PNNL named to top business tech list again
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Category: ResearchType: News
Source: PNNL
Date: Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
September 14, 2011 
RICHLAND, Wash. - A software system that helps staff at Pacific Northwest National Lab understand and comply with the thousands of safety, legal and other requirements and procedures they must follow has earned the lab a spot on the InformationWeek 500 list of the most innovative users of business information technology.
The D.O.E. Lab was ranked 106th on the yearly list, which is compiled by the technology magazine InformationWeek. This is the 5th year in a row PNNL has been recognized. Other companies in this year's list include PACCAR Incorporated (No. 1), American Airlines Incorporated (No. 11), Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Incorporated (No. 110) and Microsoft Corporation (No. 241).
PNNL was acknowledged for developing the How Do I? system for its 4,900-plus staff. Also known as HDI, the system helps staff easily and quickly navigate the steps and procedures that staff are required to follow. Before, PNNL's requirements and procedures were provided to staff in a lengthy narrative format. HDI uses a simple, graphical representation of the steps in each process. The graphical work flow is interactive and allows staff to click on each step to gather more information as needed, such as links to online forms and detailed secondary processes. HDI organizes this information in one central, streamlined system.
"HDI is helping us increase staff productivity and operational compliance while reducing staff frustration," said PNNL CIO Jerry Johnson. "Streamlined systems like this allow our scientists and engineers to spend more time on their world-class research."
The 2011 InformationWeek 500 list can be found online.
Tags: Awards and Recognizes, Operations
Pacific Northwest National Lab is a D.O.E. Office of Science national Lab where interdisciplinary teams advance science and technology and deliver solutions to America's most intractable problems in energy, the environment and national security. PNNL employs 4,900 staff, has an yearly budget of nearly $1.1 billion, and has been managed by Ohio-based Battelle since the lab's inception in 1965. Follow PNNL on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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