{"63205":{"#nid":"63205","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2011 EMIL-SCS Class Studies Latin American Logistics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMoving quickly through its eighteen-month program, the\nEMIL-SCS Class of 2011 recently completed its third residence.\u0026nbsp; This installment, the Latin American\nresidence, began in Panama City, Panama, included a first-time visit to Lima,\nPeru, and then concluded with site visits in Sao Paulo, Campinas and Santos,\nBrazil. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class began its residence in Panama City with a course\nin fundamental theory about the region.\u0026nbsp; Patrice\nFranko, Grossman Professor of Economics and International Studies at Colby\nCollege, presented an overview of Latin America from a geopolitical and socio-economic\nperspective.\u0026nbsp; Once the regional framework\nwas set, the class heard from John Bartholdi, Manhattan Associates chair and\nprofessor of supply chain and logistics at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; Bartholdi lectured on warehouse optimization,\nfacility design, IT systems, and software to enhance order fulfillment and\ndistribution.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the two days of intense lecture, the class was ready\nto get out and experience Panama City and the Colon Free Trade Zone.\u0026nbsp; First visiting was Manzanillo\nInternational Terminal (MIT) Logistics Park site, the class learned the\nimportance of MIT throughout Central America with an emphasis on port\noperations and performance metrics, rail integration and its support of the\nPanama Canal and the canal railway, and intermodal truck operations.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom the MIT offices, the class traveled\nto J.Cain \u0026amp; Company, a third-party warehouse service provider located\non the campus of MIT.\u0026nbsp; J. Cain presented\nan overview of the facility and discussed the benefits of being located within\nthe MIT Logistics Park and the benefits and challenges of being inside the\nColon Free Trade Zone.\u0026nbsp; The last\nessential site visit in Panama was the Panama Canal Authority, where the\nstudents learned the rich history of building the Panama Canal, as well as the\ndetailed future plans to expand the canal by 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThat evening the class boarded a plane to Lima, Peru,\na first-time visit for the EMIL-SCS program.\u0026nbsp;\nThe class began its Lima visit in the classroom with part two of Bartholdi\u2019s\nwarehouse optimization discussion. Following the lecture, the class made its first\nsite visit in Lima to Ransa, an integrated logistics service provider.\u0026nbsp; Ransa provided an overview of its port\noperation logistics services, with a focus on facilitating trade into and out\nof Lima in support of the mining, retail, consumer, and cold chain\nindustries.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class began its second day in Lima with a lecture from\nMaria Rey Marston, senior lecturer in the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics\nInstitute at Georgia Tech and executive director of the Center for Emerging Logistics\n\u0026amp; Supply Chains. Marston spoke on logistics and supply chain management in\nLatin America, with a specific focus on infrastructure needs and understanding\nthe Latin American consumer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThat afternoon the class went to Alicorp, a company dedicated to the preparation of mass\nconsumption products, industrial supplies, and animal nutrition food.\u0026nbsp; The company presented an overview and then\ntook the class on a tour of the plant and distribution center.\u0026nbsp; The final site visit in Lima was to Jorge\nChaves International Airport for an operational overview of their import -\nexport processes, custom regulations, and the cold chain supply chain\nsupporting fresh fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The class left Lima and flew\nto Cuzco, Peru, where they visited Machu Picchu over the weekend to tour the\nInca ruins.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class began the second week of its residence in Sao\nPaulo, Brazil, with Lars Meyer Sanches, PhD, LALT\/UNICAMP, Laboratory of Apprenticeship\non Logistics and Transportation. Sanches gave an overview of Brazil,\nspecifically addressing logistics and supply chain challenges and\nopportunities, contract logistics, and managing corporate taxes in Brazil.\u0026nbsp; Later that day the class met with Antonio\nGrandini, Brazilian supply chain and logistics consultant, who presented an\noverview on tax strategies in Brazil, as well as case studies on Landed Cost Models used\nto offset the impact of the Brazilian Tax Regime.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom Sao Paulo, the class took a bus trip to Campinas,\nBrazil, to meet with Dell Hortolandia for a site visit and a discussion on\nlogistics issues and opportunities working with customs in Brazil, outbound\nshipping to other countries within Latin America and to non-Latin American\nregions, and ocean\/air inbound and outbound shipments.