2016 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference at GA Tech: Aug 29-31
For the last 7 years, the Health and Humanitarian Logistics Conference (HHL) has brought together speakers and attendees from non-government organizations (NGOs), industry, government, military, and academia to identify challenges and opportunities in global health humanitarian operations and long-term economic development.
Georgia Tech names Health & Humanitarian Systems an official Interdisciplinary Research Center
The Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems (CHHS) was recently designated by Georgia Tech as one of the seven new Interdisciplinary Research Centers (IRCs) on campus. Each of these centers brings together researchers from different disciplines across campus to address topics of strategic importance to Georgia Tech, promoting collaborative research and coordinating activities aimed at large external funding opportunities.
HHS hosts IBM's Rebecca Curzon: Technology and Humanitarian response
Rebecca Curzon, Senior Program Manager for IBM Corporate Citizenship & Affairs addresses the role of technology in disaster response and humanitarian work as part of IMPACT speaker series.
ISyE James C. Edenfield Chair and Professor Martin Savelsbergh Working with Grubhub to Optimize Delivery Network
Georgia Tech alumni Stan Chia, SVP of Operations at GrubHub, is working with ISyE James C. Edenfield Chair and Professor Martin Savelsbergh to optimize the delivery network in order to ultimately deliver a superior diner, restaurant, and driver experience.
Earn a professional certificate in Health & Humanitarian Supply Chain Management at Georgia Tech!
This May 9-14, 2016, the Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (HHS) at Georgia Tech will again offer the 6-day intensive certificate program in Health & Humanitarian Supply Chain Management.
HHL Conference in South Africa Draws Participants from Across Globe!
The 7th annual Conference on Health & Humanitarian Logistics (HHL) held in Johannesburg November 18-20th, 2015 drew 150 participants from 33 different countries around the world engaged in the global health and humanitarian sectors to address challenges and successful models of organizational collaboration and supply chain practices.
Physical Internet Center Aims to Transform Supply Chain and Logistics Worldwide
When it comes to supply chains and logistics, not only is Benoit Montreuil thinking outside the box, he's rethinking the box itself.
Targeted Trade: Dutch-Flemish Mission Hones in on Fintech, Cybersecurity and Logistics
As part of the Dutch-Flemish mission, Georgia Tech’s Supply Chain Logistics Institute inked a memorandum of understanding with Dutch Institute for Advanced Logistics, or DINALOG, and the Flemish Institute for Logistics, or VIL, to share research on technology in the movement of goods.
New Georgia Tech and NUS Center for Next Generation Logistics Launched
Georgia Tech, in collaboration with The National University of Singapore, officially launched the Center for Next Generation Logistics on July 24, 2015 in Singapore. The inauguration ceremonies were attended by 150 industry and government representatives and included presentations by the provosts of both universities.
Costa Rican Presidential Visit Shines Light on University Exchanges
As President Luis Guillermo Solis comes to Atlanta next month to recruit investors from sectors like information technology and medical devices, he will be highlighting programs that engage the country on a more enduring level.
Georgia Tech Helping Georgia Become a National Supply Chain & Logistics Leader
The truth is logistics in all its forms is big business in Georgia. The state is the fifth largest overall logistics employer in the nation and rising fast. The Georgia Centers of Innovation has identified more than 12,300 logistics providers that employ more than 140,000 people. In addition, there are more than 33,000 logistics-consuming companies that critically rely on the efficient flow of freight to operate their business, according to the Center of Innovation for Logistics.
ISyE team wins first place at IIE technical paper competition for Identification and Allocation of Increased-Risk Encephalitis Organs
Fall 2014 Senior Design team wins first place in the technical paper competition at the IIE Southeast Regional Conference
Dr. Julie Swann speaks with WABE about how Waffle House measures disasters
WABE's Elly Yu interviews Dr. Julie Swann, Co-Director of the Center for Health & Humanitarian Systems and faculty at the GA Tech School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, about what has come to be called "the Waffle House Index.
ISyE's Emory Winship Senior Design Team Takes First Place in the Fall 2014 Senior Design Competition
Out of twenty four teams of undergraduate students in the Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering (ISyE), the Emory Winship Senior Design Team took home first place in the Fall 2014 Senior Design Competition.
Georgia Tech Supply Chain Network Kickoff Activities
The newly formed GT Supply Chain network is a professional and social group for alumni, students, faculty, staff, professional education students/alumni, and friends of Georgia Tech with an interest in Supply Chain. Join us as we kick off our new Affinity Group Homecoming Weekend.
The Value of Certification for Logistics Pros
Tim Brown, Director of Professional Education with the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL), speaks with SupplyChainBrain about Supply Chain Leadership training and the Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training (TAACCCT) Grant Program SCL is involved with.
Interroll Supports the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute
Interroll, a worldwide provider of key products and solutions for internal logistics, made a contribution to SCL to actively support professional education in supply chain engineering.
The Evolution of Supply Chain and Logistics Thinking
Don Ratliff, executive director of ISyE’s Supply Chain & Logistics Institute wrote an article on the evolution of supply chain and logistics thinking for the February issue of the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
The U.S. Roadmap for Material Handling & Logistics: Why 2025 matters today
The multidisciplinary report provides a glimpse of 10 years out, offering insight into the current and future challenges facing the industry and giving practitioners a plan to move forward.
Logistics Grads Suit Up for the Future
With global trade likely to rise more than threefold to $27 trillion by 2030, logistics professionals are in high demand, according to Winning the Talent Race, a report by professional services firm PwC.
Workshop Highlights Collaboration and New Technology in SCM at 2013 Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference
At this year's Health & Humanitarian Logistics Conference in Malaysia, one interactive workshop, led by CARE, Save the Children, and Catholic Relief Services, highlighted the importance of inter-organizational collaboration in the implementation of a new Supply Chain Management system to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of planning, tracking and distributing disaster relief items.
Top Female Supply Chain Executives Lead the Way for Global Success
Jaymie Forrest, managing director of the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, is highlighted as part of Supply & Demand Chain Executive's first-ever “Top Female Leaders of the Supply Chain”.
FREE Webinar "Health and Humanitarian Logistics Professional Education" on Tuesday March 26, 10:00am-11:00am EDT
Please join us as Dr. Dima Nazzal presents an overview of the certificate program in Health and Humanitarian Logistics
Lean in Action Photo Contest
Like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/GeorgiaTechSCL and post a photo of a Lean Process/Implementation/Signage initiative at your workplace along with a 1-2 sentence description.
More Than Food Traceability: The Case of Cassava Exporters from Costa Rica
Emmanuel Hess, general manager of the Georgia Tech Trade, Innovation & Productivity Center in San Jose, Costa Rica, authored the Cool Insights column for the November/December 2012 issue of Food Logistics, titled “More Than Food Traceability: The Case of Cassava Exporters from Costa Rica.”