{"69308":{"#nid":"69308","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EMIL-SCS Class of 2011 Completes Fifth and Final Residence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Executive Masters in International Logistics \u0026amp;\nSupply Chain Strategy (EMIL-SCS) class of 2011, completed its fifth and final\nresidence, May 15 - 26 in Louisville, KY, Columbus, OH, and Atlanta, GA, and\nthey graduated with a Master\u2019s in International Logistics on August 5, 2011. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis residence focused on manufacturing, logistics\ninfrastructure in the Americas, and NAFTA-US-Mexico trade agreements.\u0026nbsp; The students began the first week in Louisville,\nKY with a two-day course taught by Dr. Mark Spearman, founder, president, and\nchief executive officer of Factory Physics, Inc.\u0026nbsp; The course covered Factory Physics, Inc.\u2019s techniques\nwithin the four walls of manufacturing with the objective of removing\nconstraints, improving throughput, and improving productivity.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn day-two, the class visited UPS Worldport Hub for a discussion\nwith UPS-SCS.\u0026nbsp; The class took an\noperations tour and reviewed a case study on end of runway fulfillment.\u0026nbsp; Additionally, UPS-SCS presented an overview\non their global service capabilities.\u0026nbsp;\nOnce that portion ended, the class began a tour of UPS Worldport\nHUB.\u0026nbsp; Worldport serves all major,\ndomestic, and international hubs, and tours can only take place between 12:00 a.m.\nand 2:00 a.m. to view and understand the operational footprint of an integrated\ncarrier-forwarder involved in the domestic and international movement of small\npackage, parcel, hundred weight, palletized heavyweight and ground\nfreight.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom Louisville, the class boarded a bus to Columbus, Ohio.\u0026nbsp; There they toured Limited Brands and\nparticipated in a site visit and supply chain discussion on DC operations (in,\nout, returns), labor and service management, benchmarking metrics, and an\noverview on their DTC delivery network.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEMIL-SCS alumna Maria Rey (MS IL 2002), executive director of the Latin\nAmerican Logistics Center, provided two half-days of instruction.\u0026nbsp; On her first day of instruction, Rey provided\na close look into the Mexican consumer, current geopolitical issues\ninfluencing and shaping logistics and supply chain management in Mexico, the\ncurrent economic climate in Mexico with special attention on near-shoring and\nthe migration of manufacturing back into Mexico, Mexico\u2019s role in Central and South\nAmerica, and risks and promises of doing business in Mexico.\u0026nbsp; On day two, Rey discussed the scope,\nimplemented areas, and pending issues of the NAFTA Agreement. She also reviewed\nthe benefits of Maquiladoras and the challenges within cross-border supply\nchains.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPrior to leaving Columbus, the class toured Longaberger\nCraft Company, discussing their product portfolio, sourcing strategies for raw\nmaterials, manufacturing and production, distribution, direct to consumer\nchannel, and transportation and logistics strategies.\u0026nbsp; The class also visited with Rickenbacker\nInland Port to view an Inland Intermodal Facility utilizing air, rail, and truck\nmodes of transportation combined with foreign trade zone, distribution, and warehousing\noperations.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class then returned to the Georgia Tech campus in\nAtlanta to present their global projects to the EMIL-SCS staff and advisory\nboard, and complete the final course work of the program. In lieu of a\ntraditional master\u0027s thesis, the student executives participate in a team based\nglobal supply chain project.\u0026nbsp;\nParticipants are encouraged to tackle projects with a minimum impact of\n$1,000,000. \u0026nbsp;The projects give students\nan opportunity to gain knowledge through the EMIL-SCS academic curriculum\ngarnered over the 18 month program and apply those resources to a critical\nsupply chain concern specific to their sponsoring companies.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWith coursework ongoing through their presentations, the\nstudents received instruction from Shijie Deng, associate professor in the H.\nMilton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), who\nprovided the students with a general introduction into the concepts of risk\nmanagement in the financial and operational aspects of logistics and supply\nchain management.