ISyE Media Coverage
Highlights of some of the news coverage received by various units of the H. Stewart Milton School of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
GEORGIA TECH SURVEY ASKS QUESTIONS OF US 3PL SECTOR.
Georgia Institute of Technology/Cap Gemini's respected 'Fourteenth Annual Third-Party Logistics Study' has taken an opportunity to cast an eye over the third party logistics sector in a time of brutal change. "The last two decades represent exceptional conditions that are unlikely to return…Today the conditions that delivered us to today's 3PL ( 3rd Party Logistics) marketplace are quickly changing [and] the logistics industry is now experiencing excess capacity, price pressures, plant shutdowns, financing constraints, consolidation, a shrinking supplier base and diminished consumer demand ". This slightly alarming opinion is supported only equivocally by the survey's results, but the report does suggest that there are some important structural changes to the logistics sector.
As the economy recovers, shippers rethink potential advantages of 3PLs
Purchasing.com - November 18, 200
What is the State of the 3PL Industry?
Logistics Viewpoints, October 2009
Shippers Looking to 3PLs to Deliver Greater IT Capabilities Supporting Agile Supply Chains
SDC Exec.com - October 12, 2009
Georgia Tech Survey Asks Questions of US 3PL Sector
Transportation Intelligence - September 30, 2009
Logistics firms seek IT contacts
Computer Weekly - September 22, 2009
Survey highlights scale of change in logistics
Supply Chain Standard - September 21, 2009
LOGISTICS NEWS: GREAT PACKAGE RACE 2009 WRAPS UP
Supply Chain Digest - November 4, 2009
Once again, The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute at Georgia Tech has conducted its annual Great Package Race for 2009, a student-managed project in which parcels are sent by leading express providers to hard-to-reach locations around the globe. The goal is to see who can best “deliver” on time and cost. The project is the brainchild of Dr. John Bartholdi, who has been running the contest since 2003. The event is usually held in the Spring, but was moved to the Fall for 2009. . . .The packages contained Georgia Tech-logoed materials; in addition, the packages sent to Mongolia had some food and other supplies for local charities. Read more>>
WORLD'S BEST UNIVERSITIES: ENGINEERING AND IT UNIVERSITIES
US. News & World Report - October 20, 2009
U.S.News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings, based on the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, identified these to be world's top universities in 2009. The Top 200 Arts and Humanities Engineering and IT.Rank Subject Score Citations per Paper. 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2 University of California, Berkeley 3 Stanford University 5 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 9 Carnegie Mellon University 12 Georgia Institute of Technology
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INTERVIEW WITH RAY ANDERSON
Bloomberg Radio - October 20, 2009
...Ray Anderson founder and chairman of Interface with final thoughts. Were you to lecture to the engineers today at Georgia Tech... They're completely digital... I'm sure of a coup for the absurd slide rule . Hear the segment>>>
‘SMART TRASH’ CONCEPT ADVANCES RECYCLING
Georgia Tech professor Valerie Thomas and her “Smart Trash” concept may just be the key to increased consumer recycling participation. Thomas, a professor at Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, designed a system to provide sustainable and productive ways for discarding household waste, while also redefining the relationship individuals have with their garbage.
Will Trash Cans Get Smart?
Wall Street Journal - October 13, 2009 (Subscription required*)
Smart Trash Utilizes Bar Codes to Track Garbage
XETV (San Francisco) - October 14, 2009
‘Smart Trash’ Concept Advances Recycling
earth 911 -September 22, 2009
Trash trackers: The secret life of garbage
New Scientist - September 16, 2009 (Packaging Digest)
AIRCRAFT TALKING
Aviation Today - September 2009
Engineers are devising new ways of monitoring the health and predicting the longevity of aircraft mechanical, avionics systems to prevent failures. . . .Now, recent advances in sensor technology and wireless communications are improving our hearing, making failure prognostication possible. As a result, new ways of indirectly monitoring the health and predicting the longevity of aircraft mechanical and avionics systems are being devised. One university prognostication system is on the ready ramp. Engineers at GEORGIA TECH have devised models called adaptive prognostics that use data from real-time sensor measurements to calculate and continuously revise the amount of remaining useful life of various aircraft systems based on their current condition and health status. The predictions are then integrated with aircraft maintenance operations and supply chain policies as part of what the researchers call an "autonomous sense-and-respond logistics paradigm." "The system can be adapted to constantly monitor any moving part, from a ball bearing to aircraft electronics, sending out electronic alerts well in advance of a breakdown," said Georgia Tech engineer Nagi Z. Gebraeel. Read more>>>>
CHANGING COSTA RICA WITH EDUCATION
Global Atlanta - September 4, 2009
When the Georgia Institute of Technology opened a logistics innovation center Aug. 20 in Costa Rica, the country's president turned out to personally offer his support. In a keynote speech at a launch event in San Jose, President Oscar Arias said Tech's expertise in supply chain management would usher in a new era of prosperity by helping Costa Rican companies better reach overseas markets with their products... Georgia Tech President G.P. "Bud" Peterson traveled to Costa Rica to mark the occasion, which he said represents an emerging model in higher education that calls for universities to engage in building up the global communities where they work.
http://www.globalatlanta.com/articlevid/20378/558/
COLLEGE RANKING SERVICE ANNUAL ANNOUCEMENT 2009
Rank Your College.com - September 2, 2009
For the ninth straight year, the College Ranking Service (CRS, rankyourcollege.com), has found that prestige in colleges and universities correlates with the size of endowment. The richest schools are the most prestigious... CRS has found no difference between the prestige of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, MIT, Caltech, and Stanford. . . . they are so wealthy that the CRS wonders why anyone continues to donate money to them. They don't need your money folks. The Fairness Method (6:39 a.m.): 1. Georgia Tech 2. Brandeis 3. Georgetown 4. Northwestern 5. Brown 6. Johns Hopkins 7. North Carolina 8. UCLA 9. Notre Dame
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2009 TOP 10 ENGINEERING SCHOOLS FOR HISPANICS
Hispanic Business - September 2009
2009 Top 10 Engineering Schools for Hispanics
1.Georgia Institute of Technology, College of Engineering
Engineering school enrollment -- 1,375
Hispanic enrollment -- 60
Percent Hispanic graduate enrollment -- 4.4%
Total postgraduate degrees earned -- 686
Postgraduate degrees earned by Hispanics -- 38
Percent of postgraduate degrees earned by Hispanics -- 5.5%
Full-time faculty -- 404
Full-time Hispanic faculty -- 10
Percent Hispanic faculty -- 2.5%
WHAT'S UP WITH INTEGRATED WAREHOUSING?
CIO - August 27, 2009
The average small warehouse operation doesn't have a clue about forecasting, replenishment, order fulfillment, slotting, or any of what is done in integrated warehousing. But many can use computer modeling to show which parts will be needed most frequently, and then to use that information to make sure their bins are stocked. . . .From an academic standpoint, the Georgia Institute of Technology has a supply chain and logistics institute that both Oakes and Harrison recommend as a resource for information and teaching tools. Read more>>>
