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Intermodal Asset Management. Logistics Adventures i n Operations Research. Intermodal Applications For Analytics. Sense of u rgency. Burning Platform. Mainframe. VoIP. YES. Yard Enterprise System. Legacy Systems Multiple systems No visibility to inventory
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Intermodal Asset Management Logistics Adventures in Operations Research
Intermodal Applications For Analytics Sense of urgency
Burning Platform Mainframe VoIP YES Yard Enterprise System • Legacy Systems • Multiple systems • No visibility to inventory • Systems don’t “Talk” to each other • No Analytic Capabilities • Forecasts • Storage • Entitlement • Growth • Increased Volumes • Additional Terminals Email Excel Spreadsheets NOW Network Optimization Workstation BOBJ Umler In today’s competitive environment, manual asset management is a recipe for failure Sense of urgency
Form a Coalition The knowledge of 10 Create a guiding coalition
Create a Vision and Strategy Vision: Single platform providing complete asset management through visibility, reporting and analysis, forecasting and optimization. • Strategy • Integrate all data sources • Make the invisible visible • Develop User Tailored, Operationally focused reports and dashboards. • Enterprise Data Warehouse. • Make it the “tool of choice” Develop a Vision and Strategy
Communicate the Vision • Leverage Key Leaders – Get Their Buy In • Provide training to key users (early adoption is critical) • Reinforce capabilities with each update • Establish a Team • Emissaries to win the hearts and minds • Intermodal Rail Car Management Team (ICMT) • Specific goals – Tie to use of the tool (bad order, dwell) • Personal Contact with “Resistors” • Ambassadors for Change (Management Trainees) Communicate the change vision
Generate Short Term Wins Execute Initial Capabilities to Build Confidence
Change our Culture Consolidate gains and lead more change