logistics management

Once a pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI), Mountain View, California-based IntelliCorp, Inc. now offers consulting services and software to Global 2000 companies. With offices in the United States and Europe, the company develops and supports a software suite of eBusiness and Customer...

Intel Corporation is the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world, with major facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Intel has changed the world dramatically since it was founded in 1968; the company invented the microprocessor, the 'computer on a chip' that made possible the...

Integrated Defense Technologies, Inc. (IDT) has several subsidiaries that develop high-tech electronics and other products for the defense and aerospace industries. Its Electronic Combat Systems (simulators, weapon controls, instrument panels, etc.) unit accounts for a little more than half of...

With operations throughout the United States, Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAA) is one of the auto salvage industry's top chains. The company was among the first to conceive of and undertake industry consolidation through acquisition, expanding from five branches with an annual vehicle volume...

Instinet Corporation operates the largest of a number of privately owned electronic communications networks (ECNs) that act as alternatives to traditional stock exchanges. Officially a broker-dealer, it is a member of many exchanges in North America, Europe, and Asia. Known for its low trading...

Inso Corporation is a high technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, with three major product areas: Electronic Publishing Solutions, Dynamic Document Exchange, and Lexical and Linguistic Products. Historically, the company began as the software division of textbook publisher Houghton...

Formerly the largest silver company in the world, Insilco Corporation is no longer involved in the silver business, but lives on as a manufacturer of industrial and consumer products. Based in suburban Columbus, Ohio, Insilco operated for more than a half century as the International Silver...

Inserra Supermarkets operates approximately two dozen grocery stores, licensed under the ShopRite name, in New Jersey and New York state. Although it consistently ranks among the 500 largest private companies in the United States, Inserra seldom makes headlines outside of its home area. Nor does...

Inland Steel Industries, Inc. is a materials management, logistics, and technical services company that provides value-added steel products and materials-related services to manufacturers in the automotive, appliance, furniture, equipment, electric motor and a variety of other industries. As a...

Inland Container Corporation, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, is one of the United States' largest producers of containerboard and corrugated shipping containers. In 1992 the company ranked among the top four producers of containerboard, with about 8 percent of U.S. production. In 1984 Inland...

Inktomi Corporation may not be known to as many Internet users as the popular search engine portals Yahoo! or Google, but its search engine technology powers the search functions at more than 50 widely used Internet portals. From its founding in 1996, the company adopted a strategy of focusing...

Initial Security, a San Antonio-based subsidiary of British business-to-business service company Rentokil Initial PLC, offers a range of security services: investigation, patrol services, security officers, special event security, strike coverage, and consulting services. The company employs a...

As the largest global wholesale distributor of computer and electronics products, Ingram Micro Inc. acts as the middleman between manufacturers and a wide range of retail outlets, value-added resellers (VARs), small businesses, large enterprises, and other customers. Originally a business unit...

Ingram Industries, Inc. is a privately held Nashville-based company with a broad array of activities. The company is the leading distributor of books in the United States, through its Ingram Book group. Ingram Book's subsidiaries also wholesale videocassettes, magazines, and other materials...

Ingles Markets, Inc. is a regional supermarket chain with 188 stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, and Alabama. Most stores are located in rural areas, small towns, or suburban communities within 250 miles of the firm's headquarters/distribution center in...

Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd. (IR) operates as a diversified machinery and industrial equipment concern catering to four markets--Climate Control, Industrial Solutions, Infrastructure, and Security and Safety. Through its 130 facilities across the globe, IR manufactures Schlage locks and security...

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Litton Industries, is a leading supplier and servicer of marine vessels to the United States Navy and also builds ships for some allied navies. With approximately 14,000 employees, Ingalls was Mississippi's largest employer and one of the most financially...

Infosys Technologies Ltd. is a software development company with headquarters in Electronics City, Bangalore, India, an area known as 'India's Silicon Valley' for its concentration of high-tech multinational and Indian companies. Cofounded by Chairman and CEO N.R. Narayana Murthy, Infosys...

Informix Corporation is a leading developer of relational database software for computers using the UNIX operating system. Its market, however, is dominated by such competitors as Oracle, Microsoft, and IBM. As a young company, Informix was considered to have emerged at the right time to take...

Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), the world's second largest market research company, provides customers with a broad range of services designed to assist in making marketing decisions. The company's Information Services Group develops and maintains computerized databases that enable consumer...