Seminar in Global Supply Chains

Supply Chain & Logistics InstituteEngineering Tomorrow’s Supply Chains

Seminar in Global Supply Chains

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ISyE 6340January 6, 2014

Class leaders

• Dr. John Bartholdi– ISyE 202– John.Bartholdi@gatech.edu

• Pete Viehweg– ISyE 202– pviehweg@bellsouth.net

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

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Agenda

Course Description

• M W 10:00–11:30, Main ISyE Bldg, room 228• MS SCE course; letter grade• Check the class website often for changes

www.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

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To broaden our understanding of many different supply chains and their components through tours, presentations and in-depth classroom

discussions.

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Course purpose

To aid you in focusing on areasthat interest you for further study or

future employment.

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Secondary Benefit

To learn how to gain meaningfulinformation when walking through

an industrial operation.

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Also…

“You can observe a lot just by watching.”

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Also…

- Yogi Berra Baseball catcher, manager

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Tours (information updated on web)

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Jan. 8 Walmart Super CenterFeb. 3 Snapper (Briggs & Stratton)Feb. 5 Kia and MobisFeb. 12 Alcon (Ciba Vision)Feb. 17 MSC IndustrialMar. 5 Norfolk-SouthernMar. 31 Walmart high velocity DC

If a picture is worth a thousand words…

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A tour is worth a thousand pictures

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A tour is worth a thousand pictures

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Complementary to other classes

• In class, you learn abstraction, modeling, thinking and theories

• In tours, you see flows, processes, clutters, human issues, complex relations

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Challenges

• Distractions– Movement: Forklifts, conveyors, trucks– Noise

• Space limitations• Attitudes• Appearances• People from the same tour get very different

perceptions

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What one should do

• Dress appropriately– “Corporate casual”– Long pants– No open-toed or high-heeled shoes

• Representatives of Georgia Tech

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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.

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Guided discussion after the tour

• Very important to help everyone to understand betterObjectives: –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

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Visiting speakers

• Industry and academic representatives presenting interesting and pertinent information about particular supply chain areas

• They’re not on recruiting trips!!!

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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

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

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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

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Activities in the near future

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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 !!!

Tour pickup point

23You are here

Bus pickup – 8:45AM, Hemphill Avenue- John Patrick Crecine Residence Hall

Tour pickup point

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8:45AM ! ! !

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Walmart

Walmart

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

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Tim CookCEO, Apple Inc.

World’s most valuable corporationMarket Capitalization:

# of shares outstandingtimes the share price

Apple, Inc: $486.7 BillionExxonMobil: $434.7 BillionWalmart: $254.5 Billion

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Tim CookCEO, Apple Inc.

World’s most valuable corporationBSIE, Auburn University

MBA, Duke University

• Senior VP, Worldwide OperationsApple Inc

• VP, Corporate Materials, Compaq• Director of N. A. Fulfillment,

IBM Personal Computers

Walmart

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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

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Walmart

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One Mission: Save Money, Live Better

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?

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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?

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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?

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Questions, comments?

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• Origin• Background, academic & otherwise• Interests

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Introductions