\u0026nbsp; Following the Dell visit, the class toured\nViracopos\/Campinas Airport Infraero, a customs bonded import-export\nfacility.\u0026nbsp; As a major hub, Viracopos\nutilizes express lanes for courier traffic, which are exceptionally quick and\nless-bureaucratic for Brazilian standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe third day in Brazil included a visit to the Port of\nSantos for a harbor tour and overview of the Port of\nSantos and its role in support of containerized ocean cargo into and out of\nBrazil.\u0026nbsp; While visiting the Port of\nSantos, the class got the chance to board an incoming ocean vessel out\nin the harbor and transit with the ship into the Port of Santos.\u0026nbsp; The class also visited with ELOG-Columbia,\nwhere they received an overview of EADI Bonded\nWarehousing and took a look at the 3PL industry in Brazil.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the last day of the residence,\nthe students visited GM Automotive Industrial Complex in Sao Paulo.\u0026nbsp;\nThe class learned about the economic foot print of GM in Sao\nPaulo - Brazil- Latin America, as well as: factors influencing GM\u2019s choice of\nSao Paulo as a location and the current advantages\/disadvantages of being\nlocated in Sao Paulo; the participation of suppliers in the site and how that\ninfluences logistics and procurement practices; the sales process (internet vs.\ndealers); how the internet process influences the production processes; finished\nvehicle distribution including modes of transportation and tax considerations;\nand post sales and service, highlighting which models they run in Brazil and where\nand how they serve Latin America.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe next destination for the EMIL-SCS Class of 2011 is\nResidence IV in Asia.\u0026nbsp; The class will be traveling to Seoul, South Korea;\nShanghai, China; and Hong Kong from February 20 \u2013 March 3, 2011.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003Efor\nmore on the EMIL-SCS program or contact Erin Howlette at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:erin.howlette@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eerin.howlette@isye.gatech.edu.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMoving quickly through its eighteen-month program, the\nEMIL-SCS Class of 2011 recently completed its third residence.\u0026nbsp; This installment, the Latin American\nresidence, began in Panama City, Panama, included a first-time visit to Lima,\nPeru, and then concluded with site visits in Sao Paulo, Campinas and Santos,\nBrazil\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2011 EMIL-SCS Class Studies Latin American Logistics"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2010-12-16 13:55:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:54","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-12-16T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"63250":{"id":"63250","type":"image","title":"Class tours Alicorp in Lima, Peru","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Class tours Alicorp in Lima, Peru","file":{"fid":"191790","name":"EMIL_2011_Res_III_Alicorp.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Alicorp_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Alicorp_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3734054,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Alicorp_0.jpg?itok=eHqE1lj4"}},"63251":{"id":"63251","type":"image","title":"Inca ruins in Machu Picchu","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Inca ruins in Machu Picchu","file":{"fid":"191791","name":"EMIL_2011_Res_III_Inca_Ruins.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Inca_Ruins_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Inca_Ruins_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":3543220,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Inca_Ruins_0.jpg?itok=JAR_Gqaa"}},"63253":{"id":"63253","type":"image","title":"Class visiting the Miraflores Locks in Panama City, Panama.","body":null,"created":"1449176668","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:04:28","changed":"1475894554","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:34","alt":"Class visiting the Miraflores Locks in Panama City, Panama.","file":{"fid":"191792","name":"EMIL_2011_Res_III_Miraflores.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Miraflores_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Miraflores_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1923348,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/EMIL_2011_Res_III_Miraflores_0.jpg?itok=o2eLOMsl"}}},"media_ids":["63250","63251","63253"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11474","name":"2011 EMIL-SCS"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"11475","name":"Residence III"}],"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":""}}}