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Such hurdles could include balancing inventory cost with transportation cost, the lack of leadership understanding and support, and the realities of incumbent manufacturing and procurement contracts and systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis free 1-hour webinar will focus on the \u003Cem\u003Ewhy\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003Ehow\u003C\/em\u003E to implement lean logistics to support the lean supply chain operations \u2013 both in manufacturing and distribution. Areas of focus include: lean strategy development, identifying and overcoming operational realities, and learning about the tools necessary for successful implementation.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrad Bossence, instructor for the GTSCL \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/lil\u0022\u003ELean Inbound Logistics\u003C\/a\u003E course and Vice President at LeanCor Supply Chain Group\u0026nbsp;will host the session.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter attending this webinar, attendees will receive a promo code for a discount towards the \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/lil\u0022\u003ELean Inbound Logistics\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 course being taught in Savannah, GA September 29-30, 2014!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELearn more about the GTSCL Certificate Series at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/certificates\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.scl.gatech.edu\/certificates\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThis free, one-hour webinar will focus\u0026nbsp;on the \u003Cem\u003Ewhy\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003Ehow\u003C\/em\u003E to implement lean logistics to support the lean supply chain operations \u2013 both in manufacturing and distribution.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Attend this webinar and receive a promo code towards the course to be held in Savannah, GA, September 29-30, 2014"}],"uid":"27233","created_gmt":"2014-07-24 16:52:31","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:22:16","author":"Andy Haleblian","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-08-19T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-08-19T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-08-19T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-08-19 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-08-19 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-08-19 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"227991":{"id":"227991","type":"image","title":"FREE Webinar: How To Support Your Supply Chain Operations with Lean Inbound Logistics","body":null,"created":"1449243566","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:39:26","changed":"1475894901","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:21","alt":"FREE Webinar: How To Support Your Supply Chain Operations with Lean Inbound Logistics","file":{"fid":"197460","name":"webinar-hg_media_banner_2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/webinar-hg_media_banner_2_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/webinar-hg_media_banner_2_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":60592,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/webinar-hg_media_banner_2_0.jpg?itok=3Q4lUo2J"}}},"media_ids":["227991"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/bit.ly\/leaninboundwebinar","title":"Register Online to Attend"}],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"11940","name":"GTSCL course"},{"id":"1676","name":"lean"},{"id":"167641","name":"six sigma"},{"id":"167257","name":"strategy"},{"id":"167074","name":"Supply Chain"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:webinar@scl.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ewebinar@scl.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}