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The Next Generation Automated Corporate Load Center:
Sonoco Products Company with Shippers Commonwealth
May 17, 2007 6 PM - 8:30 PM
The Solution Center
Brighton Hall 101 Slater Road
Durham, NC 27703
Who is the global packaging company that must ship over 200,000 truckloads per year in North America alone to customers requiring on-time, defect-free delivery at lowest landed cost? How can a $3.5B diversified packaging manufacturer with over 175 ship sites in North America optimize its network via centralized and automated command & control for maximizing freight cost savings while attaining the highest levels of service? And do all of this at same time as leveraging load linking and optimal carrier assignment to most efficiently utilize carrier capacity and personnel?
The Tar Heel Chapter of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) invites you join us for a special Case Study presentation by Sonoco Products Company (headquartered in Hartsville SC) on the Next Generation Automated Load Center as co-presented with Shippers Commonwealth (with offices in Charleston SC, Richmond VA, and Cary NC), leading provider of Transportation Management Systems (TMS) as powering the Sonoco Corporate Transportation Center (CTC). The session will include review of prior environment, automation results and future directions that earned this program the Sonoco 2006 Corporate Award for Customer Satisfaction Through Excellence. This overview will be co-presented by Tim Myers, Senior Corporate Logistics Manager of Sonoco, and Sarah Edge, VP Delivery & Services for Shippers Commonwealth.
EVENT INFO: Thursday, May 17
6pm – 8:30 pm
The Solution Center
Brighton Hall 101 Slater Road
Durham, NC 27703
AGENDA:
6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Social (Meet & Greet)
6:30 pm – 6:45 pm Tar Heel Chapter Opening Session
6:45 – 7:15 pm Sonoco/Shippers Commonwealth Case Study
Presentation
7:15 pm - 8:00 pm Q&A/Wrap-Up/.Networking
COST: $35 member $25 Students / in transition.
Please RSVP to Tom McGoldrick, Thomas.McGoldrick@revlon.com, by Tuesday, May 15.
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