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Food Shippers of America’s 53rd Annual conference will be held at Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel in Orlando, FL. Rosen’s is a new location, and is within easy access to many of Orlando’s key attractions. And once again this will be a spectacular venue to conduct our conference. Check out their website at www.rosenshinglecreek.com for more details. This years conference theme is
“Food Shippers 2008 – Making Great Things Happen”. Over the last four years we have seen
hurricanes, capacity constraints, market swings in a variety of business
categories (such as housing and automotive) and a philosophical change to the
way shippers, carriers and receivers are doing business. As a result the planning committee has
developed a great agenda that continues to keep pace with changing industry
dynamics. Some of the agenda topics
are:
Key
Note Speaker: Ken Blanchard, One Minute
Manager – Mr. Blanchard comes with a great reputation and will set the stage for
the conference Check the FSA website for full conference agenda details, entertainment and spouse program (behind the scenes tour at Sea World and a shopping excursion to Downtown Disney) www.foodshippersofamerica.org Sunday: FSA GOLF INVITATIONAL: 8:00 AM SHOTGUN AT ROSEN SHINGLE CREEK & GRAND PINES GOLF CLUB
Continental Breakfast at the Golf Courses at 7:00 AM Luncheon at Rosen Shingle Creek following Golf
EVENT CHAIRMAN Ross Cook – Gordon Trucking - Ross can be reached at: rcook@gordontrucking.com Reception and dinner
beginning at 6:00 PM - use this time to mingle, network and get acquainted with
this year’s participants.
As our industry is changing in technology, so is Food Shippers of America. We are continuing to evaluate ways to better serve our members and one way is to streamline our website for ease of interaction and registration. We have hired a firm called Memberclicks to re-invent and automate our website, they are improving the functionality of the site to improve the process and minimize/eliminate the manual processing. Please use the website to register online for the conference, golf and the spouse program. If you have any questions about the process or security contact John Murphy. It is imperative we use the technology available to help us be more efficient so we are better able to serve our members. John can be reached at jmurphy@foodshippesofamerica.org or by phone at 614-875-3955. Notable information for this year’s conference:
***** January update to the President's Message ***** We are a little over a month away from our conference at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando and look forward to seeing you there. Our conference will be packed this year with great speakers providing valuable information that will help you and your company implement measurable improvements for your business.
Food Shippers 2008 –“Making Great Things Happen” Featuring: Ken Blanchard – Author of the “One Minute Manager” • Mike Sansolo – Trends in the Food Industry • Bob Costello – Infrastructure and Economic Outlook • Robert Martichenko – Running “Lean” with Six Sigma • Panels on Best Practices in Food Logistics with Ralston, Gordon Trucking and Harris Teeter • Fuel Conservation Strategies • Personal Development/Coaching • Continuing Education • and a special presentation on Logistics Technology of the Future For further description of the conference agenda and speakers, as well as a list of conference attendees see the website for details.
Rosen Centre Hotel Buena Vista Palace
Tom A. Jones Sr. Manager Logistics - General Mills President Food Shippers of
America ***** The 2009 conference will be in
Tucson, AZ at the beautiful Westin La Paloma Resort March 1 – March 3, 2009,
it’s not too early to pencil in these dates! Jim Fowler – Alliance Shippers jfowler@alliance.com Andrew Spears – H J Heinz andrew.spears@us.hjheinz.com If you have an interest in participating, please contact Jim or Andrew Food Shippers Mission and Foundation:
Leadership (driving change), Leverage (idea generation) and
Legacy (building the future organization) Organization Leadership
Expectations: Resource for the Industry Active Participation
in the Organization Forum for Members to Drive Change Share Strategy for the Future with Members Be An Active and Willing
Participant to Influence and Drive Change Within our Industry and
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