| Date | Topic | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 05 | Introduction | Begin January reading: general articles on supply chain and Travels of a T-Shirt... (see course syllabus) |
Jan 07 |
Retail end of the supply chain | Tour of Walmart SuperStore |
| Jan 09 | Discussion of Walmart | |
| Jan 12 | Start of the apparel supply chain: the production of cotton | Guest speaker: Harvey Donaldson, Managing Director, SCL |
| Jan 14 | Container ships: How most of the world's freight moves | in-class DVD |
Jan 16 |
Manufacturing | Tour of Snapper |
| Jan 19 | No class | GT holiday |
| Jan 21 | Discussion of Snapper tour | |
| Jan 23 | Manufacturing in China | Guest speaker: Prof. Meilong LE, Shanghai Jiaotong University |
| Jan 26 | Walmart critique | Read material in syllabus regarding container shipping |
| Jan 28 | Container shipping | Guest speaker: Stuart Sandlin, Director of Sales, Southern Division, Hapag-Lloyd |
| Jan 30 | TBA | |
| Feb 02 | Trucks: Transportation planning | Guest speaker: Bill Nulty, CTO, Scientific Logistics |
Feb 04 |
Railroads | Tour of Norfolk Southern Intermodal Yard |
| Feb 06 | Discussion of NS | |
Feb 09 |
Tour of FedEx Freight | |
| Feb 11 | Discussion of FedEx Freight | |
| Feb 13 | Container port operations | Guest speaker: Page Siplon, Executive Director, Georgia Logistics Innovation Center |
| Feb 16 | Global package delivery | Guest speaker: Steve Monaghan, Director of International Strategy, UPS Corporate Strategy Group, UPS |
Feb 18 |
Package consolidation, sortation | Tour of UPS Hub |
| Feb 20 | Discussion of UPS tour | |
Feb 23 |
Manufacturing | Tour of BMW and supplier |
| Feb 25 | Discussion of BMW tour | |
| Feb 27 | 10-10:30AM Dr. R. De Souza to meet with DMP students; no meeting for remainder of class | |
| Mar 02 | The supply chain for office products | Speaker: Pete Viehweg, GT |
Mar 04 |
The supply chain for office products | Tour of Staples DC |
| Mar 06 | Discussion of Staples tour | |
| Mar 09 | Movies! | |
Mar 11 |
Warehousing: Tour of Ciba Vision DC | |
| Mar 13 | Discussion of Ciba Vision tour | |
| Mar 16 | No class | Spring break |
| Mar 18 | No class | Spring break |
| Mar 20 | No class | Spring break |
| Mar 23 | No class | |
Mar 25 |
Service parts logistics | Tour of Caterpillar Spare Parts DC |
| Mar 27 | Discussion of Caterpillar tour | |
| Mar 30 | The cold chain | Guest speaker: Ed Vaughn, Americold Logistics |
Apr 01 |
The cold chain | Tour Americold Logistics DC |
| Apr 03 | The cold chain | Discussion of Americold tour |
| Apr 06 | End of the apparel supply chain: the market for used clothing in Africa | Guest speaker: Eric Mungai, GT |
Apr 08 |
Beverage distribution | Tour of United Distributors DC |
| Apr 10 | Discussion of United Distributors | |
| Apr 13 | Wine supply chains | Guest speaker: Alejandro Mac Cawley, PUC and GT. Lunch provided afterwards, with special lecture on wine |
| Apr 15 | The perspective of labor and the role of unions in commercial life | Jimmy Tarlau, Communications Workers of America |
| Apr 17 | Supply chain software for the enterprise | Guest speaker: David Johnson, SVP Supply Chain, JDA Software Group |
| Apr 20 | Revenue management | Guest speaker: Anton Kleywegt, GT |
| Apr 22 | Creating the low cost supply chain for Intel Atom processors | Guest speaker: Jim Kellso, Senior Supply Chain Master, Intel |
| Apr 24 | Final class meeting at 10am, followed by noon lunch in Room 301 of the Student Center |