{"60601":{"#nid":"60601","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EMIL-SCS Class Studies European Logistics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs World Cup Soccer was capturing the attention of people\naround the globe, the internationally diverse Executive Masters in\nInternational Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Strategy (EMIL-SCS) class of 2011\nwas globe-trotting on its second residence from June 13 through June 24, 2010.\u0026nbsp;\nVisiting Eastern Europe, the class began the residence in Cologne,\nGermany, with Dr. Andreas Staab, founder and director of the European Policy\nInformation Center and author of \u003Cem\u003EThe European Union Explained\u003C\/em\u003E. Providing\na historical overview of European integration, Staab\u2019s objective was to help\nthe students understand the historical, political, and cultural factors that\nshaped the integration and evolution of relationships among European countries\nand between the European Union (EU) and its members.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next day the class heard from Professor Owen Darbishire,\nfrom Pembroke College in Oxford, who lectured on different labor and employment\nmodels in the US, EU, and Japan with a focus on the different constraints they\nimpose and opportunities they create. \u0026nbsp;Following Darbishire\u2019s presentation, Jeanny\nWildi-Yune, managing director of the recently launched Kuehne Logistics\nUniversity in Hamburg, provided an overview of the new program.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAfter two intense days of theory, the class had their first\nbus trip and site visit to the Rotterdam Port Authority where they received a\npresentation on intermodal and rail connections and toured the ECT Delta\nContainer Terminal.\u0026nbsp; On their last day in\nCologne, the\nclass visited Kraftverkehr Nagel, a German family-owned food-logistics company.\u0026nbsp; The company presented on over-the-road transportation and cold\nchain in Europe. Focusing on the competitive landscape, the presentation\nincluded national carriers and European players and the influences of Central\nand Eastern European (CEE) competitors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat evening\nthe class flew to Munich, where they met with Norbert Jungmichel from Systain\nConsulting, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Otto Group, a major German\nretailer.\u0026nbsp; Jungmichel discussed environmental issues in the\nsupply chain, such as the extent to which customers are willing to pay more for\nmore sustainable products and services, as well as the lack of a single\ninternational standard for measuring carbon footprint and the uncertainty and\ncomplexity this imposes on investment and sourcing decisions.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ELater that afternoon\nthe class traveled to Audi in Ingolstadt, where they learned about\nAudi\u2019s order-to-delivery process and were treated to a tour of the plant. Their\nvisit included an open discussion of in-bound logistics with examples from\nlocal sequenced suppliers, as well as suppliers in CEE and North Africa and as\ndistant as Asia and America. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EMany of the evenings and weekend days were spent watching\nthe World Cup.\u0026nbsp; This was especially\nenjoyable with a class from all parts of the world.\u0026nbsp; After a weekend of soccer, the class traveled\nto Krakow, Poland, where they re-visited Dr. Staab for a review of their\nprevious session and a discussion of the financial crisis, sovereign debt\nissues, as well as other political and economic issues.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom there the class took a bus to Krakowski Park\nTechnologiczny, a company that supports\ntechnological and entrepreneurial development of Ma\u0142opolska Region and promotes\ninnovativeness and new technologies.\u0026nbsp;\nWhile there, the class met with two additional companies: UPM,\none of the world\u2019s leading forest products groups, which discussed their\nbusiness processes for outsourcing, and Sabre Holdings, a merchandising and\nretailer of travel products that provides distribution and technology solutions\nfor the travel industry, which discussed their latest in research and\ndevelopment. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir final site visit was taken by train to WSK \u0022PZL \u2013\nRzesz\u00f3w,\u0022 one of the leading players in the Central Europe aerospace\nindustry. They presented an overview\nof one of the most remarkable stories of enterprise transformation and\nleadership \u2013 the evolution and restructuring of WSK\n\u0022PLZ-Rzesz\u00f3w\u0022 S.A from the \u201cSolidarity\u201d movement of 1980 and the\nsubsequent break with Soviet Union through today.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; They also discussed the development of the\nAviation Valley in southeastern Poland.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next destination for the EMIL-SCS Class of 2011 is\nResidence III in Latin America.\u0026nbsp; The class will be traveling from September 10\n\u2013 24, 2010.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EFor more on the EMIL-SCS Program, contact Erin\nHowlette at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:erin.howlette@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eerin.howlette@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\nor visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAs World Cup Soccer was capturing the attention of people\naround the globe, the internationally diverse Executive Masters in\nInternational Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain Strategy class of 2011\nwas globe-trotting through Eastern Europe on its second residence, June 13 through June 24, 2010.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"EMIL-SCS Class Studies European Logistics"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2010-08-25 13:13:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:19","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-08-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60555":{"id":"60555","type":"image","title":"2011 EMIL Class visits Audi in Ingolstadt, Germany, during its second residence","body":null,"created":"1449176281","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:58:01","changed":"1475894525","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:05","alt":"2011 EMIL Class visits Audi in Ingolstadt, Germany, during its second residence","file":{"fid":"191157","name":"CO2011-Europe-Group-Audi.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CO2011-Europe-Group-Audi_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/CO2011-Europe-Group-Audi_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":105178,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/CO2011-Europe-Group-Audi_1.jpg?itok=Uos-6T1f"}}},"media_ids":["60555"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10478","name":"EMIL ISyE"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"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 \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":""}}}