N&W AUTOMATES INVENTORY CONTROL

Since 1970 Norfolk & Western has been introducing a computerized approach to materials control. The computer had already made it possible to improve train operations and similar results were sought in the materials management function. In two years a $10 million reduction in inventory had been achieved and processing had been speeded substantially. The system has been a boon to maintenance of way activities and the Material Management System is being expanded to cover on-line access to field for production of standard purchase orders, price inquiries, vendor performance reports and forecasts to vendors of future needs.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 49-50
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information processing; Inventory; Management information systems; Materials management; Purchasing
• Identifier Terms: Norfolk and Western Railway Company
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099832
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM