{"177191":{"#nid":"177191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fall 2012 Supply Chain Executive Forum Focuses on Supply Chain Complexity","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Supply Chain Executive Forum held its 2012 fall meeting on October 9th and 10th around the theme of \u0022Supply Chain Complexity\u0022. The two-day meeting was hosted by the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL), a unit of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and featured presentations and discussions by experts in the industry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJaymie Forrest, managing director for the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute, welcomed the group and introduced John Mariotti, author of \u003Cem\u003EThe Complexity Crisis\u003C\/em\u003E and President\/CEO of The Enterprise Group. During his keynote, Mr. Mariotti discussed \u0022Managing Complexity for Profitable Growth\u0022 and explained where complexity originates and why it goes unmanaged as well as the consequences of complexity and how they influence supply chains and ultimately entire companies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBuilding on the keynote discussion, Dr. Don Ratliff, Executive Director of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute, focused on the \u0022Root Causes of Supply Chain Complexity\u0022. He suggested \u0022it is not complexity or its growth that is the problem, but the fact that the capability to manage this complexity has not been growing at he same rate\u0022. He discussed this \u0022Complexity Gap\u0022 and its drivers such as globalization, the changing logistics environment and slow advances in decision technologies. Dr. Ratliff then covered his \u0022top ten\u0022 root causes for supply chain complexity: uncertainty, variability, synchronization, lumpiness, scope, speed, diversity and restrictions.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe first day of the forum ended with Kate Laneve, Director of Sales Operations, NCR Corporation and her presentation \u0022Bringing Order to Chaos: Shaping Your Market by Pattern Analysis\u0022. Ms. Laneve promoted, \u0022By guiding your sales force to offer your most popular configurations, you can begin to shape market demand, take control of the bus and drive directly to your desired destination!\u0022 She then illustrated how NCR was able to speed up their sales cycle, cut lead times, increase win rates, decrease error rates, increase responsiveness to buyers, and decrease the amount of time to train new salespeople through using customer buying pattern analytics to segment the market and push configuration recommendations to sales.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe second day of the meeting opened with a Supply Chain Complexity Forum led by Chris Gaffney, Senior Vice President - Product Supply System Strategy, Coca-Cola Refreshments. Mr. Gaffney opened with a \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/eric_berlow_how_complexity_leads_to_simplicity.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Evideo\u003C\/a\u003E that briefly discusses complexity and references a diagram of the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. The attendees discussed what connections or ideas mirror their environment and how they address supply chain complexity in their organizations. Mr. Gaffney then provided an overview of the internal and external challenges that The Coca-Cola Company faces as its portfolio evolves with an overview of the end-to-end operations of Coca-Cola Refreshments, the strategies taken to fulfill its changing customer \u0026amp; portfolio and the actions that CCR is taking to mitigate complexity.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter the forum, Matt Melrose, Vice President, Lean Operations, LeanCor LLC and Thomas Molleur, Former Vice President of Supply Chain for Saint-Gobain Abrasives presented a case study on \u0022Reducing Complexity of Inbound Logistics Through Pipeline Visibility, Process Discipline and Lead Time Reduction\u0022. The case study provided an overview of the strategies and tactics collaboratively executed by Saint Gobain Abrasives and LeanCor to deliver operational improvements and measurable financial results. The session closed with a discussion addressing theory versus operational reality and the lessons learned.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. John Bartholdi, Director of Research, Georgia Tech Supply Chain Logistics Institute closed the meeting with his talk \u0022Preparing the Warehouse for Complexity\u0022 where he discussed current and evolving ideas for making the warehouse more nimble, so that it can readily adapt to changes in workforce availability, customer purchasing patterns, and even business models. Signaling automation and worker automation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe two-day biannual forum will meet again in May of 2013 for its Spring joint meeting with the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals\u0027 (CSCMP) Atlanta Roundtable. To learn more about Georgia Tech\u0027s Supply Chain Executive Forum, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/scef\/\u0022 title=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/scef\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/scef\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Supply Chain Executive Forum recently held its 2012 fall meeting around the theme \u201cSupply Chain Complexity\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2012-12-12 17:00:34","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:22","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"177201":{"id":"177201","type":"image","title":"John Mariotti presenting the keynote presentation for the Fall 2012 forum","body":null,"created":"1449179031","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:51","changed":"1475894822","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:02","alt":"John Mariotti presenting the keynote presentation for the Fall 2012 forum","file":{"fid":"195909","name":"gtscef-201210_jmariotti.