{"65161":{"#nid":"65161","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Julie Swann recommends logistical creativity for Japan\u2019s freight markets","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E(\u003Cem\u003EBloomberg\u003C\/em\u003E - March\n23, 2011) Microsoft Corp.\u2019s repair operations for Xbox units ground to a halt\nin Japan\u2019s Fukushima prefecture when the earthquake knocked out power. Then the\nlights came on to reveal another hurdle: Shipments of the game consoles had\nbeen impaired after the disaster two weeks ago. \u0022Navigating past\nquake-battered roads and bridges in the coming days may require some\ncreativity,\u0022 said Julie Swann, co- director of the Center for Health and\nHumanitarian Logistics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. \u201cYou\ncertainly try to look at alternate paths, maybe air or sea or bicycles --\nthings you wouldn\u2019t use in normal times,\u201d Swann said. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-03-23\/japan-misses-deliveries-as-xbox-shop-struggles-freight-markets.html\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to read the entire article. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E(\u003Cem\u003EBloomberg\u003C\/em\u003E - March\n23, 2011) Microsoft Corp.\u2019s repair operations for Xbox units ground to a halt\nin Japan\u2019s Fukushima prefecture when the earthquake knocked out power. Then the\nlights came on to reveal another hurdle: Shipments of the game consoles had\nbeen impaired after the disaster two weeks ago. \u0022Navigating past\nquake-battered roads and bridges in the coming days may require some\ncreativity,\u0022 said Julie Swann, co- director of the Center for Health and\nHumanitarian Logistics at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. \u201cYou\ncertainly try to look at alternate paths, maybe air or sea or bicycles --\nthings you wouldn\u2019t use in normal times,\u201d Swann said. \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-03-23\/japan-misses-deliveries-as-xbox-shop-struggles-freight-markets.html\u0022\u003EClick here\u003C\/a\u003E to read the entire article.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Julie Swann recommends logistical creativity for Japan\u2019s freight markets"}],"uid":"27328","created_gmt":"2011-03-25 13:05:01","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:26","author":"Edie Cohen","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-03-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-03-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"59923":{"id":"59923","type":"image","title":"Julie Swann","body":null,"created":"1449176239","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:19","changed":"1475894520","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:00","alt":"Julie Swann","file":{"fid":"191033","name":"Swann_Julie_-_Bust.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Swann_Julie_-_Bust_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Swann_Julie_-_Bust_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1755966,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Swann_Julie_-_Bust_1.jpg?itok=4IoZjqEy"}}},"media_ids":["59923"],"groups":[{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"11237","name":"Bloomberg"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"426","name":"isye"},{"id":"1237","name":"Julie Swann"}],"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":""}}}