{"57935":{"#nid":"57935","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EMIL-SCS Welcomes the Class of 2011, Its Most International Class","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the 2010 Executive Masters in International Logistics \u2013\nSupply Chain Strategy (\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EEMIL-SCS\u003C\/a\u003E) class was completing its final residence in\nMarch and preparing for graduation in May, the 2011 class met for its first\nresidence in April.\u0026nbsp; Meeting for\nResidence I on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta, Georgia, the all-male class is\nthe most international in the history of the EMIL-SCS program.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Of the sixteen students that comprise the class, twenty-five\npercent are from Europe, twenty-five percent are from Latin America, six\npercent are from Asia, and forty-four percent are from the United States.\u0026nbsp; The EMIL-SCS program views the class diversity as a benefit to the program and the class itself as students face the global\nlogistics and supply chain issues they are expected to encounter during their\nEMIL-SCS journey.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Residence I, which some EMIL-SCS alumni affectionately refer\nto as the \u201cboot camp\u201d residence, was taught by several members of Georgia Tech\nfaculty and adjunct faculty with expertise in specific logistics and supply\nchain strategy areas pertinent to the industries the student body represents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;During week one, the\nclass received instruction from Stephen Timme and Ed Frazelle, adjunct professors\nin the \u0026nbsp;H. Milton Stewart School of\nIndustrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE),\u0026nbsp;\nand Martin Savelsbergh and John Vande Vate, ISyE professors. Timme, co-founder\nand CEO\/president of FinListics\u003Csup\u003E\u00ae\u003C\/sup\u003E Solutions, taught Supply Chain\nFinance, and Frazelle, founding director of the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics\nInstitute (SCL) at Georgia Tech and president and CEO of Logistics Resources\nInternational, guided the class through an intense and interactive Supply Chain\nStrategy workshop. Savelsbergh and John Vande Vate introduced the class to\nAnalytics. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Balancing coursework with play, the class met over the\nweekend for a Braves game. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;This made\nfor great fun since one of the students from Jakarta, Indonesia, had never\nheard of baseball (though he is an avid NASCAR fan).\u0026nbsp; The class bonded instantly upon meeting each\nother and enjoyed their first outing together.\u0026nbsp;\nThe EMIL-SCS experience will provide the class with many more\nopportunities to socialize during the eighteen-month program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;Week two brought its share of theoretical intensity. ISyE Associate Professor Anton\nKleywegt led the session on Revenue Management, and College of Management Associate Professor Mark Ferguson taught the\nsession on Inventory Management.\u0026nbsp; The\nnext session of the week was an overview of the 3PL industry taught by John\nLangley, ISyE professor and director of Supply Chain Executive Programs.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJust as the students were becoming a bit\noverwhelmed, relief was offered.\u0026nbsp; At the\nbeginning of the residence, the class had been asked to complete the #1 \u003Cem\u003EWall Street Journal\u003C\/em\u003E\nand #1 \u003Cem\u003EBusinessWeek\u003C\/em\u003E bestseller \u003Cem\u003EStrengthsFinder 2.0\u003C\/em\u003E assessment.\u0026nbsp; This best-selling book and individualized\npersonal assessment provides an in-depth look at a person\u2019s strengths and how\nto best utilize those strengths within the workplace.\u0026nbsp; Upon completion of the assessment, the class\nwas joined by Karla Brandau from Improving Human Capital, LLC, for a fun and\nthought-provoking session on how to understand and focus on individual\nstrengths, making the student more powerful and promotable.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;The final chapter of the residence was to form the Global\nSupply Chain Project teams..With the guidance of EMIL-SCS executive director, John\nVande Vate, and managing director, Greg Andrews, the class formed five teams\nthat range in industries from retail to 3PL\u2019s.\u0026nbsp;\nWhen the class meets again for Residence II, the Global Project Teams\nwill provide project updates now that their projects have begun to take shape.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class will meet again from June 13 through the 24, 2010,\nfor Residence II in Europe.\u0026nbsp; While there,\nthe class will visit Cologne and Munich, Germany, during week one and complete\nthe residence in Krakow, Poland.\u0026nbsp; The\nEMIL-SCS program is excited about the newest members of the EMIL-SCS family and\neagerly anticipates the next eighteen months while they take on the unique\nEMIL-SCS academic and socialization experience.\u0026nbsp;\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs the 2010 Executive Masters in International Logistics -Supply Chain Strategy (EMIL-SCS) class was completing its final \nresidence in\nMarch and preparing for graduation in May, the 2011 class met for its \nfirst\nresidence in April.\u0026nbsp; Meeting for\nResidence I on the Georgia Tech campus in Atlanta, Georgia, the all-male\n class is\nthe most international in the history of the EMIL-SCS program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"EMIL-SCS Welcomes the Class of 2011, Its Most International Class"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2010-06-07 13:36:04","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:43","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"57934":{"id":"57934","type":"image","title":"2011 EMIL-SCS class takes break from intensity of classroom to enjoy a Braves game.","body":null,"created":"1449176194","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:56:34","changed":"1475894510","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:50","alt":"2011 EMIL-SCS class takes break from intensity of classroom to enjoy a Braves game.","file":{"fid":"190733","name":"CO-2011-RI-Braves.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CO-2011-RI-Braves_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CO-2011-RI-Braves_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1723713,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CO-2011-RI-Braves_0.jpg?itok=f7kEfIL4"}}},"media_ids":["57934"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7861","name":"EMIL-SCS"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"167077","name":"scl"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:barbara.christopher@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara\n\n \nChristopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}