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HighRoads Customer Wins 2006 Benny Award
Durbin of H-E-B Honored for Efficiency, Innovation and Cost Savings in Employee Benefits Management
BOSTON (Aug. 21, 2006) - HighRoads' customer and director of benefits for H-E-B, Kathy Durbin, has been recognized with the 2006 Benny Award - Judges' Choice for her proven ability to streamline administration and drive multi-million dollar cost savings on employee benefits. Her pioneering strategies, complemented by her use of HighRoads' Benefits Lifecycle Management () solutions, has helped H-E-B deliver competitive benefit offerings for more than 60,000 partners.
For 16 years, this prestigious award has recognized outstanding innovation, thought-leadership and demonstrated excellence in the human resources industry.
Despite continually rising healthcare costs and escalating market pressures in an industry of razor-thin margins, Durbin was able to reverse the trend in benefit contract costs from a 22 percent increase to a 3.7 percent overall decrease, and lower overall benefit administration fees by 18 percent - without any sacrifices in plan quality.
"Throughout her career, Kathy has been tackling the most complex HR processes head-on, challenging industry trends and delivering the kinds of benefit packages that foster productive and competitive workforces," said Michael Byers, chief operating officer of HighRoads. "We're honored to support her efforts, and applaud the high standard that she sets for the entire HR industry."
Tapping HighRoads unique technology and service offerings, Durbin has created value and achieved cost-savings at every stage of the benefits lifecycle - from plan design and contract renewals to employee feedback and supplier management. By automating traditionally manual, paper-based processes, she has streamlined the procurement and management of H-E-B's full suite of benefits and freed time to focus on more strategic HR initiatives. Her efforts have been so successful that H-E-B has adopted similar strategies in other realms of its business - to capture savings and efficiencies in its learning, development, compensation and IT departments.
H-E-B is one of the country's largest and most innovative retailers, having built a reputation for fresh food, quality products, convenient services and a commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability. Based in San Antonio, it serves millions of customers in more than 150 communities throughout Texas and Mexico.
Presented by Employee Benefit News and sponsored by VSP, The Benny Awards are one of the human resources industry's most prestigious honors. Winners will be formally recognized at an award ceremony during the Benefits Management Forum & Expo in Chicago, September 17-19, 2006.
ABOUT HIGHROADS
HighRoads, Inc. (www.HighRoads.com) is the only company offering a system of record for managing HR program and supplier information to improve the employee experience while dramatically reducing costs for large, complex organizations. HighRoads has automated HR processes for more than 100 Fortune 500 employers along with 700 of their suppliers, consultants and outsourced administrators in 75 countries. Clients include some of the world's largest companies, such as General Dynamics, Honeywell, IBM, Kraft, Staples and Toyota. Founded in 1999, HighRoads is a privately-held company headquartered in Woburn, Mass.
HighRoads Company Contact:
Lori Dustin
(781) 503-4030
ldustin@highroads.com
HighRoads Media Contact:
Michael McDonough
(617) 969-9192
mmcdonough@corporateink.com