{"57506":{"#nid":"57506","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech To Open Logistics Center in Costa Rica","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGlobal Atlanta\u003C\/em\u003E - June 19, 2009\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech\u0027s Don Ratliff discusses the new logistics center in Costa Rica. The Georgia Institute of Technology on Aug. 20 will open a center in aimed at improving foreign trade by helping companies there get products to market faster and more efficiently. The Georgia Tech Trade Chain Innovation and\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\nProductivity\n\n\nCenter , which will be located in \n\n\nSan Jose , is designed to teach graduate students and company executives how to improve supply chains and logistics. It will also serve as a research center in those fields, said Don Ratliff, executive director of Tech\u0027s Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute...  \u0022Supply chains and logistics are fundamental to trade,\u0022 said Dr. Ratliff. \u0022It would be impossible for anyone to be good at trade that doesn\u0027t have good supply chain and logistics capabilities.\u0022   \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/17407\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.globalatlanta.com\/article\/17407\/\u003C\/a\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2009-06-19 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:25","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-06-19T00:00:00-04:00","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":""}}}