Three Days, Fifty Topics

This year's Assembly of Committees continues  the ongoing theme "Back to Basics," which reinforces the importance of best practice in the industry. Over the course of three days, the committee meetings will cover the top fifty issues impacting our industry today and highlight fundamentals as well as the latest industry developments.

  1. Process Safety Management - SOPs

  2. Key Performance Indicators

  3. Executive Dashboard

  4. Pallets – Standardization

  5. Horvath’s Top 5 Ops Problems

  6. Chemical Security

  7. Labor Challenges and Case Studies

  8. Productivity and Benchmarking for PRWs

  9. Reducing cell phone costs

  10. Current State of the Business Economy

  11. Investment Strategies

  12. Voice Picking

  13. State Gross Receipt Tax

  14. Food Defense

  15. Site Security

  16. Homeland Security

  17. Food Industry Trends

  18. Food & Safety inspections

  19. Legislation/Regulations

  20. US Politics – 2008 Elections

  21. Ops Manual Revision Process

  22. Construction Issues

  23. Construction & Maintenance Manual

  24. IARW Insurance Program

  25. Controlling your Insurance Coverage Package

  26. Workers Comp Survey

  27. Health Care - Developing the Best Coverage

  28. Property Insurance Matter

  29. Trends in Claims and Losses

  30. Warehouse Law - Critical Issues

  31. Crisis Management Manual

  32. Current Trucking Capacities and Trends

  33. TWIC – Transportation Worker ID Systems

  34. Cargo Insurance - What You Need to Know

  35. Rail Concerns

  36. Dispute Resolution

  37. Education and Training for Your Employees

  38. Institute Review and Continuous improvement

  39. Focus Sessions - A New Training Track at the Convention

  40. Safetrax - Deailing with Inventories

  41. Chapters - New Regional Training Institutes

  42. Research and Food Science

  43. New Employee Training

  44. FERC Commissioners Report

  45. Energy Deregulation

  46. Icetec – Purchasing Energy Efficiently

  47. Preventative Maintenance Schedule for Equipment

  48. Chemical Security Regulations

  49. Solar Panels - Case Studies

  50. Best Practice in PRW Industry

 

Event Links:

Online Registration

Schedule

Committee Descriptions

Committee Agendas

Top 50 Topics

Special Events

Sponsorships

Registration List

Trip Planning

Where to Eat

Materials from 2006