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtscef-201210_jmariotti_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtscef-201210_jmariotti_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":33212,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gtscef-201210_jmariotti_0.jpg?itok=S8SCCuAc"}},"177211":{"id":"177211","type":"image","title":"Don Ratliff of SCL presenting on \u0022Supply Chain Complexity\u0022","body":null,"created":"1449179031","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:51","changed":"1475894822","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:02","alt":"Don Ratliff of SCL presenting on \u0022Supply Chain Complexity\u0022","file":{"fid":"195910","name":"gtscef-201210_dratliff.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtscef-201210_dratliff_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtscef-201210_dratliff_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1609456,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gtscef-201210_dratliff_0.jpg?itok=J1CWKCES"}},"177221":{"id":"177221","type":"image","title":"Kate Laneve of NCR at Fall 2012 Supply Chain Executive Forum","body":null,"created":"1449179031","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:51","changed":"1475894822","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:02","alt":"Kate Laneve of NCR at Fall 2012 Supply Chain Executive Forum","file":{"fid":"195911","name":"gtscef-201210_klaneve.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtscef-201210_klaneve_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtscef-201210_klaneve_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1627124,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gtscef-201210_klaneve_0.jpg?itok=yGwv4L0Y"}},"177231":{"id":"177231","type":"image","title":"Chris Gaffney of Coca-Cola Refreshments leading Supply Chain Complexity forum","body":null,"created":"1449179031","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:43:51","changed":"1475894822","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:02","alt":"Chris Gaffney of Coca-Cola Refreshments leading Supply Chain Complexity forum","file":{"fid":"195912","name":"gtscef-201210_cgaffney.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtscef-201210_cgaffney_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/gtscef-201210_cgaffney_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1780151,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/gtscef-201210_cgaffney_0.jpg?itok=dcCGOL4J"}}},"media_ids":["177201","177211","177221","177231"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/apps\/rsvp\/sceffall2012\/GTSCEF-Agenda_Fall2012.pdf","title":"SCEF Fall 2012 Agenda"}],"groups":[{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14984","name":"Georgia Tech Supply Chain Executive Forum"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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Suddenly, offshoring to Asia does not seem as attractive as it used to be, and shippers are considering shifting their supply chains to Latin American countries. Having manufacturers closer to the U.S. could be a boon for the economy. But for this model to be successful, the proper infrastructure must be in place to support it. With the widening of the Panama Canal expected to be complete by 2014, ports along the East Coast are engaged in a race to be ready to accommodate larger ships. But is this the best strategy?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo understand where the shipping industry is headed, it\u2019s important to recognize its past. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/media.scoopreprintsource.com\/BizJournals\/32922_GeorgiaTechSupplyChainandLogisticsInstitute_091913.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead the article\u003C\/strong\u003E in its entirety from the Atlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"A viewpoint from Amar Ramudhin in the Atlanta Business Chronicle"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWe should pause from the mad race to spend billions of dollars expanding East and Gulf Coast ports to accommodate larger ships and re-evaluate our strategy. 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Working closely with the USDA, ScanTech is planning to open a facility in Texas which will enable this new technology, which significantly improves bottom line profitability and is incredibly safe, to be used on fruits and vegetables that are crossing the border in both directions.\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\u003EFood Logistics, September 2012: Nick Pacitti, co-founder of Sterling Solutions LLC, authored the Cool Insights column titled \u201cThe New Dilemma for Fresh Programs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFood Logistics\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.foodlogistics.com\/magazine\/fl\/issue\/2012\/aug\u0022\u003EJuly\/August 2012\u003C\/a\u003E: Nick Pacitti, co-founder of Sterling Solutions LLC, authored the Cool Insights column titled \u201cFresh Needs Fast\u2014Rail is Up to the Challenge.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJaymie Forrest, managing director of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp; 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Following two community projects in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta and Metz, in partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity and the French NGO Habitat et Humanisme, a roundtable discussion by these leading NGOs will put the focus on the fight against urban poverty.