric is a trademark of,
webMethods, Inc. All other marks mentioned are trademarks or
service marks of their respective companies. DATASOURCE:
webMethods, Inc. CONTACT: John Conley of webMethods,
+1-703-460-5996, Web site: http://www.webmethods.com/
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