Supply Chain & Logistics InstituteEngineering Tomorrow’s Supply Chains

Seminar in Global Supply Chains

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ISyE 6340

January 8, 2018

Class leaders

• Dr. John Bartholdi

– ISyE 346

– John.Bartholdi@gatech.edu

• Pete Viehweg

– ISyE 346

– pviehweg@bellsouth.net

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• Course description

• Course purpose

• Course requirements

• Questions and discussion

• Walmart video

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Agenda

Course Description

• M W F 10:10–11:00, Main ISyE Bldg, room 228

• MS SCE course; letter grade

• Check the class website often for changeshttp://www2.isye.gatech.edu/people/faculty/John_Bartholdi/classes/6340/

• Tours– Sites of key players in North American or global supply chains

• Seminars– Professionals, faculty

• Class discussions

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• M W 10:10–11:30, Main ISyE Bldg, room 228

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 areas

that interest you for further study or

future employment.

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Secondary Benefit

To learn how to gain meaningful

information when walking through

an industrial operation.

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Also…

Tours (subject to change)

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Jan. 10 Walmart Super Center

Feb. 5 Hon

Feb. 7 Amazon

Mar. 5 MSC

Mar. 7 Alcon

Mar. 14 Walmart High Velocity DC

Mar. 17 Port of Savannah

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

• 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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A tour is worth a thousand pictures

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Sennheiser TourGuide System

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

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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 (subject to change)

• Cotton Farming & Mitumba

• Google Hardware Supply Chain

• Rail Operations (Norfolk-Southern)

• Trucking

• UPS

• Changing Logistics Ecosystem

• Fresh Perspective on Cold Chain

• Port Operations (Savannah)

• Container Shipping

• Load Planning & Logistical Entrepreneurship

• 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

• 75% participation in tour and discussions

– Every tour, every class

– Opinions, your experiences, etc.

– Includes coordinated reading, etc. from syllabus

• 25% professionalism

– Attendance

– On time

– Attention & respect for others

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Activities in the near future

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Wednesday, January 10th

• Tour Wal-Mart Super Center• Bus departs at 8:15 AM from Hemphill Avenue

• Preparation: Read Wal-Mart material from syllabus,

calendar

• Pickup times will vary for subsequent tours !!!

Tour pickup point

20You are here

Bus pickup – 8:15AM, Hemphill Avenue- John Patrick Crecine Residence Hall

Tour pickup point

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8:15 AM ! ! !

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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 Cook

CEO, Apple Inc.

World’s most valuable corporation

Market Capitalization:

# of shares outstandingtimes the share price

Apple, Inc: $876.3 Billion

Johnson & Johnson $374.0 Billion

ExxonMobil: $360.3 Billion

Walmart: $292.1 Billion

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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

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Walmart

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Walmart

Bachelor of Science,

U. S. Military Academy,

1982

MBA,

The Wharton School

1996

Walmart

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Walmart

• $485.9 Billion in annual sales

– $307.8 Billion in Walmart stores in the U. S.

– $57.4 Billion in Sam’s Club stores

– $116.1 International

• 28 countries

• 2.3 million associates worldwide

• 11,695 stores worldwide

– 5,332 in the U. S.

• 260 million customer visits per week worldwide

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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?

• How much inventory is 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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