\u0026nbsp; Jim Kellso, supply\nchain strategist with Intel Corporation and former EMIL-SCS advisory board\nchair, gave a presentation on supply chain innovation, optimization\/customer\nalignment, and transformation. John Campi, managing partner with Genesis\nManagement Group LLC, presented global sourcing strategies to mitigate and\nreduce risk in the supply chain. Lee Marston, a research fellow, with the\nInformation Systems Research Centre at the Cranfield University School of\nManagement, gave a review of supply chain technology, highlighting how to build\nIT\/SCM organizational capability, IT-enabled SCM innovation, and the future of\nlogistics and SCM technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe last two site visits for the class were to Ciba Vision\nand Norfolk Southern.\u0026nbsp; At Ciba Vision,\nthey were given an overview and presentation of the pharmaceutical industry and\nmanufacturing optical lenses.\u0026nbsp;\nSpecifically, they discussed manufacturing and research, FDA compliance\nand regulations, and distribution and fulfillment.\u0026nbsp; The class also went on a manufacturing\ntour.\u0026nbsp; Lastly, at\u0026nbsp; Norfolk Southern Intermodal yard in Austell,\nGeorgia, the class learned about intermodal trends in the U.S., Cofc versus\nTofc volume, interchange agreements with UPSP-BNSF, involvement with\ndevelopment of railroad in emerging markets, capacity and volume constraint\nissues, capital investment plans for relief efforts, security concerns, and\ngreen-sustainability initiatives that are currently underway. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ECongratulations EMIL-SCS class of 2011.\u0026nbsp; The EMIL-SCS program and ISyE are extremely\nproud of the newest group of alumni and excited about their future, as well as\nthe continued networking and partnership opportunities with both the alumni and\ntheir sponsoring companies.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more about the EMIL-SCS program, visit their website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Executive Masters in International Logistics \u0026amp;\nSupply Chain Strategy (EMIL-SCS) class of 2011, completed its fifth and final\nresidence, May 15 - 26 in Louisville, KY, Columbus, OH, and Atlanta, GA, and\nthey graduated with a Master\u2019s in International Logistics on August 5, 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-08-15 12:23:52","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:55","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69309":{"id":"69309","type":"image","title":"Group photo of the class lecture with Dr. Mark Spearman","body":null,"created":"1449177252","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:12","changed":"1475894606","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:26","alt":"Group photo of the class lecture with Dr. Mark Spearman","file":{"fid":"193402","name":"co-2011-rv-spearman.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-spearman_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-spearman_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":676464,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co-2011-rv-spearman_0.jpg?itok=seWsIINU"}},"69310":{"id":"69310","type":"image","title":"Group photo of the class at Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park","body":null,"created":"1449177252","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:12","changed":"1475894606","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:26","alt":"Group photo of the class at Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park","file":{"fid":"193403","name":"co-2011-rv-rickenbacker.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-rickenbacker_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-rickenbacker_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1010386,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co-2011-rv-rickenbacker_0.jpg?itok=KFC_-sNR"}},"69311":{"id":"69311","type":"image","title":"Photo of two students during their global project presentation (back is Gustavo Silva, UTi Forwarding and front is Pascual Alcocer, Ciba Vision)","body":null,"created":"1449177252","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:12","changed":"1475894606","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:26","alt":"Photo of two students during their global project presentation (back is Gustavo Silva, UTi Forwarding and front is Pascual Alcocer, Ciba Vision)","file":{"fid":"193404","name":"co-2011-rv-global-limited_brands.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-global-limited_brands_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co-2011-rv-global-limited_brands_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1401328,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co-2011-rv-global-limited_brands_0.jpg?itok=n5jGAuvl"}}},"media_ids":["69309","69310","69311"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"7861","name":"EMIL-SCS"},{"id":"14004","name":"Executive Masters in International Logistics \u0026 Supply Chain Strategy"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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