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Ninth Annual
Freight and Logistics Symposium
December 2, 2005
Four Points Sheraton, Minneapolis
Freight Mobility: Economic Impacts On The Upper Midwest
This year's symposium focused on the economic impacts of freight mobility on the Upper Midwest. Representatives from the business community, academia, and the public sector discussed strategies and tactics to meet the growing regional demand for freight transportation capacity. The symposium also addressed emerging supply-chain and infrastructure approaches to capacity challenges, the critical role of security in the supplychain, and how logistics costs affect corporate decision making in terms of profitability on continuing operations, plant expansion and relocation decisions, and site selection for greenfield operations.
Program
7:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00 Welcome
Robert Johns, Director, Center for Transportation Studies
Greg West, President, Council of Supply Chain Management
Professionals
8:15 Freight Mobility, Transportation System Capacity, and the Economic Challenges Ahead
PJ Benoit, Senior Account Executive, Federal Express Trade Networks
9:00 How Logistics Costs Affect Corporate Decision Making
Moderator:
Ron Dvorak, Sales/Marketing Representative, xpedx an International Paper Company
Panelists:
Cheryl Amborn, Traffic Manager, Cummins Power Generation
Paul Borgen, Corporate Logistics Manager, Polaris
Tom Bland, Customer Order Fulfillment Manager, 3M
10:10 Break
10:30 Emerging Supply-Chain and Infrastructure Approaches to Capacity Challenges
Moderator:
Richard Murphy, Jr., President, Murphy Warehouse
Panelists:
Karen Donohue, Associate Professor, Carlson School of Management,
University of Minnesota
Michael Laden, Founding Principal, Trade Innovations, Inc.
Bill Kascel, Vice President of Transpacific Development,
Kuehne & Nagel, Inc.Cecil Selness, Director, Office of Freight and Commercial
Vehicle Operations, Minnesota Department of Transportation
12:15 p.m.
Comments and Observations
John Ficker
Wrap-up and Adjourn
Robert Johns
Sponsors
This event is sponsored by CTS, in cooperation with: Minnesota Department of Transportation; Minnesota Freight Advisory Committee; Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals; Metropolitan Council. It is facilitated by Continuing Professional Education, University of Minnesota.