{"129091":{"#nid":"129091","#data":{"type":"news","title":"The EMIL-SCS Program Welcomes the Class of 2013 to Residence I in Atlanta","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Executive Masters in International Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Strategy (EMIL-SCS) program recently welcomed their 10th cohort, the class of 2013, to the Georgia Tech campus March 18-30, 2012 for the first of five residences.\u0026nbsp; During Residence I, the most academically challenging of the five residences, students took classes taught by faculty in the #1 ranked Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), as well as from top executives and experts in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the first week, the class received instruction in:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInventory management \u003C\/em\u003Etaught by \u003Cem\u003EAmar Ramudhin, \u003C\/em\u003Edirector of the Center for Supply Chain Management and Technology at Georgia Tech\u2019s Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL),\u003Cem\u003E and Don Ratliff, executive director of SCL.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESupply Chain Strategy \u003C\/em\u003Etaught by Ed Frazelle, founding director of SCL and President and CEO of Logistics Resources International.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESupply Chain Finance \u003C\/em\u003Etaught by Stephen Timme, president of FinListics Solutions and CFOEd courseware.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIntroduction to Revenue Management \u003C\/em\u003Etaught by Robert Phillips, \u003Cem\u003Eprofessor of Professional Practice at Columbia Business School and \u003C\/em\u003Eauthor of \u003Cem\u003EPricing and Revenue Optimization\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn between week one and two, the class took a break from their studies and attended an Atlanta Hawks game.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the second week, the class covered:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003ERevenue Management \u003C\/em\u003Etaught by Anton Kleywegt, associate professor in ISyE.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAnalytics and Variability \u003C\/em\u003Etaught byJim Dai, Edenfield Professor in ISyE, and John Vande Vate, executive director of EMIL-SCS.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOutsourcing and Third Party Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E taught by \u003Cem\u003EChris Norek, senior partner at Chain Connectors Inc., Bruce Oswald, director of corporate transportation for Newell Rubbermaid, and Tom Toberman, regional director for Schenker Logistics Inc. and member of the 2013 EMIL-SCS class.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture portion of the residence concluded with a discussion on identifying and developing personal skills and strengths with Karla Brandau, practice leader at Improving Human Capital, LLC.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBefore returning home and back to work, the class formed into teams for their Global Supply Chain Project. With the guidance of John Vande Vate and Greg Andrews, managing director for EMIL-SCS, the class formed six teams that range in industries from retail to motor oil and lubricants.\u0026nbsp; When the class meets again for Residence II, the Global Project Teams will provide a project update, and will continue to present their updates at each residence thereafter.\u0026nbsp; The class will meet again June 10-22 for Residence II in Europe.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more about the EMIL-SCS program, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Executive Masters in International Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Strategy program recently welcomed the class of 2013 to the Georgia Tech campus March 18-30, 2012 for the first of five residences.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2012-05-08 15:52:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:09","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"131681":{"id":"131681","type":"image","title":"The EMIL-SCS Class of 2013","body":null,"created":"1449178647","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:37:27","changed":"1475894759","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:59","alt":"The EMIL-SCS Class of 2013","file":{"fid":"194694","name":"img_4711_-_copy.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_4711_-_copy_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/img_4711_-_copy_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1729229,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/img_4711_-_copy_0.jpg?itok=SNdpcs3T"}}},"media_ids":["131681"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"32891","name":"EMIL-SCS Class of 2013"},{"id":"32901","name":"Residence I"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}