Demystifying Distribution Operations

This educational session will explain how supply logistics professionals at NYCT use best practices in order to provide the services on which customers depend. You will discover how appropriate processes, storage and layout plans, management concepts, technology application, and organizational culture all contribute to a thriving distribution process.

New York City Transit (NYCT) is comprised of 6,200 subway cars, 5,600 buses, and a half-trillion-dollar infrastructure investment. Each day, eight million people count on NYCT for safe and efficient travel.

Speaker

Gary A. Smith, CFPIM, CSCP, is vice president of the supply logistics division at New York City Transit, a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.      His responsibilities include management of approximately 1.5 million square feet of warehouse and storeroom facilities and the timely issuance of materials and supplies totaling $324 million annually to support daily operations, maintenance and repair. 

Gary is Director of NYC Programs for the NYC-LI Chapter as well as a member of the Certification Committee for APICS.  Additionally Gary is the author of Executive View, a regular column in APICS Magazine.