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Xelus Customers Dominate Fortune's Most Admired Companies List

Strategic Insights

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Xelus customers have excelled on Fortune magazine's list of the world's most admired companies, with five of them ranking in the top 10, including General Electric, Dell, Johnson & Johnson, FedEx, and IBM. These companies were judged on eight specific areas of interest, including innovation, people management, and financial soundness, by a total of 15,000 executives, directors, and analysts worldwide. Xelus, the leading provider of Service Parts Management and Reverse Supply Chain solutions, continues to maintain thought leadership in the market by working with companies that are shaping the future of the service supply chain.

Key Takeaways:

  • Five Xelus customers were named to Fortune's list of the most admired companies, including General Electric, Dell, Johnson & Johnson, FedEx, and IBM.
  • These companies ranked in the top 10 in the "Computers and Communications" section, with IBM and Dell ranking #1 and #2, respectively.
  • Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories were ranked #1 and #3 in the "Natural Resources" section, while Constellation Energy was ranked #1 in the "Energy" section.
  • Solectron, Jabil Circuit, Siemens, and Eastman Kodak were listed in the "Precision" section, while Alaska Air and Delta ranked top 10 airlines in the "Things That Move" section.
  • FedEx and US Postal Service ranked top 10 in the delivery section, while Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, and Goodrich were listed in the aerospace & defense category.
  • Xelus Chairman and CEO Terry Stinson attributed the company's thought leadership to continuing to work with companies that are shaping the future of the service supply chain.

Statistics:

  • 15,000 executives, directors, and veteran securities analysts from around the world participated in determining Fortune's most admired companies list.
  • Global 1000 corporations that use Xelus services include companies such as General Electric, Dell, Johnson & Johnson, FedEx, and IBM.
  • Xelus has an install base that is larger than all of its competitors combined.
  • The Xelus solution combines planning and execution to optimize global inventory and collaboration in the multi-enterprise service supply chain.

Sources:

  • PRNewswire, "Xelus, Inc. Customers Named to Fortune Magazine's List of World's Most Admired Companies", 23 March 2003.
  • Xelus, Inc., "About Us" webpage, http://www.xelus.com/.

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