Panel: Challenges in Transportation: How to Increase Efficiency & Combat Rising Costs

Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 9:15 am -10:15 am

Track: Transportation Issues

Session Abstract

This session will focus on the new challenges in managing transportation and will focus on the solutions that panel member firms are focusing on.  The session will be conducted using an informal discussion format with the moderator asking questions of panel members.  Audience members will also be asked to raise questions about the panel member’s comments in an interactive way as the discussion proceeds.   The challenges that will be discussed relate to the rising costs of domestic and international transportation and their impact on supply chain system design and management.  Panel members will each be asked to focus on one or two approaches their firms are taking to deal with the challenges of rising transportation costs.  Topics that are expected to be addressed relate to approaches to dealing with fuel surcharges, environmental mandates, private fleet vs. purchased trucking roles, transportation management systems implementation, supplier diversification and location, distribution center network design and numbers, and direct store delivery vs. DC routing.  Depending on panel members comments and audience questions, additional approaches to dealing with rising transportation costs may also be addressed.

Learning Objectives:

•          Obtain insights into how to deal with rising transportation costs

•          Obtain an understanding of specific approaches to dealing with transportation costs

•          Obtain an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of particular approaches

Learning Outcomes:

•          Understand the wide range of approaches to addressing transportation challenges

•          Understand specific solution areas that panel member’ firms are pursing

•          Understand audience members and other panel members perspectives on the approaches that individual panel member firm’s are pursing

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