NEW YORK, NY --[Emergency Notification News] -- October 24, 2007. Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE:R), a global leader in transportation and supply chain management solutions, has selected the Send Word Now™ Alert service for its 28,000 global employees. Ryder will use Send Word Now to effectively communicate with its employees when severe weather or unforeseen circumstances arise, and to streamline and expedite everyday business decisions to ensure business continuity with its customers.
Commenting on the service, Ryder’s EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer Greg Greene said, “The safety and well-being of our employees is our number one priority at Ryder, so it’s important to us to be able to contact employees and their families when severe weather conditions or crises arise. Send Word Now complements our Emergency Management Plan and helps us better prepare for and respond to emergencies. Send Word Now utilizes multiple communication channels, including e-mail, cell phone, and office voice mail, and has proven to be effective in reaching our employees who are in the field."
Send Word Now CEO Tom Shoemaker added, “We are seeing a trend in which large organizations, like Ryder, are implementing Send Word Now’s alerting and response services across the entire organization to reach every person involved with that organization. Forward thinking companies, like Ryder, have envisioned, and are starting to reap the rewards of, both emergency and every day two-way communication with all employees.”
About Ryder
Ryder provides leading-edge transportation, logistics and supply chain management solutions worldwide. Ryder’s stock (NYSE: R) is a component of the Dow Jones Transportation Average and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Ryder ranks 362nd on the Fortune 500 and 1,458th on the Forbes Global 2000.
Ryder selects Send Word Now alert and response communication service
