AMERICAN Class I railway CSX Corp has announced its intention to decentralise its management structure to support an operations model that turned around two Canadian railways, reports American Shipper.
It is part of CSX's precision scheduled railroading transformation that aims to move the same amount of cargo with fewer trains.
'This pushes decision-making closer to day-to-day field operations and eliminates bureaucracy,' said CSX president and CEO James Foote.
To undertake the tasks, new appointments have been made: Bob Frulla vice president, operations east; Jermaine Swafford, vice president, operations west; Jamie Boychuk, vice president, network operations and Amy Rice, vice president, intermodal.
They will report to Ed Harris, executive vice president of operations. Harris joined CSX in January, bringing more than 40 years of railway experience.
His experience includes nearly a decade of working alongside Foote and the late Hunter Harrison during the implantation of the precision scheduled railroading model at Canadian National.
Precision scheduled railroading was the brainchild of Harrison, who implemented the operating model at CSX when he was named president and chief executive officer of the Class I railway in March 2017.
He also was a former president and CEO of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and was credited with remarkable turnarounds in operating and financial performance at both.
It is part of CSX's precision scheduled railroading transformation that aims to move the same amount of cargo with fewer trains.
'This pushes decision-making closer to day-to-day field operations and eliminates bureaucracy,' said CSX president and CEO James Foote.
To undertake the tasks, new appointments have been made: Bob Frulla vice president, operations east; Jermaine Swafford, vice president, operations west; Jamie Boychuk, vice president, network operations and Amy Rice, vice president, intermodal.
They will report to Ed Harris, executive vice president of operations. Harris joined CSX in January, bringing more than 40 years of railway experience.
His experience includes nearly a decade of working alongside Foote and the late Hunter Harrison during the implantation of the precision scheduled railroading model at Canadian National.
Precision scheduled railroading was the brainchild of Harrison, who implemented the operating model at CSX when he was named president and chief executive officer of the Class I railway in March 2017.
He also was a former president and CEO of Canadian National and Canadian Pacific and was credited with remarkable turnarounds in operating and financial performance at both.