Top 10 Companies in Canada Transportation and Logistics Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2009

Top 10 Companies in Canada Transportation and Logistics Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2009

Introduction

This databook provides insight into the top 10 companies in Canada transportation and logistics industry in terms of their estimated IT spend.

Scope

*Datamonitor’s view of the top 10 companies in this sector and geography in terms of IT spending

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies

Highlights

The top 10 companies in Canada transportation and Logistics industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on Hardware, a segment that accounted for about 24% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on software and services.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. External services include product vendors, local resellers, telcos, systems integrators and specialist outsourcers. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 37% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies.

Reasons to Purchase

*Understand the IT budget breakdown in various organization types and identify notable areas of allocation

*Build lists of organizations with top IT expenditure in your target markets

*Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics

TABLE OF CONTENTS
OVERVIEW 1
Catalyst 1
Summary 1
INTRODUCTION 9
Reasons to Purchase 9
Definitions 10
CANADA TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 12
Overview 12
Estimated spending by technology segment 14
Estimated IT spending by channel 16
ACE AVIATION HOLDINGS INC 18
Budget overview 18
ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, estimated spending on IT 19
ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 23
AIR CANADA INC 25
Budget overview 25
Air Canada Inc, estimated spending on IT 26
Air Canada Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 30
CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY CO 32
Budget overview 32
Canadian National Railway Co, estimated spending on IT 33
Canadian National Railway Co, estimated IT spending by channel 37
CANADA POST CORP 39
Budget overview 39
Canada Post Corp, estimated spending on IT 40
Canada Post Corp, estimated IT spending by channel 44
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY LTD 46
Budget overview 46
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated spending on IT 47
Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 51
CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO 53
Budget overview 53
Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated spending on IT 54
Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated IT spending by channel 58
WESTJET AIRLINES LTD 60
Budget overview 60
WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated spending on IT 61
WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 65
TRANSFORCE INCOME FUND 67
Budget overview 67
TransForce Income Fund, estimated spending on IT 68
TransForce Income Fund, estimated IT spending by channel 72
PUROLATOR COURIER 74
Budget overview 74
Purolator Courier, estimated spending on IT 75
Purolator Courier, estimated IT spending by channel 79
MULLEN GROUP INCOME FUND 81
Budget overview 81
Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated spending on IT 82
Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated IT spending by channel 86
APPENDIX 88
Methodology 88
Further reading 89
How to contact experts in your industry 89
Disclaimer 89

LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Transportation and Logistics industry, Canada, spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 12
Figure 2: Transportation and Logistics industry, Canada, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2008 14
Figure 3: Transportation and Logistics industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2008 16
Figure 4: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 19
Figure 5: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 21
Figure 6: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 23
Figure 7: Air Canada Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 26
Figure 8: Air Canada Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 28
Figure 9: Air Canada Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 30
Figure 10: Canadian National Railway Co, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 33
Figure 11: Canadian National Railway Co, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 35
Figure 12: Canadian National Railway Co, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 37
Figure 13: Canada Post Corp, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 40
Figure 14: Canada Post Corp, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 42
Figure 15: Canada Post Corp, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 44
Figure 16: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 47
Figure 17: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 49
Figure 18: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 51
Figure 19: Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 54
Figure 20: Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 56
Figure 21: Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 58
Figure 22: WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 61
Figure 23: WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 63
Figure 24: WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 65
Figure 25: TransForce Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 68
Figure 26: TransForce Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 70
Figure 27: TransForce Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 72
Figure 28: Purolator Courier, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 75
Figure 29: Purolator Courier, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 77
Figure 30: Purolator Courier, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 79
Figure 31: Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 82
Figure 32: Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 84
Figure 33: Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 86
Figure 34: Research methodology 88

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: IT segments and sub segments 10
Table 2: Channel definitions 11
Table 3: Transportation and Logistics industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 13
Table 4: Transportation and Logistics industry, Canada, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2008 15
Table 5: Transportation and Logistics industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2008 17
Table 6: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 18
Table 7: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 18
Table 8: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 20
Table 9: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 22
Table 10: ACE Aviation Holdings Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 24
Table 11: Air Canada Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 25
Table 12: Air Canada Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 25
Table 13: Air Canada Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 27
Table 14: Air Canada Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 29
Table 15: Air Canada Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 31
Table 16: Canadian National Railway Co, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 32
Table 17: Canadian National Railway Co, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 32
Table 18: Canadian National Railway Co, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 34
Table 19: Canadian National Railway Co, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 36
Table 20: Canadian National Railway Co, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 38
Table 21: Canada Post Corp, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 39
Table 22: Canada Post Corp, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 39
Table 23: Canada Post Corp, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 41
Table 24: Canada Post Corp, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 43
Table 25: Canada Post Corp, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 45
Table 26: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 46
Table 27: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 46
Table 28: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 48
Table 29: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 50
Table 30: Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 52
Table 31: Canadian Pacific Railway Co, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 53
Table 32: Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 53
Table 33: Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 55
Table 34: Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 57
Table 35: Canadian Pacific Railway Co, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 59
Table 36: WestJet Airlines Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 60
Table 37: WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 60
Table 38: WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 62
Table 39: WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 64
Table 40: WestJet Airlines Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 66
Table 41: TransForce Income Fund, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 67
Table 42: TransForce Income Fund, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 67
Table 43: TransForce Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 69
Table 44: TransForce Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 71
Table 45: TransForce Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 73
Table 46: Purolator Courier, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 74
Table 47: Purolator Courier, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 74
Table 48: Purolator Courier, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 76
Table 49: Purolator Courier, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 78
Table 50: Purolator Courier, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 80
Table 51: Mullen Group Income Fund, IT budget estimates (%), 2008–09 81
Table 52: Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 81
Table 53: Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 83
Table 54: Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 85
Table 55: Mullen Group Income Fund, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 87