Todd Pacific: PDAs Help Keep Shipyard on Course - ' Todd Pacific Base Case '
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Todd Pacific Base Case
Headquarters: 1801 16th Ave. S.W., Seattle, WA 98134
Phone: (206) 623-1635
Business: Repairs, overhauls and builds commercial and military ships.
Chief Information Officer (during project deployment):
Mike Taylor
Financials for nine-month period ending Jan. 1: $169.2 million in revenue, up by 88% from same period in previous year; $8.35 million in net income, up by 68%.
Challenge: Replace a paper-based time card system with a network of personal digital assistants to track employee time and whereabouts; adhere to strict military security procedures.
BASELINE GOALS:
Make employee tracking system pay for itself within 12 months.
Ensure that information about employees is available immediately, eliminating 24-hour lag.
Exceed security requirements by deploying 156-bit encryption, up from 128-bit advanced encryption standard.
Story Guide:
Todd Pacific: PDAs Help Keep Shipyard on Course
Even Hardened PDAs Were Tough to Implement
PDA Net Still Pays Off
Handhelds Replaces Time Reporting System
Todd Pacific Base Case
Projects: Networks/Storage 
