APICS Tappan Zee Chapter
Professional Development Joint Meeting with ISM & CSCMP
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Topic: "Energy Challenges to Our Supply Chains:
How can we make things work better?"
Brian Johnson, GM, C. H. Robinson
Zane Houff, VP Operations, Houff Transfer
Please mark your calendars and confirm your reservation by
September 8th
by calling Ron Hammond @ 845-358-6638 to confirm your
reservation.
Professional Development Meeting Thursday, November 13, 2008
Time: Sign in and Networking at 5:15 PM Presentation 5:45 PM; Dinner 7:00 PM
http://www.apicstz.org/Event.htm
Our Topic: "Energy Challenges to Our Supply Chains: How can
we make things work better?"
Cheap energy is history, not our future. The
questions we face today are: how expensive will energy remain; how should we adapt
supply chains to meet these higher costs; what do we keep; what do we change; and
what (or who) do we leave behind? Our speakers, veteran experts in transportation
who have lived through past energy crises, will offer their answers to these and other
questions plus share their unique insights as supply chain service suppliers meeting
today’s energy challenges.
Our Speakers:
Brian Johnson, General Manager, C. H. Robinson
Brian has been the General Manager of C. H. Robinson’s Minneapolis Branch for 10 years. His
responsibilities include sales, customer service, and operations management, as well as the
development of customized supply chain solutions to meet unique customer needs across North
America. His prior assignments at CHR have included sales management and transportation sales.
In addition to his CHR responsibilities, Brian currently serves on the Board of Directors of the
Eden Prairie Chamber of Commerce as well as on the Board of the Carver-Scott Education
Cooperative.
Zane Houff, VP Operations, Houff Transfer
Zane is the current Vice President of Operations for Houff Transfer, based in Weyers Cave,
Virginia where started as a teenager in this family business, which was founded by his grandfather
in 1937. Zane has worked at every level of company operations, including washing trucks, working
on loading docks, driving over the road, and managing dispatch operations. Today Zane is a key
member of the Houff management team which is maintaining a driver turnover rate of less than 20
percent in an industry where rates over 100% are painfully common.
Location: Westchester Tarrytown Marriott
670 White Plains Road
Tarrytown , NY 10591
Tel.: 914-631-2200
Presentations are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
Dinner: APICS Members $25.00 ; Non-Members $30
Please make your reservations and (indicate if staying for dinner):
by Monday, November 10, 2008 at 10:00 PM