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CSXT Holds First Annual E-Business Customer Forum

09/05/2006
Jacksonville, Fla. - CSXT's E-Business group will hold the first annual E-Business Customer Forum in Orlando, Fla., on October 5 and 6.

The day-and-a-half long forum will consist of speakers from CSXT, including Ed Jenkins - Assistant Vice President, Marketing & E-Business; Shelley Mast - Vice President, Customer Service Operations; Steve Potter - Assistant Vice President, Car Management; and John West - President, CSX Technology. During a panel discussion with Jenkins, Mast, Potter and West, customers can ask questions.

Breakout training sessions will provide customers with an opportunity to learn how to use CSXT's E-Business tools. The breakout training sessions will highlight E-Business tools and customer services including:

  • Submitting timely and accurate shipping instructions

  • Efficient management of plant inventory and demurrage

  • Proactive traffic monitoring

  • View, dispute and pay freight and incidental bills

  • Streamlining day-to-day business processes with E-Business tools

  • Learning about customs regulations

  • Eliminating expenses through B2B and EDI business processes

  • Learning about supplemental and pricing services

  • Obtaining help with shipment issues through the CSXT Customer Service Center


  • The forum will wrap up with an interactive trade show featuring departments that customers work with on a daily basis. Those departments include:

  • E-Business

  • Customer Service

  • Pricing Services

  • Car Management

  • Service Design

  • Service Start-Up & Integration

  • New Business Development

  • Supplemental Services

  • Freight Claims

  • Regional and Short Line Development


  • "The forum will allow customers to gain a better understanding of service tools available to them, and allow CSXT to gain an in-depth knowledge of our customers' expectations and future direction," said Eddie Chesser, CSXT Director - E-Business.

    Available spaces are filling up fast. For registration information, go to CSX.com, select the Customers tab and look in Customer News, or use this link: Registration Information >