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Seminar in Global Supply Chains

Join Dr. John Bartholdi and Pete Viehweg for an in-depth seminar on global supply chains. This course aims to broaden your understanding of various supply chain components through engaging tours, presentations, and discussions. Explore key players like Walmart, Snapper, and Kia. Learn how to effectively gather information during industrial operations, enhance your analytical skills, and participate in valuable discussions with industry representatives. The course includes tours of significant facilities and expert lectures designed to enlighten your perspective on supply chains.

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Seminar in Global Supply Chains

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  1. Seminar in Global Supply Chains ISyE 6340 January 6, 2014

  2. Class leaders • Dr. John Bartholdi • ISyE 202 • John.Bartholdi@gatech.edu • Pete Viehweg • ISyE 202 • pviehweg@bellsouth.net

  3. Agenda Course purpose Course description Course requirements Questions and discussion Walmart video Introductions, time permitting • 3

  4. Course Description • M W 10:00–11:30, Main ISyE Bldg, room 228 • MS SCE course; letter grade • Check the class website often for changeswww.isye.gatech.edu/~jjb/classes/6340/6340.html • Tours • Sites of key players in North American or global supply chains • Seminars • Professionals, faculty • Class discussions • Final exam

  5. Course purpose To broaden our understanding of many different supply chains and their components through tours, presentations and in-depth classroom discussions. • 5

  6. Secondary Benefit To aid you in focusing on areasthat interest you for further study or future employment. • 6

  7. Also… To learn how to gain meaningfulinformation when walking throughan industrial operation. • 7

  8. Also… “You can observe a lot just by watching.” - Yogi BerraBaseball catcher, manager M B W A • 8

  9. Tours (information updated on web) • Jan. 8 Walmart Super Center • Feb. 3 Snapper (Briggs & Stratton) • Feb. 5 Kia and Mobis • Feb. 12 Alcon (Ciba Vision) • Feb. 17 MSC Industrial • Mar. 5 Norfolk-Southern • Mar. 31 Walmart high velocity DC • 9

  10. If a picture is worth a thousand words…

  11. A tour is worth a thousand pictures

  12. A tour is worth a thousand pictures

  13. Complementary to other classes • In class, you learn abstraction, modeling, thinking and theories • In tours, you see flows, processes, clutters, human issues, complex relations

  14. Challenges • Distractions • Movement: Forklifts, conveyors, trucks • Noise • Space limitations • Attitudes • Appearances • People from the same tour get very different perceptions

  15. What one should do • Dress appropriately • “Corporate casual” • Long pants • No open-toed or high-heeled shoes • Representatives of Georgia Tech

  16. What one should do • Stay alert and pay attention • Make sure everyone can see and hear • Keep an open mind • Do not limit yourself to your own or guides’ perspectives • Keep criticism within the class • Most companies do something right to stay in business. • Be thinking of strengths and weaknesses • Each has room for improvement. Do not think the status quo is the “best” way, as some hosts might argue.

  17. Guided discussion after the tour • Very important to help everyone to understand better Objectives: • Review, digest and enhance learning • Capture everyone’s impressions and ideas • Understand strengths/weaknesses, niche in the supply chain Find other supporting information such as journal articles, books, etc. to enhance discussion • Everyone must participate !!! • Nametags

  18. Visiting speakers • Industry and academic representatives presenting interesting and pertinent information about particular supply chain areas • They’re not on recruiting trips!!!

  19. Presentations (information updated on web) • Cotton farming & Mitumba • Supply chain IT • Container shipping (Career fair) • Warehouse design • Unions • Rail & Intermodal • Industrial real estate development • Container shipping • Cold supply chain • Transportation management & planning • Supply chain consulting • 19

  20. Visiting speakers Questions: • Ask lots of pertinent questions • Make sure they concern the issues at hand • Want presenter to be able to finish • Save questions about other issues for the end of the presentation

  21. Grading • 50% participation in tour and discussions • Every tour, every class • Opinions, your experiences, etc. • Includes coordinated reading, etc. from syllabus • 10% professionalism • 40% final exam

  22. Activities in the near future • Wednesday, January 8th • Tour Wal-Mart Super Center • Bus departs at 8:45 AM from Hemphill Avenue • Preparation: Read Wal-Mart material from syllabus, calendar • Pickup times will vary for subsequent tours !!! • 22

  23. Tour pickup point • Bus pickup – 8:45AM, Hemphill Avenue • - John Patrick Crecine Residence Hall • You are here • 23

  24. Tour pickup point • 8:45 • AM ! ! ! • 24

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  26. Walmart • 26

  27. Walmart • Michael T. Duke • BS in Industrial Engineering, GA Tech, 1971 • 27

  28. Tim Cook • CEO, Apple Inc. • World’s most valuable corporation • Market Capitalization: • # of shares outstandingtimes the share price • Apple, Inc: $486.7 Billion • ExxonMobil: $434.7 Billion • Walmart: $254.5 Billion

  29. Tim Cook • CEO, Apple Inc. • World’s most valuable corporation • BSIE, Auburn University • MBA,Duke University • Senior VP, Worldwide OperationsApple Inc • VP, Corporate Materials, Compaq • Director of N. A. Fulfillment,IBM Personal Computers

  30. Walmart • 30

  31. Walmart • $466.1 Billion in annual sales • $274 Billion in Walmart stores in the U. S. • $56.4 Billion in Sam’s Club stores • 27 countries • 2.2 million associates worldwide • 10,700 stores worldwide • 4,700 in the U. S. • 245 million customer visits per week

  32. Walmart • One Mission: Save Money, Live Better • 32

  33. Potential Walmart Questions • What is the annual sales volume of this store vs. others? • (Is this considered a small, medium, or large store)? • How many SKUs in the store? • Are they all delivered via Wal-mart trucks? • If not, what other methods? • What frequency? • For Wal-mart deliveries: • From where?  (Wal-Mart DC?  Which one?  Others?)   • As pallets?  How many?  Any mixed pallets? • What are the receiving hours? • How many trucks per day? • How long to unload a truck? • What is the schedule for Wal-mart truck deliveries? • 33

  34. Potential Walmart Questions • When do you restock the shelves? • How long from receipt until product is on the shelves, available for sale? • Does the store have any responsibility for inventory management (SKU ordering, etc.)? • If so, what is the time from order submission to receipt? • What sort of seasonalities most affect you? • What do you do with discontinued/obsolete SKUs? • Is any inventory kept in the back room? • Any local input to the store plan-o-gram? • Who decides on special promotions - what items, displays? • How often does the product offering change? • 34

  35. Potential Walmart Questions Do all items have Wal-mart specific labels/barcodes prior to arrival, or do some have to be labeled on-site? Any use of RFID within store? How large is the workforce? What is the turnover? How do you schedule? How do you track worker productivity? • 35

  36. Questions, comments? • 36

  37. Introductions Origin Background, academic & otherwise Interests • 37

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