Decision Support Systems and Business Intelligence
1.1 NORFOLK SOUTHERN USES BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR SUCCESS
/One of the four large freight railroad in US.
/NS moves approximately 500 freight trains across 21,000 route miles in 22 eastern states.
/NS has more than $26 billion in assets and employs over 30,000 people.
/For more than a century, NS makes money by managing their costs
/Managers focused on optimizing the use of railcars to get the most production out of their fixed assets.