Education & Outreach
SCL is committed to serving its industry, government and civic communities through a variety of outreach programs. These include professional and executive education, international education, industry forums and conferences, industry studies and economic development programs.
Supply Chain and Logistics Education
SCL offers an extensive curriculum of open-enrollment logistics professional and management education short courses. More than fifteen topics are offered in both on-campus and on-line formats. The curriculum includes comprehensive week-long courses in logistic, transportation, warehousing and supply chain management. Also included in the curriculum are more specialized courses in a wide range of topics from material handing to supply chain finance to logistics optimization. Course often include site visits and facility tours. Courses may be taken individually or s part of a multi-course certificate program. Since 1992, more than 6,500 logistics professionals have attended the program with more than 420 participants earning SCL’s Logistics Professional & Management Certificates from Georgia Tech. All on-campus courses are conducted at the Global Learning Center, a state of the art conference center hotel complex, located on Georgia Tech's new mid-town Atlanta Technology Square Campus.
In addition, the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering offers a one-year full-time masters degree program in industrial engineering (supply chain engineering option) as well as part-time Executive Masters in International Logistics (EMIL) for mid-career executives.
Supply Chain Executive Forum
The Supply Chain Executive Forum (SCEF) provides executives from leading supply chain organizations the opportunity to meet twice a year to discuss new and compelling ways to streamline operations and enhance profitability, and integrate supply chain strategy with corporate strategy. In 2006, SCEF has more than 28 participating member companies.
Regional Economic Development
SCL works closely with the State of Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Ports Authority to develop and promote the regional logistics-related resources and to leverage these resources for broader economic development. SCL and Georgia Tech not only play a critical role in providing a highly educated technical workforce for the region but also stimulate innovation through their research and development programs.
International Outreach
SCL is committed not only to increasing the knowledge of its faculty and students about global supply chain and logistics issues, but also to sharing its resources with emerging market countries around the world.
The Logistics Institute Asia-Pacific is now in its ninth year of successful operations. TLI Asia Pacific is an alliance between the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Singapore Economic Development Board and Georgia Tech. The Singapore-based Institute draws on the resources of both Georgia Tech and NUS to initiate research, education and industry programs specifically focused on Asia Pacific links in global supply chains. This program offers a dual-master’s degree and over the past six years has graduated more than 100 graduates who are working in global logistics around the world.
In addition to TLI Asia Pacific, SCL’s global logistics programs include alliances with university and government research centers in Australia, China, Chile, Europe and South Africa.