{"57549":{"#nid":"57549","#data":{"type":"news","title":"MONITORING ATLANTA\u0027S ECONOMIC HEALTH: TRANSPORT OF GOODS: A rolling recession","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E \u003Cem\u003EAtlanta Journal-Constitution\u003C\/em\u003E - December 14, 2008\u003Cbr \/\u003E. . .Atlanta was founded as a \u0022Terminus\u0022 for a southeastern railroad and has been building on that heritage ever since. Railroad engineers may not have used the word \u0022logistics\u0022 or even heard of \u0022supply chain\u0022 when they built the railroad here in the 1830s and 1840s. But they would have understood what it meant: Engineering the crucial movement of goods, efficiently and cheaply, from one place to another. They also knew that it was the backbone of business. Companies such as PETCO and Averitt want to be near Atlanta\u0027s massive highway system, the world\u0027s busiest passenger airport, the Savannah and Brunswick ports, and Georgia Tech, which produces highly qualified industrial engineers for logistics companies. There\u0027s also strong consumer demand from the population of metro Atlanta, not to mention companies such as UPS and Home Depot that are supply-chain-centered.  \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/services\/content\/2008\/12\/14\/logistsect.html?cxntlid=inform_sr\u0022\u003ERead more\u0026gt;\u0026gt;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2008-12-14 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:29","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-12-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2008-12-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"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":""}}}