P.M. Executive Briefing - Nov. 30
This Afternoon's Headlines:
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Allied Holdings Names Poole CEO, West President and COO
The automotive carrier and logistics company Allied Holdings has appointed A. Mitchell Poole Jr. to the position of vice chairman and CEO, as of Jan. 1. He will take the place of Robert J. Rutland, who is to remain chairman.The logistics subsidiary Axis Group's President Randall E. West will take over Poole's current duties of president and COO at the parent firm.
Transport Company Crosses River For Roomier Spot
The Norfolk Southern Railway intermodal division Triple Crown Services is moving from its north St. Louis location to Edwardsville, Ill.'s Gateway Commerce Park, between Interstate 270 and Interstate 255.The Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois' executive director Jim Pennekamp and Tristar Business Communities President Michael Towerman believe the addition of Triple Crown to the business park should bring additional development to the eastern portion of the St. Louis metropolitan area. Pennekamp said, "Part of the strategy here is to lock onto the distribution and show what a great job we can do with that, and then attract the manufacturing companies."
Terminal manager Dave Malone said Triple Crown has too little space at its current facility and will be able to handle much longer trains and bring on more employees at the new location, into which it is sinking $8 million. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Online (11/29/99) ; Dalin, Shera
Jacobs Vehicle Systems Names Gary A. Masse, President
The Danaher Corp. subsidiary Jacobs Vehicle Systems, the leading supplemental braking systems company, has appointed Gary Masse to take the place of William J. Butler as company president. Butler is taking over the new Danaher Electrical Products group. Masse was lately Jacobs' vice president and general manager of the Cummins and DAF business teams. Layover.com (11/29/99)Emery Worldwide Adds Super FAQs Technology for Online Customer Support
The CNF Transportation subsidiary Emery Worldwide has augmented its Web site, www.emeryworld.com, with the eService Portals featuring SuperFAQs technology from Software911 Inc. The SuperFAQs technology allows the Web site to interact with customers to create specific answers to customer queries. Other customer-support functions are also enabled by the new portal. Business Wire (11/29/99)The Global Highway
Scarbrough International, owned by Roger and Jeannie Scarbrough, is a Kansas City, Mo., customs brokerage and foreign freight-forwarding firm that employs 28 people at its facilities in Kansas City and St. Louis. Scarbrough International has had to convince companies that a Midwestern firm could do international business as well as a port city, in addition to keeping abreast of changes in the world scene, such as the creation of the European Union and Nafta as well as the end of the Berlin Wall era.To stay in contact with peers around the world, learn about foreign happenings from the source, and gain group-purchasing power, Scarbrough International is a member of United Shipping, an international association for which Roger Scarbrough serves as president.
Employees and customers assert that one reason for the company's continued success is excellent customer service.
In addition to customs brokerage and freight forwarding, Scarbrough International provides customer storage as well as its trucking service, Scarbrough Transportation Management Specialists. According to Roger Scarbrough, Kansas City-area business could be expanded by direct service from foreign points to Kansas City International Airport as well as the creation of a Nafta trade corridor at Richards-Gebaur Memorial Airport. Kansas City Business Journal Online (11/29/99) ; Cookson, Brian
Internet Tests Scheduled by EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency was to conduct Phase Three of its Manifest Automation Pilot program, designed to handle the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act hazardous waste manifest via the Internet, late this year. The Internet testing was set to last roughly three months, largely in New York and Pennsylvania.Participants would be loaned digitizer pads and electronic pens and given technical support to meet the objectives of the program, which primarily consist of studying the feasibility, cost, and potential problems of such automation.The pilot project will also help the agency create automation standards and make changes to the manifest system. More information is available online at www.epa.gov/osw. Modern Bulk Transporter (11/99) Vol. 62, No. 5; P. 41
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