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn November 6, guest speakers from Habitat for Humanity and Habitat et Humanisme will come together for a public discussion at Georgia Tech to share their organization\u2019s models through a recap of the two French-American community projects and discuss the current and upcoming challenges of access to housing in developed countries as well as urban poverty in general. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFEATURED SPEAKERS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMr. Bernard Usquin, President of Habitat et Humanisme Ile-de France\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMs. Larrie Del Martin, President and CEO of Atlanta Habitat for Humanity\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMs. Patricia Decker, the U.S. Operations Director with Habitat for Humanity International\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;To attend, please register at: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\/spip.php?article182\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\/spip.php?article182\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp;For more information visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\u0022\u003Ewww.france-atlanta.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"The Fight Against Urban Poverty"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOnce again, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering to present a series of 15 French-American events designed to breathe new life into the cooperation between France and the U.S. Southeast: \u201cFrance-Atlanta 2012\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Once again, the Consulate General of France in Atlanta and the Georgia Institute of Technology are partnering to present a series of 15 French-American events."}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2012-10-15 09:48:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:58","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"161831":{"id":"161831","type":"image","title":"France-Atlanta 2012","body":null,"created":"1449178908","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:41:48","changed":"1475894796","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:36","alt":"France-Atlanta 2012","file":{"fid":"195438","name":"france-atlanta_2012_0.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/france-atlanta_2012_0_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/france-atlanta_2012_0_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":11179,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/france-atlanta_2012_0_0.jpg?itok=uJujTv5t"}}},"media_ids":["161831"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\/","title":"France-Atlanta 2011"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.france-atlanta.org\/spip.php?article182","title":"Register Online to Attend"}],"groups":[{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[{"id":"131","name":"Economic Development and Policy"}],"keywords":[{"id":"398","name":"health"},{"id":"8039","name":"Humanitarian"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClaire Collobert Angelle\u003Cbr \/\u003EPress Attache\u003Cbr \/\u003EConsulate General of France in Atlanta\u003Cbr \/\u003ELenox Building\u003Cbr \/\u003E3399 Peachtree Road, NE\u003Cbr \/\u003ESuite 500\u003Cbr \/\u003EAtlanta, GA 30326\u003Cbr \/\u003EP. 404.495.1682\u003Cbr \/\u003EF. 404.495.1661\u003Cbr \/\u003Ewww.consulfrance-atlanta.org\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"151921":{"#nid":"151921","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2013 Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics: The Unique Logistical Challenges for Humanitarian Response in Asia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe 2013 Conference on Health and Humanitarian Logistics: The Unique Logistical Challenges for Humanitarian Response in Asia will be held June 4-5, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia. The conference, which was initiated and organized by the Georgia Tech Health and Humanitarian Logistics Center since 2009, will be hosted by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.misi.edu.my\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EMalaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E (MISI), a member of the MIT Global SCALE Network. The mission of the conference is to stimulate innovation and build capacity to manage humanitarian supply chains around the world. It brings together high level speakers from across the health and humanitarian sectors, including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), industry, government, etc.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe conference, now in its fifth year, is being held for the first time in Asia, where humanitarian response is especially critical. In 2011, Asia accounted for 86.3% of reported disaster victims worldwide.\u003Csup\u003E5\u003C\/sup\u003E In addition, Malaysia is the hub for humanitarian logistics in Asia, hosting key facilities such as the United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) and the Red Cross (IFRC) Regional Logistics Unit. Activities will encourage discourse among participants through plenary panels, interactive workshops, educational workshops, innovation posters and facility tours. Discussions will focus on the role of logistics in areas such as disaster response, health systems and food security as well as highlight the unique logistical challenges for humanitarian response in Asia. Ideas will be shared around emerging themes such as extending the reach of specialized nutrition products, exploring the role of social media and big data during crises, and examining the unique challenges for logistics in urban settings. You are welcome to email your ideas for panel themes, workshop topics, and potential speakers\/facilitators to \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:humlog2013@mit.edu\u0022\u003Ehumlog2013@mit.