{"137111":{"#nid":"137111","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Cool Insights: An Integrated Framework for Managing Standards and Operations of the Food Industry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDonald Ratliff, executive director of the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL), and Amar Ramudhin, director of SCL, recently co-authored the Cool Insights column for the June 2012 issue of \u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E, titled \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/article\/10727601\/an-integrated-framework-for-managing-standards-and-operations-of-the-food-industry\u0022\u003EAn Integrated Framework for Managing Standards and Operations of the Food Industry\u003C\/a\u003E.\u201d\u0026nbsp; For the column, Ratliff and Ramudhin discuss the Food Integration Reference Model that is being used at the Georgia Tech Integrated Food Chain Center (IFC), and how the model provides a framework for developing and maintaining standards.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor the past three years, faculty, staff, and partners of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute\u2019s IFC have contributed their thoughts on various aspects of the food chain to \u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics Magazine\u003C\/em\u003E under a column called Cool Insights.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPrevious installments of the Cool Insights column:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics,\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/article\/10710579\/the-value-of-supply-chain-visibility-traceability-is-just-the-start\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EApril\/May 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E: Susan Wilkinson, a Subject Matter Expert with IBM Global Business Services, authored the Cool Insights column titled \u201cThe Value of Supply Chain Visibility: Traceability is Just the Start.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics, \u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/article\/10657334\/cold-chain-management-tools-assessments-and-audits\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMarch 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cem\u003E: \u003C\/em\u003EDavid Sterling, partner with Sterling Solutions and co-founding member of IFC, authored the Cool Insights column titled \u201cCold Chain Management Tools: Assessments and Audits.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDonald Ratliff, executive director of the Supply Chain \u0026amp; 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