By: Jeff Peterson, CIO of UNICCO Service Company, a $700 million facilities and equipment management company, has big plans for 2007. He'll be laying the technology groundwork for the Newton, Mass.-based firm, which maintains offices, production plants and heavy equipment for more than 1,000 clients, to increase its revenues to $1 billion in the next few years. To make it happen, Peterson is adopting some new year's resolutions:
Peterson isn't the only one making big plans in the coming year. Jan Vink, CIO at Boekhandels Groep Nederland's Selexyz, Holland's largest book retailer, says RFID will be his primary focus. Selexyz is one of the first retailers around the world to implement RFID at the item level, completing a pilot program in 2006 that tagged all inventory at its 1,000-square-meter store in Almere, Netherlands. Now, he says, it's time to roll out RFID throughout the company's 42 stores - a huge effort he believes will mean millions in increased revenues. In addition, he says, “we plan to integrate our retail processes with those of our logistical partners, and reduce complexity.”
Sean Curry, manager of infrastructure engineering for San Jose, Calif.-based energy company Calpine Corp., says that after years of driving costs out of his IT systems, “2007 is the year to really look at how the systems are working, to make sure they are delivering on the promised benefits.” Curry also plans to automate as many operational tasks as possible.
What are your new year's resolutions? Let us know at editors@cioinsight.com.
