{"56538":{"#nid":"56538","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Supply \u0026 Demand Chain Executive - \u0022Red Cross Reinforcing Supply Chain Skills\u0022","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ifrc.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies\u003C\/a\u003E is working to reinforce its supply chain by sending its officers through the Executive Master\u0027s in International Logistics (EMIL) program at Georgia Tech.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EThe EMIL program\u003C\/a\u003E was instituted in 2000 at Georgia Tech\u0027s Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering School as an international supply chain master\u0027s degree program designed to give executives skills to develop new solutions to improve supply chain efficiencies.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program has drawn participants from industry, but also from the nonprofit and government sectors, to learn about the latest supply chain trends and technologies, such as radio frequency identification (RFID).\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Since emergency situations are often precarious, I need to be as educated as possible on supply chain and logistics processes,\u0022 said Heidi Cerrud, current EMIL participant and procurement officer at a regional logistics unit for the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Participating in the program has expanded my global network and helped me identify several potential alliance partners. Through these alliances and EMIL program content, the Red Cross is jump starting its new emergency operations strategies that utilize revenue management and RFID.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program said it offers a \u0022hands-on\u0022 learning environment where participants complete in-class assignments within the context of the current business environment, and also take part in a global project.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022It is the program participant\u0027s genuine interest in improving the supply chain and the cohesive work environment that make the EMIL program so attractive,\u0022 said Dr. John Vande Vate, EMIL executive director. \u0022When you bring together motivated executives from the world\u0027s leading organizations to learn and to problem-solve, the environment becomes intoxicating and the results are limitless.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2004-04-22 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:15","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2004-04-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"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":""}}}