O.C. Tanner Recognition Company has been named one of CIO Magazine’s “Agile 100” for the company’s ability to marry “IT agility with enterprise agility in order to move quickly, adapt intelligently and create advantage in a rapidly changing world,” according to the publication.
O.C. Tanner will be honored by the magazine’s editors in Colorado Springs on Aug. 24, along with other leading companies such as FedEx Corp., T. Rowe Price, Dell, SBC, Harvard Business School and General Motors.
“At O.C. Tanner, our mission is to strengthen companies through employee recognition. To carry out that mission, we must innovate, innovate, innovate. Our business leaders and IT people have developed a marvelous synergy that drives innovation in client services, in the marketplace and in our operations. Our company has truly transformed from staid to agile, all to the benefit of our clients and our own employees,” said Kent Murdock, O.C. Tanner President and CEO.
O.C. Tanner was recognized for using agile software development methodology to implement more than 1,000 business system enhancements in a single year, and for IT enhancements to manufacturing, supply chain and customer-facing processes that reduced customer calls by half.
“Beginning in early 2002, our Information Technology organization began the implementation of lean and agile methodologies that have substantially improved our organization’s productivity and connection to the business,” said David Berg, Senior Vice President and CIO. “O.C. Tanner’s entire Information Technology team feels appreciated by the business and significantly recognized by this award.”
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