{"72614":{"#nid":"72614","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2012 EMIL-SCS Class Studies Latin American Logistics","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Executive Master\u2019s in International Logistics \u0026amp; Supply Chain\nStrategy (EMIL-SCS) class of 2012 recently completed their third residence in\nSeptember traveling through Latin America.\u0026nbsp;\nThis installment began in Panama City, Panama, stopped in Lima, Peru,\nand then concluded with site visits in Sao Paulo, Campinas, and Santos, Brazil.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class began its residence in Panama City with a lecture from Patrice\nFranko, Grossman Professor of Economics and International Studies at Colby\nCollege, who presented a review of Latin America from a geopolitical and\nsocio-economic perspective.\u0026nbsp; After receiving a solid foundation of the\nregion, the class traveled to J. Cain \u0026amp; Company, a third-party warehouse\nservice provider located on the campus of Manzanillo International Terminal\n(MIT).\u0026nbsp; The students were presented with an overview of the facility, and\nthe benefits of being located within the MIT Logistics Park and the benefits\nand challenges of being inside the Colon Free Trade Zone.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFollowing the J. Cain visit, the class toured the MIT Logistics Park site. There\nthey learned the importance of MIT throughout Central America with an emphasis\non port operations and performance metrics, rail integration and its support of\nthe Panama Canal and the canal railway, and intermodal truck operations.\u0026nbsp;\nThe last essential site visit in Panama was the Panama Canal Authority, where\nthe students learned the rich history of building the Panama Canal, as well as\nthe detailed future plans to expand the canal by 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the next leg of the trip, the class traveled to Lima, Peru.\u0026nbsp; There,\nJohn Bartholdi, Manhattan Associates Chair in Supply Chain Management and\nprofessor at the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia\nTech,\u0026nbsp;lectured on warehouse optimization, facility design, IT systems, and\nsoftware to enhance order fulfillment and distribution.\u0026nbsp; Following the\nlecture, the class visited Ransa, an integrated logistics service provider,\nwhere they learned about\u0026nbsp;port operation logistics services, focusing on\nfacilitating trade in and out of Lima in support of the mining, retail,\nconsumer, and cold chain industries.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class began its second day in Lima with part two of Dr. Bartholdi\u2019s\nwarehousing lecture.\u0026nbsp; The class also\nvisited Alicorp, a company dedicated to the preparation of mass consumption\nproducts, industrial supplies, and animal nutrition food.\u0026nbsp; Company representatives\npresented an overview and then took the class on a tour of the plant and\ndistribution center.\u0026nbsp;The final site visit in Lima was to Jorge Chaves\nInternational Airport for an operational look into \u0026nbsp;their import - export processes, custom\nregulations, and the cold chain supporting fresh fruits, vegetables, and\nflowers. The class left Lima and flew to Cuzco, Peru, where they visited Machu\nPicchu over the weekend to hike and explore the Inca ruins.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class began the second week of its residence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with Antonio\nGrandini, Brazilian supply chain and logistics consultant, who discussed tax\nstrategies in Brazil, as well as case studies on Landed Cost Models used to\noffset the impact of the Brazilian tax regime.\u0026nbsp;\nLater that day, the class met with Lars Meyer Sanches of LALT\/UNICAMP (Laboratory\nof Apprenticeship on Logistics and Transportation). Sanches addressed logistics\nand supply chain challenges and opportunities, contract logistics, and managing\ncorporate taxes in Brazil.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom Sao Paulo, the class took a bus trip to Campinas, Brazil, to meet with representatives\nfrom Dell Hortolandia to discuss logistics issues and opportunities working\nwith customs in Brazil, outbound shipping to other countries within Latin\nAmerica and to non-Latin American regions, and ocean\/air inbound and outbound\nshipments.\u0026nbsp; Following the Dell visit, the class toured Viracopos\/Campinas\nAirport Infraero, a customs bonded import-export facility.\u0026nbsp; As a major\nhub, Viracopos utilizes express lanes for courier traffic, which are\nexceptionally quick and less bureaucratic for Brazilian standards.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe third day in Brazil included a visit to the Port of Santos for a harbor\ntour, and an overview of the Port of Santos and its role in support of\ncontainerized ocean cargo in and out of Brazil.\u0026nbsp; While visiting the Port\nof Santos, the class got the chance to board an incoming ocean vessel and\ntransit with the ship into the Port of Santos.\u0026nbsp; The class also visited\nELOG-Columbia, where they received an overview of EADI Bonded Warehousing and\ntook a look at the 3PL industry in Brazil.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the last day\nof the residence, the class listened to a lecture from Maria Rey Marston,\nsenior lecturer in the Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech\nand executive director of the Center for Emerging Logistics \u0026amp; Supply\nChains. Marston spoke on logistics and supply chain management in Latin America,\nwith a specific focus on infrastructure needs and understanding the Latin\nAmerican consumer.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThat afternoon, the class participated in the online supply\nchain strategy simulation game \u201cFresh Connection\u201d, which they first began in\nResidence II. \u0026nbsp;Teams were formed and challenged\nto collaborate and employ a supply chain strategy to rescue a virtual fruit\njuice manufacturer from its downfall.\u0026nbsp;\nUsing the knowledge obtained during Residence I and the experience\ngained during Residence II, they were to return this company to sound financial\nperformance. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe class will meet again February 19 through March 2, 2012 for\nResidence IV in Asia. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFor more on the EMIL-SCS Program, contact Erin\nHowlette at \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:erin.howlette@isye.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eerin.howlette@isye.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\nor visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.emil.gatech.edu\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETraveling through Latin America, the EMIL-SCS class of 2012 completed their third residence in September.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-11-10 12:22:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:38","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-11-09T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-11-09T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72609":{"id":"72609","type":"image","title":"Group picture at the J.Cain warehouse in Lima, Peru","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894651","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:11","alt":"Group picture at the J.Cain warehouse in Lima, Peru","file":{"fid":"193687","name":"co12-resiii-jcain.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co12-resiii-jcain_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co12-resiii-jcain_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1738633,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co12-resiii-jcain_0.jpg?itok=FG88RELP"}},"72611":{"id":"72611","type":"image","title":"Machu Picchu group picture.","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21","alt":"Machu Picchu group picture.","file":{"fid":"193689","name":"co12-resiii-mp.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co12-resiii-mp_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co12-resiii-mp_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2076915,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co12-resiii-mp_0.jpg?itok=t454gfOG"}},"72613":{"id":"72613","type":"image","title":"Left, Lindsay Moody, Vanguard Logistics, center,  Rebecca Lehlbach, Dell, and right, Paul Funari, UPS - picture taken at  the Port of Santos, Santos, Brazil","body":null,"created":"1449177942","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:25:42","changed":"1475894661","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:21","alt":"Left, Lindsay Moody, Vanguard Logistics, center,  Rebecca Lehlbach, Dell, and right, Paul Funari, UPS - picture taken at  the Port of Santos, Santos, Brazil","file":{"fid":"193690","name":"co12-resiii-pos.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co12-resiii-pos_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/co12-resiii-pos_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1446556,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/co12-resiii-pos_0.jpg?itok=UFylAHYe"}}},"media_ids":["72609","72611","72613"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14148","name":"EMIL-SCS Class of 2012"},{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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