{"57619":{"#nid":"57619","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bees, Order Picking and Self-Organizing Logistics Systems","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESupply Chain Digest\u003C\/em\u003E - July 6, 2007\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo what is \u0022self-organizing logistics?\u0022  Well, it has something to do, literally, with the birds and the bees, or I guess the bees and the ants.  Somehow, Dr. \u003Cstrong\u003EJohn Bartholdi\u003C\/strong\u003E observes, bees in the hive are able to run incredibly effective \u0022logistics\u0022 operations, without the benefit of software, pick-to-light systems, or even RFID.  In fact, they don\u0027t even have a boss.  The queen gets treated royally, but she doesn\u0027t tell the drones what to do.  To read the complete article, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scdigest.com\/assets\/FirstThoughts\/07-07-06.php?cid=1110\u0022\u003Ewww.scdigest.com\/assets\/FirstThoughts\/07-07-06.php?cid=1110\u003C\/a\u003E   \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2007-07-06 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:32","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2007-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2007-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","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":""}}}