Month: June 2002

U.S. Steel Tries Tech Alchemy

U.S. Steel Base CaseHeadquarters: 600 Grant St., Pittsburgh, PA. 15219Phone: (412) 433-1121Business: Integrated steel manufacturerFinancials: $6.38 billion total revenue; $218 million net loss (fiscal 2001)CIO:

U.S. Steel: Why the Red Ink?

For all the talk (and reality) of bankruptcy in the steel industry, U.S. Steel is widely lauded for its technology and efficiency. Which simply begs

By The Numbers: June 2002

Disappearing Tech Jobs A Pretty Penny for Processors Planning for Enterprise Application Projects The Role of Escalation Managers Employees and Security Awareness For a detailed

Leaving Room for Data to Arrive

Four years ago, Jim Wicker had a computing mess on his hands. An acquisition binge by his company, Dynamex—a Dallas-based provider of same-day delivery services—had

POSCO: The Next Big Steel

At the turn of the 20th century, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie made an observation that would portend the difficulties U.S. Steel would face at the

Unilever’s Supply-Chain Diet

You know Unilever. It sells products that 150 million of us use every day to wash clothes (Wisk, All), wash bodies (Dove, Lever 2000), dine