- Center for Warehousing and Distribution Archive
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ISyE's Annual Great Package Race is Underway
Atlanta (October 12, 2009) — You may have been to Alabama, but what about Opp, Alabama (population 6,000)? How about Ulan Bator, the capital city of Mongolia? These two diverse locations are the destinations chosen for the 2009 Great Package Race, which began when packages were shipped from the Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL) in early October. -
Bartholdi Presents Keynote at ORSSA
Atlanta (October 5, 2009) — Professor John J. Bartholdi, III, Manhattan Associates Chair in Supply Chain Management at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), was invited to present the opening and closing keynote addresses at Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA) Conference in September. -
SCL Collaborates with Industry on Warehousing Research
Atlanta (September 1, 2009) — The Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL) has focused much research in the areas of warehousing and distribution over the past semester. Listed are some of the highlights of SCL's recent research activities and industry collaborations. -
Researching Temperature Sensitive Supply Chains
Atlanta (December 8, 2008) — In November, Professor John Bartholdi, SCL Executive Director Don Ratliff, SCL Managing Director Harvey Donaldson, and PhD student Alejandro MacCawley traveled to Mendoza, Argentina to meet with the faculty of the National University of Cuyo and the other members of the Wine Supply Chain Council regarding global research opportunities in the wine supply chain. -
First Container Race is Underway
Atlanta (March 26, 2008) — Professor John Bartholdi's global supply chain class has finalized plans for the first "Great Container Race" to begin on April 22, 2008. The students will track two containers as they travel by alternate routes and carriers to the University of Cape Coast Hospital in the West African nation of Ghana. The students will then analyze the efficiency of the routes. The race is expected to take about 35 days. -
Pete Viehweg Named Executive-in-Residence at SCL
Atlanta (October 10, 2007) — Pete Viehweg brings a wealth of industry experience to his new position as executive-in-residence of SCL's Center for Warehousing and Distribution. -
Bartholdi on Self-Organizing Logistics Systems
Atlanta (October 9, 2007) — Dr. Bartholdi recently presented a lecture where he introduced a protocol called the "bucket brigade" which is based on how social insects operate complex logistics systems that are efficient. In his presentation, he discussed how this idea has been successfully adapted to coordinate order-pickers in a warehouse. -
SCL Studies Temperature-Controlled Supply Chains
Atlanta (May 31, 2007) — The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL) at Georgia Tech has begun a new project to study and improve temperature-controlled supply chains. Professors John Bartholdi and Don Ratliff are leading the effort in an initial project devoted to the international supply chains that move wine from producing regions to the U.S. -
The 2007 Great Package Race is Underway
Atlanta (April 20, 2007) — Professor John Bartholdi, Manhattan Associates Professor of Supply Chain Management and Research Director of the Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL), coordinates a race each year where his students track packages sent from SCL at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA (USA) to sites around the world via different international parcel carriers (UPS, Fedex, DHL).
