Proceedings: 2007 APICS International Conference & Expo
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Dynamic Freight Pricing as a Risk Management Tool
Program Code:
F-12
Date:
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Time:
3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
EST
SPEAKER
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Bill Driegert is director of supply chain strategy at Coyote Logistics. His previous experience includes five years at PepsiCo in supply chain project management roles, the most recent designing manufacturing, capacity, and inventory planning systems for Quaker, Tropicana, and Gatorade. He received his masters of engineering in logistics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his bachelors of business from Southern Methodist University.
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Chris Pickett, CPIM, manager of business development at Coyote Logistics, is a logistics and supply chain manager with more than 10 years of industry experience. His previous work experience includes positions with Accenture, UPS Supply Chain Solutions, and Kanbay/Cap-Gemini. Pickett earned his bachelor's of science degree in industrial engineering from Virginia Tech and received graduate degrees in logistics and business administration from MIT and Georgia Tech, respectively.
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Description
Today's freight markets face a variety of disruptive and unpredictable influences. Maintain your company's level of service by managing your freight rates in real time through the application of concepts developed in dynamic pricing theory. Chris Pickett, CPIM, manager of business development at Coyote Logistics, and Bill Driegert, the company's director of supply chain strategy, explore key environmental, economic, and cyclical variables that affect transportation pricing and detail the pricing tools used to respond to these variables.