Norfolk Southern Corporation is one of the nation’s premier transportation companies. Its Norfolk Southern Railway subsidiary operates approximately 21,000 route miles in 22 states and the District of Columbia, serves every major container port in the eastern United States, and provides efficient connections to other rail carriers. Norfolk Southern operates the most extensive intermodal network in the East and is a major transporter of coal and industrial products.

Connected to major East and West Coast ports, Rickenbacker is serviced by two of the largest rail providers in the U.S., CSX and Norfolk Southern. Located adjacent to the Rickenbacker International Airport is Norfolk Southern’s Rickenbacker Intermodal Terminal, where shipping containers arrive at to be transferred between trains and trucks.

Listen and follow as Jeff Heller, Group Vice President International Intermodal, gives us a tour of the Norfolk Southern facilities.  Learn how Norfolk Southern transports 5,957 million trailers and containers each year to every major port on the East Coast between New York City and Jacksonville, Fla., and multiple private terminals; the Gulf ports of Mobile, Ala., New Orleans and St. Bernard; Great Lakes ports; and numerous river ports.

Pricing:
At the Door – $40
Members Advance Registration – $30**
Advance Registration – $35
In Transition – $20
** Members – please remember to log in using your CSCMP username and password to receive your membership discount

Date: October 14,2010
Time: 11:30am to 1:30pm

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Jeffrey S. Heller
Group Vice President International Intermodal
Norfolk Southern Corporation

Jeff joined Norfolk Southern Intermodal in 1994 at corporate headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia.   In July 1999 he was appointed to his present position with responsibility for Norfolk Southern Intermodal’s International Marketing effort.

During his twenty-five years in international transportation, Heller has held various sales and marketing management positions in container shipping and intermodal, both in the U.S. and abroad. Between 1985 and 1989, he was based in Rotterdam for TFL/P&O Containers where he was responsible for European/U.S. conference and pricing affairs.

Heller is a graduate of Syracuse University’s School of Management where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and Transportation Distribution Management. He also attended Executive Management programs at the Harvard Business School, Duke University Fuqua Business School and University of Virginia Darden School of Business Administration.

He and his wife Joyce have two sons and live in Norfolk.

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Applying Automation to your Operations to Reap ROI Benefits

Tim Neroni and Scott Hennie will discuss in general how customers should go about applying or not applying technology and automation to their business. This will include the basic principles for formulating a plan and what data is required for optimizing the process. They will discuss the 3 Phases of the automation implementation sequence. Additionally, Mr. Hennie and Mr. Neroni will showcase the basic equipment varieties for material storage, material transport and controls. Furthermore, they will identify the application of technologies and the typical impact that these technologies have on increasing efficiencies.

Areas of focus may include:

Data Collection
Slotting
Operational Audits
Warehouse Management Systems
RF Technology
Light and Voice-Directed Picking
Conveyor Systems
Storage and Retrieval
Pick Modules
Automated-Guided Vehicles
Robotics
Energy Efficiency

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About our Presenters:

Tim Neroni, Past President of the Columbus Roundtable of CSCMP and Scott Hennie, Director of the MHEDA are both Vice Presidents at Hy-Tek Integrated Systems. Tim also serves the Supply Chain industry as a Professor at OSU and Columbus State. They have many years experience in Material Handling Solutions.

MHEDA is your direct connection to the Material Handling Industry’s hottest trends, newest products, best management training workshops and represents a wealth of resources for all material handling businesses.

Location:
505 W. Whittier Street, Columbus, OH 43215
Less than a 10-minute walk from downtown Columbus, on in the Scioto River, lies a tiny jewel, a hidden haven for wildlife and birds set amid an industrial landscape. The Grange Insurance Audubon Center in the Scioto Audubon Metro Park. The restoration of the Whittier Peninsula is happening through a unique partnership of City of Columbus Recreation & Parks Department, Metro Parks and Audubon Ohio. The Center is a celebration of nature. Innovative “green” technologies create a truly distinctive building while keeping appreciation, conservation and understanding our natural world the focus.

Time:
September 17, 2010 
11:30am to 1 pm (Lunch will be provided)

Pricing:
At the Door (After September 16) – $40
Members Advance Registration – $30
Advance Registration – $35
$20 – In Transition

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Griffin L. Warren, Deputy Chief of Staff – DLA Land and Maritime, Defense Logistics Agency United States Government Logistics and Procurement

Throughout the world, the Defense Supply Center, Columbus, is known to more than 24,000 military and civilian customers and 10,000 contractors, as one of the largest suppliers of weapon systems spare parts. DSCC is a Supply/Demand Chain in the Defense Logistics Agency, which manages more than 2 million different items and accounts for more than $3 billion in annual sales.

Today, having transformed from being a wholesaler to an end-to-end supply chain manager, DSCC’s state-of-the-art systems connect business processes from the supplier to the customer through the Land and Maritime Supply Chains.

Griffin Warren of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) will introduce the global mission of the federal agency.  He will trace the history of the DSCC installation and highlight the evolution of its mission over almost a century of continuous operation.  Finally, Griffin Warren will introduce DLA Land and Maritime, a $5 Billion supply chain management enterprise headquartered at DSCC discussing some of the unique aspects of their supply chain management mission.

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Date: November 19, 2010

Time: 12-1pm

Location: Concourse Hotel