{"470841":{"#nid":"470841","#data":{"type":"event","title":"SCL Course: Pre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE DESCRIPTION\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERelief requirements for public health and humanitarian events are in general both unknown in size and type, and are affected by dynamic and hard to measure factors such as geographic location, local economy, infrastructure, social and political conditions, etc. Preparing for long-term development and response to emergent events often involves uncertainty in timing, scope, or scale. Pre-planning for these situations requires an understanding of forecasting, distribution network design, and strategies for managing the uncertainty. This course will examine methods and models for making pre-planning decisions and explore the significant value that is obtained through informed decision-making in advance of an unpredictable event.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWHO SHOULD ATTEND\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETactical and strategic members of non-governmental organizations and\u0026nbsp;private corporations involved in the humanitarian relief efforts, U.S. federal government employees, U.S. state or local government employees, humanitarian foundation members, program managers, directors of field operations, disaster relief managers, director of logistics and inventory, and logistics officers\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EHOW YOU WILL BENEFIT\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDevelop and apply analytical models to aid in distribution and routing decisions under uncertain conditions.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EIdentify and apply the appropriate forecasting technique considering characteristics such as seasonality and trends.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EProvide immediate impact to their organization through learnings gained from applied and real-world case studies.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ELearn to bring NGOs, businesses or government entities together to enhance collaboration, cooperation and communication.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDiscover current trends and procedures to help their organizations and team members get ahead and stay ahead of the curve.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBuild a critical knowledge base to make tactical decisions around inventory, routing and distribution.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDeliver best-practices to measure and evaluate outcomes of humanitarian relief efforts.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EUltimately transform the humanitarian sector with increased capacity to participate in planning and strategic decision-making for effective supply chain management.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003EWHAT IS COVERED\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EPre-Course Activities (2.5 hrs) - Online via HELIX platform\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nClassroom Activities (2 days) - Georgia Tech Global Learning Center\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENOTE: Pre-course activities will conducted online using the HELIX online learning management system. Access instructions will be provided to registrants when details become available.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EPre-Course Activities - Conducted online via HELIX\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDistribution Network Design \u0026ndash; 2 hours\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EForecasting \u0026ndash; 1.5 hours\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EClassroom Activities\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDay 1\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EOverview of Systems Design for Humantiarian Logistics\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EDistribution and Network Design\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPre-positioning\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDay 2\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EForecasting\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EManaging Uncertainty\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE MATERIALS\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EProvided\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EParticipants receive readings, case studies, spreadsheet files, and lecture slides, and will be given access to the pre-course web-based activities.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERecommended\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EStudents need a laptop with Microsoft Excel and the ability to connect to a high-speed internet connection (internet access is provided for onsite portions of course).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ESTUDENT REQUIREMENTS\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents need a laptop with Microsoft Excel and the ability to connect to a high-speed internet connection (internet access is provided for onsite portions of course).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003ECOURSE PREREQUISITES\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor those interested in earning the Health and Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Certificate,\u0026nbsp;this course is the first\u0026nbsp;of the three-course certificate program. To earn the certificate, participants must register and complete the following courses within three years:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Col\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPre-planning Strategy for Health and Humanitarian Organizations\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/education\/professional-education\/course\/humtdm\u0022\u003ETactical Decision Making in Public Health and Humanitarian Response\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/education\/professional-education\/course\/humso\u0022\u003ESystems Operations in Health and Humanitarian Response\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch4\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECOURSE INSTRUCTORS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/julie-swann\u0022\u003EJulie Swann\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/ozlem-ergun\u0022\u003EOzlem Ergun\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/users\/pinar-keskinocak\u0022\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDuring this course, examine methods and models for making preplanning decisions and explore the significant value that is obtained through informed decision-making in advance of an unpredictable event or long-term development.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Explore the significant value that is obtained through informed decision-making in advance of an unpredictable event or long-term development"}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2015-11-17 15:45:15","changed_gmt":"2019-10-21 12:53:59","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-05-09T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2016-05-10T22:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-05-10T22:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-05-09 17:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-05-11 02:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-05-11 02:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/humpps","title":"Course webpage within the SCL website"},{"url":"https:\/\/pe.gatech.edu\/courses\/pre-planning-strategy-for-health-and-humanitarian-organizations","title":"Course registration page"}],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"10377","name":"Career\/Professional development"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Einfo@scl.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}