| Date | Topic | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20 | Role of the warehouse in the supply chain | Read chapters 1–5 in the textbook. Begin Homework 1. Email me if you are interested in being a team leader. | |
| Aug 22 | Warehousing basics, terminology; warehouse activity profiling | Read about pallets; take some warehouse tours. Start chapter 14 in the textbook. | |
| Aug 27 | Tour Luxottica warehouse (Luxottica teams only) | Visit to Luxottica distribution center: The bus leaves GT, corner of 8th Street and Hemphill Avenue, at 0800 sharp, and returns around 1200. Dress is business casual. Leave all phones, purses, jackets in the bus. | |
| Aug 29 | Tour Ace Hardware warehouse (Ace teams only) | Visit to Ace Hardware distribution center: The bus leaves GT, corner of 8th Street and Hemphill Avenue, at 0800 sharp, and returns around 1300. Dress is business casual. Leave all phones, purses, jackets in the bus. | |
| Sep 03 | Project kickoff: Luxottica | Presentation by client. Homework 1 due. Begin Homework 2. | |
| Sep 05 | Ace Hardware — discussion | Read chapter in text book on warehouse activity profiling. Special opportunity: Ace has invited all of its teams to visit its vendor exhibition at the Georgia World Congress Center, September 6–8. They will have event badges ready for you at the registration table. | |
| Sep 10 | Project organization: Luxottica | I have to travel this week and so will not be meeting the class. (I will email a link to a video lecture on warehouse activity profiling.) I suggest that all Luxottica teams meet in the classroom at our regularly-scheduled time to jointly review description of your project and build a list of questions for the client. | |
| Sep 12 | Project organization: Ace Hardware | I have to travel this week and so will not be meeting the class. I suggest that all Ace Hardware teams meet in the classroom at our regularly-scheduled time to jointly review description of your project and build a list of questions for the client. Homework 2 is due this week. Begin Homework 3. | |
| Sep 17 | Project Kickoff: Ace Hardware | Ace had to re-schedule their planned visit of Sep 05 due to the hurricane. Ace teams should be familiar by now with the data. Come prepared to ask questions. Everyone: Read Chapter 6 of textbook. | |
| Sep 19 | The supply chain for quinoa | Guest speaker: Professor Edgar Ramos, UPC, Lima, Peru. This is not directly a part of the course but a good opportunity to hear about supply chains for food and other perishable product. | |
| Sep 24 | Pallet in/out and unit-load operations | No class: I will provide a video lecture. Read Chapter 6. Homework 3 due; begin Homework 4. | |
| Sep 26 | Teams work on projects | No class | |
| Oct 01 | Quiz 1, covers all course material to date | Example: solutions, distribution of scores | |
| Oct 03 | Designing a case-pick area | Chapter 7 in textbook. | |
| Oct 08 | Designing a piece-pick area | Chapter 8 in textbook. | |
| Oct 10 | Designing a piece-pick area | Chapter 8 in textbook. Light discussion of Chapter 9. Homework 4 due. Begin Homework 5. | |
| Oct 15 | Fall Recess | No class: Official GT holiday | |
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| Oct 22 | How to design a warehouse (slides) | Guest speaker: Dean Starovasnik, Bastian Solutions. | |
| Oct 24 | Order-picking | Read Chapter 10 and this. This link has been fixed. | |
| Oct 29 | Sortation systems | Guest speaker: Professor Gunter Sharp | |
| Oct 31 | TBA | ||
| Nov 05 | Quiz 2, covers all course material to date | Example: solutions, distribution of scores. | |
| Nov 07 | Warehouse benchmarking | slides | |
| Nov 12 | Consultation on industry projects | I will be available to meet teams in the classroom to discuss your project. | |
| Nov 14 | Short topics in warehousing | Inventory accuracy; automation | |
| Nov 19 | How to present your project to a client | Pete Viehweg | |
| Nov 21 | Consultation on industry projects | I will be available in the classroom to discuss your project. | |
| Nov 26 | Industry project #1 (Luxottica) | Final presentations to client. Project reports due. | |
| Nov 28 | Thanksgiving Holiday | No class: Official GT holiday | |
| Dec 03 | Industry project #2 (Ace Hardware) | Final presentations to client. Project reports due. | |
| Finals week. As scheduled by the registrar | Quiz #3, covers all class material | 45 minutes, in our classroom |
Additional short topics as time permits and if relevant to projects: inventory accuracy, pallet building, cubing, humanitarian warehousing, automation.
