{"56537":{"#nid":"56537","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Professor Named One The Nation\u0027s Top Five Logistics Professionals","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u0027s (ISyE) EMIL (Executive Master International Logistics) program, a master\u0027s degree program that helps the world\u0027s leading companies develop creative, global logistics solutions by grooming their supply chain executives, announced today that Dr. C. John Langley, one of the elite program\u0027s founding fathers, was chosen by a blue ribbon panel of the Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Forum Advisory Board as one of this year\u0027s best-in-class logistics leaders.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECriteria for selection was based on the ability of these individuals to not only endure during unusually challenging economic times, but to prevail, creating value in a highly competitive market environment. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis Year\u0027s Winners Are: \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EC. John Langley, Jr., Ph.D.\u003C\/strong\u003E, The Logistics Institute (TLI) Professor of Supply Chain Management and Director of Supply Chain Management Executive Programs at The Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBob Brescia\u003C\/strong\u003E, Vice President, Logistics, Michelin North America of Greenville, South Carolina.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETerry Begley\u003C\/strong\u003E, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Information Technology and Quality, Eastman Chemical Co., Nashville, Tennessee.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMichael Heschel\u003C\/strong\u003E, Executive Vice President - Information Systems and Services, Kroger Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESteve McAlexander\u003C\/strong\u003E, Vice President, Logistics, Borders Group Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe winners were honored and received their awards aboard the Norwegian Dawn cruise ship during its sailing on May 10-13 at the 2004 Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Forum.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003EAbout EMIL\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the first schools of its type, Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering was established in 1924 and has produced outstanding leaders in industry, government, and academia. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EThe EMIL program\u003C\/a\u003E was instituted in 2000 and has become the premier international supply chain master\u0027s degree program in the world. Focused on creating value for program participants and company sponsors through real-world supply chain education and solutions; EMIL helps Fortune 500 companies, and their international equivalents, develop creative new solutions to improve supply chain efficiencies by grooming their supply chain executives. For more information on EMIL and how to become a participant, please e-mail \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:emil@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eemil@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E or visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\u0022 title=\u0022www.emil.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewww.emil.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2004-06-07 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:15","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"56347","name":"EMIL"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}