{"68955":{"#nid":"68955","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Health Lean Logistics, USA Joins Georgia Tech\u2019s Leaders in Logistics Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHealth\nLean Logistics (HLL), USA, has joined the Georgia Tech Supply Chain \u0026amp;\nLogistics Institute\u2019s (SCL) Leaders in Logistics program.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0026nbsp;\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more pleased with our ongoing working relationship with\nGeorgia Tech and the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute which enables us to\nleverage our mutual expertise, strengthening our respective leadership\npositions,\u201d said Dr. Albert Tarrats, Founder and CEO of HLL, USA.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe\nlook forward to our continued collaboration on joint projects within the\nAtlanta metro area and the global marketplace, as we expand our international\nfootprint.\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nLeaders in Logistics is a unique opportunity for business and governmental\norganizations engaged in supply chain and logistics practice to partner and\ninteract with SCL\u2019s faculty and graduate students.\u0026nbsp; The core component of\nLeaders in Logistics partnership is in-context research, generating new knowledge,\nnew tools, and new insights related to a topic of interest and importance to\nthe industry partner.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHLL, USA will be working with Dr. Amar Ramudhin, director of Supply Chain\nManagement Technology at SCL, on a year-long project to review HLL\u2019s diagnosis\nmethodology for adaption to U.S. hospitals and practices.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u201cWe are delighted to count HLL as the newest member of our Leaders in Logistics\nprogram,\u201d Dr. Ramudhin commented.\u0026nbsp; \u201cWe see healthcare logistics as a key\narea for the Institute, one that will grow significantly over the next few\nyears.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nHLL, a pioneer in the design, implementation and management of solutions for\nlogistics and procurement in the health sector, has developed a system to\nmanage the consumption and supply of materials in healthcare facilities. The\nHLL system features innovative solutions for healthcare logistics that\nultimately creates cost savings for its healthcare facility clients.\u0026nbsp;\nThrough its new Atlanta headquarters, HLL, USA has access to one of the\nnation\u2019s key logistics hubs and is positioned in a region growing in prominence\nfor its leadership in the bioscience and healthcare sectors.\u0026nbsp; HLL also has\nextensive sector expertise, having provided solutions to more than 80 hospitals\nin Portugal, Brazil, Chile, Panama and Spain, managing a global volume of over\n300 million euros.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nSCL, a unit of the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering at Georgia Tech, provides global leadership for research and\neducation in supply chain engineering.\u0026nbsp; While SCL has resources and programs\nin supply chain management, its primary focus is on development of new tools\nfor analysis, design and management of logistics processes, and new concepts\nand strategies for the practice of supply chain engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHealth Lean Logistics (HLL), USA has joined the Georgia Tech Supply\n    Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute\u2019s (SCL) Leaders in Logistics\n    program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-26 16:34:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:48","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69102":{"id":"69102","type":"image","title":"standing L to R: Jose Ignacio Gonzalez (Exec. 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