{"56542":{"#nid":"56542","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Touts International Logistics Master\u0027s Degree","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u0027s (ISyE) this week touted the success of its Executive Master\u0027s in International Logistics (EMIL) program in helping companies reduce global logistics costs and improve supply chain efficiencies by grooming their supply chain executives.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe 18-month EMIL master\u0027s program keeps key employees on-the-job while teaching them techniques for decreasing logistics costs and improving supply chain efficiencies. Courses are delivered through faculty lectures, industry speakers, case studies, group projects and company presentations. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022There was a lot of valuable networking with other companies,\u0022 said Chris Donnely, forward model planning manager for Ford Motor Co. \u0022We learned a lot about best practices from other organizations, which is an excellent source of ideas for rapid improvement.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EInstead of a master\u0027s thesis, EMIL participants complete an 18-month \u0022real-world\u0022 business project, tailored to add value to their sponsoring organizations. During international residences, participants also meet with government officials to discuss customs issues, taxes and trade agreements.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Participating in the EMIL program was a key decision in my career,\u0022 said Greg Easterlin, chief information officer and vice president of supply chain management for Millikin \u0026amp; Co. \u0022The program enhanced my knowledge to enable me to bring immediate and direct benefits to our organization, including reorganization of our supply chain, lead-time reductions, a significant reduction in inventory and the use of more analytical tools replacing intuition.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EISyE, which itself has been named as the top industrial engineering graduate program for 13 of the past 14 years by \u003Cem\u003EU.S. News and World Report\u003C\/em\u003E, noted that 50 percent of EMIL participants have an MBA, 15 percent are vice presidents, 45 percent are at a director level and most participants have 10 to 15 years of on-the-job experience. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I learned how to tie supply chain initiatives to financial benefits,\u0022 said John Kehoe, director of information technology for global supply chain for Baxter Healthcare. \u0022Now I have a better understanding of what lies behind supply chain software packages. It\u0027s helped demystify the software black box.\u0022\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the first schools of its type, ISyE was established in 1924. The EMIL program was instituted in 2002.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2004-02-19 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:15","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2004-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2004-02-19T00:00:00-05:00","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":""}}}