63100 news 1291825126 1475896074 In a recent issue of Industrial Engineer, Professors Julie Swann and Ozlem Ergun were among a number of industrial engineers (IE) interviewed about the logistics of disaster response and the role of IEs in humanitarian relief. Recognizing that there is a lot of uncertainty when a disaster strikes, Swann and Ergun agree that you have to be adaptable in the humanitarian sector, even more so than in a traditional supply chain, because “you just have to figure out creative ways to get stuff where it needs to go” Click here to read the entire article.

]]> 2010-09-01T00:00:00-04:00 In a recent issue of Industrial Engineer, Professors Julie Swann and Ozlem Ergun were among a number of industrial engineers (IE) interviewed about the logistics of disaster response and the role of IEs in humanitarian relief. Recognizing that there is a lot of uncertainty when a disaster strikes, Swann and Ergun agree that you have to be adaptable in the humanitarian sector, even more so than in a traditional supply chain, because “you just have to figure out creative ways to get stuff where it needs to go” Click here to read the entire article.

]]> Barbara Christopher
Industrial and Systems Engineering
404.385.3102

]]> 1242 134 1242 109 11428 426 1237 1238