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success stories
Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute
"Atlanta is an ideal home for TLI. The region’s infrastructure, companies and expertise provide a vibrant real-world lab
for Georgia Tech faculty and students. Through our programs, graduates and faculty we strive to continually develop and nurture logistics innovation and Atlanta’s global logistics environment."
Harvey M. Donaldson
Managing Director,
Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute
The Georgia Tech Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL) is the world’s largest research and education center focused on global logistics and supply chains. SCL is headquartered in Atlanta and is a unit of Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial and
Systems Engineering – a world-renowned engineering program that has been ranked number one by U.S. News and World Report for 13 of the past 14 years. Georgia Tech is a natural home for an institute like SCL, which is devoted to advancing the design and application of new logistics technology and solutions. At the heart of the center is groundbreaking research that translates into educational and industry outreach programs.
Professional development and executive education courses on logistics-related topics are offered throughout the year at Georgia Tech’s new Global Learning and Conference Center. Since 1992, more than 6,000 logistics professionals, inclusive of 600 international attendees, have participated in SCL conferences, seminars and short courses. Georgia Tech’s School of Industrial and Systems Engineering also offers the Executive Masters in International Logistics (EMIL), a fully accredited masters degree program offered in a unique part-time format for high potential logistics executives.
Overall Georgia Tech offers the most comprehensive curriculum of logistics-oriented engineering degree and certificate programs in the world. These Georgia Tech graduates provide technical and executive leadership to the world’s logistics companies, consulting firms and government agencies. SCL also places significant emphasis on industry outreach and economic development activities. With programs like Leaders in Logistics and Supply Chain Executive Forum, SCL is partnered with more than 25 corporations and government agencies. Through these sustaining relationships, SCL sponsors a wide range of field-based research projects and industry conferences. Since 1999, SCL has also partnered with the Government of Singapore and the National University of Singapore to operate The Logistics Institute Asia Pacific in Singapore. They recently established the Sino-U.S. Global Logistics Institute in Shanghai, China in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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