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:humlogconf@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ehumlogconf@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information about the conference program, please visit\u0026nbsp; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gthealthhumanitarianlogistics.createsend1.com\/t\/r-l-hualjk-l-n\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.humanitarian.gatech.edu\/humlog2013\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gthealthhumanitarianlogistics.createsend1.com\/t\/r-l-hualjk-l-p\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/misi.mit.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csup\u003E5\u003C\/sup\u003E Guha-Sapir D, Vos F, Below R, with Ponserre S. Annual Disaster Statistical Review 2011: The Numbers and Trends. 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GT\u2019s SCL course on Transportation and Distribution to address these issues in Savannah, October 2-4, 2012","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EBy Amar Ramudhin, director of the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute (SCL), and Don Ratliff, executive director of SCL\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHigher fuel costs, slow steaming, the increasing trend toward bigger and bigger ships and the widening of the Panama Canal are some of the factors that are putting a lot of strain on the container shipping industry to the point that the current liner services may not be sustainable. This will have big impact on shippers that rely on frequent and increasingly time definite shipments. The big questions are how did the current condition of the industry come to be and what can shippers do to prepare for the changes ahead?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EA bit of history: the idea for using shipping containers is attributed to Malcom McLean who got the idea in the 1950s while waiting for his truck to be unloaded onto a ship and thinking that there had to be a way to load ships in hours rather than days.\u0026nbsp; This fundamental vision of speed and efficiency motivated the development of cellular ships, land based container cranes and faster container ships, and enabled the revolution of global trade between Asia, North America and Europe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring the period from 2002 to 2008 global trade grew at a roughly linear rate of about $1 trillion per year and since most of this trade is transported on container ships, shipping lines were highly motivated to increase capacity in order to retain or increase their market share.\u0026nbsp; They invested massively in bigger ships because the latter have more capacity and are more cost effective to operate (estimates vary from about 8% to perhaps as much as 30% on long hauls).\u0026nbsp; The economic recession caused global trade to decrease from more than $15 trillion in 2008 to less than $12 trillion in 2009.\u0026nbsp; This 20% drop in trade meant that there was suddenly an excess in capacity resulting in a drop of revenue for shipping lines.\u0026nbsp; Slow steaming was introduced as a means of reducing operating costs. Modern container ships are designed to run at top speeds of about 25 knots.\u0026nbsp; Slow steaming meant reducing their speed to about 20 knots or lower.\u0026nbsp; When their speed is reduced the amount of fuel consumed per mile is reduced (e.g., a 20% decrease in speed results in about a 40% decrease in fuel consumption). \u0026nbsp;Maersk line, which is one of the pioneers of slow steaming, claims that in 2010, 73 percent of the Maersk Line fleet was slow steaming at engine loads below 40 percent and this saved around 2 million tons of CO\u003Csub\u003E2\u003C\/sub\u003E. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhile trade increased in 2010 and 2011, it remains well below what was expected before the 2009 drop.\u0026nbsp; Slow steaming may have worked for the container lines in 2010 to offset much of the losses that they incurred in 2009.\u0026nbsp; However, the $6 billion loss by the industry at the end of 2011 and the fact that the strategy is bad for the shippers are indications that this strategy is not sustainable.\u0026nbsp; Slow steaming lengthens the trips and which means more in-transit inventory for the shipper. The result for more expensive products is that the increase in inventory cost is significantly greater.\u0026nbsp; To make matters worse, many container shipping lines are adopting \u201csuper-slow steaming\u201d at speeds of 12 knots or about 14 miles per hour.\u0026nbsp; This more than doubles the in-transit inventory compared to running at 25 knots.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday about 60% of all containerized cargo from Asia enters the US from the west coast. From there it travels mostly by rail to points east for further distribution. The other 40% travels through the Panama Canal to east coast ports. This \u201call-water\u201d route is cheaper to the east coast but it takes 4 to 6 days longer and so shippers have more days of inventory in transit and thus higher inventory costs.\u0026nbsp; With the widening of the Panama Canal in 2014, liners are betting on further reducing the cost of by using the bigger ships on this route. And ports all over the east coast are racing and spending large amounts of money to ensure that they are ready for the big ships.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESo what should shippers do? \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGT\u2019s Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute professional education course on Transportation and Distribution, the first to be held in GT\u2019s Savannah campus, will give participants an overview of the complexities of transportation and distribution planning and educate them as to why this has become a critical corporate function. 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