Oliver Wyman would like to thank all of the attendees and presenters for our very successful Rail Planning Workshop and MultiRail User’s Conference, which was held on October 22nd and 23rd at the Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. We had over 30 railroad attendees from 9 railways including Transnet Freight Rail (South Africa) CSX, Kazakh Railways, SNCF (France), Green Cargo (Sweden), Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, and Pacific National (Australia). There were presentations from many of the attendees as well as Oliver Wyman talks on software products and key rail planning issues in the market. Presentation topics included MultiRail implementations at various railways, The global state of the rail industry, new software development for MultiRail and associated planning tools, and European lessons for the North American Railroads. Please see the link to right for the final agenda and copies of the presentations that were given.

The final agenda, with links to the presentations.

MultiRail 2006 User Workshop and Rail Planning Conference

The MultiModal Systems Practice of Mercer Management Consulting held a very successful MultiRail User Workshop and Rail Planning Conference on May 25-26, 2006, at the Chauncey Conference Center in Princeton, New Jersey. More than thirty rail executives attended, including representatives from most of the major freight railroads in North America. The conference sessions focused on the use of MultiModal's MultiRail software tools for developing rail operating plans.

All of the attending Class I railroads, including Norfolk Southern, Union Pacific, Canadian Pacific, BNSF, and CSX, made presentations offering insight into the very detailed planning processes and tools used by these large freight railroads. Also presenting were Rodney Case and Robert Reid, members of Oliver Wyman's Surface Transportation practice, and MultiModal staff members.

The final agenda, with links to the presentations.