Past Events Archive

Supply Chain Inventory Analytics Roundtable

Supply Chain Inventory Analytics Roundtable, April 18, 2013

• The roundtable will run from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM - location will be the MIT Faculty Club
  
• Attendance is invitation only with a priority to CTL Supply Chain Exchange members.  Limit of 1 person per company (with limited exceptions)
  
• Total attendance is capped at 36 people (not including MIT)

Agenda | FAQs | Summary Report

Inventory is one of the most studied, yet least understood aspects of supply chain management.  There is a tremendously deep academic literature on how to optimize inventory replenishment dating...

Delivering Green: Three Case Studies in Carbon-Efficient Logistics

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Logistics is a leading source of carbon. Nearly 6 percent of the greenhouse gases generated by humans come from the flow of products to consumers.

Reducing these emissions takes more than setting goals; it requires clear, measurable initiatives that hit sustainability targets while delivering lower costs and higher service levels.

Three companies, Boise Inc., Caterpillar Inc., and Ocean Spray, in collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the MIT Center for Transportation (MIT CTL), have completed carbon-reduction projects that meet these goals. The results are now...

MIT CTL Global Leadership Lecture Series

Tom Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

MIT Building E51 - Room 345

View the event flyer here | Article at MIT News

Tom Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Bio: Thomas J. Donohue is president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Since assuming his position in 1997, Donohue has built the Chamber into a lobbying and political powerhouse with expanded influence across the globe. During Donohue's tenure, the Chamber's lobbyists, policy experts, legal advocates, and communicators have helped secure business victories on Capitol Hill, in the regulatory agencies, in politics, in courts of law and in the court of public opinion, and...

Distinguished Speaker Series: Transport for London’s Experience Organizing Public Transportation for the 2012 Olympic Games

Location: W20-306
Stratton Student Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Leon Daniels
Managing Director, Surface Transport
Transport for London

Topic: Transport for London’s Experience Organizing Public Transportation for the 2012 Olympic Games

Time: Friday, April 5, 12:30 to 2:00pm. A light lunch well be served at noon.

Leon Daniels joined Transport for London in April 2011 as Managing Director, Surface Transport. Surface Transport provides and manages a broad range of sustainable transport choices and has an annual operating expenditure of over £2.5 billion. In his role as Managing Director, Daniels is responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of London...

Food Supply Chain Risk Management Roundtable (3/20-21)

Food Supply Chain Risk Management Roundtable, March 20-21, 2013

more information coming soon.

MIT CTL Advances in Supply Chain Management Webinar Series: Ocean Transportation Reliability: Myths, Realities, and Impacts

Register: https://mit.webex.com/mit/onstage/g.php?d=646687709&t=a

Most supply chains are global to some degree, which means that you are probably managing a complicated transportation network that crosses a number of borders, uses multiple modes, and involves a variety of third party companies. And it is likely that ocean shipping is a key part of the transportation mix.

How do you monitor and manage the reliability of the vital ocean segment of your global supply chain?

Are you "managing by anecdote" or do you have real data to support the management practices you are using?

This type of data is now available as a result of new research at the MIT Center...

5th Annual MIT Global SCALE Network Supply Chain Student Poster Session and Networking Night (January 2013)

MIT Media Lab, 6th Floor (Bldg E14)

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January 17, 2013 - 4:30-8:00pm at the MIT Media Lab (Bldg. E14, corner of Amherst & Ames Streets, 6th floor)

Come meet the master’s students and learn about their projects. It’s FREE!

On Thursday, January 17, 2013, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics will host a Poster Session for 97 SC master’s students from our four MIT SCALE Network centers: MIT (SCM), Zaragoza Spain (ZLC), Bogota Colombia  (CLI), and Malaysia (MISI). The poster session will be immediately preceded by the Talent Management for HR Executives.

In the top floor gallery of the MIT Media Lab, each student team will...

MIT SCALE Graduate Programs Webinar Series: Current Students' Perspective

Online

Join CTL and the other centers in the MIT Global SCALE Network for a lively and informative discussion around the graduate programs in supply chain management. Learn from current students about their courseload and what to expect as you consider applying.

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Annual Talent Management Roundtable for SC & HR Executives (January 2013)

MIT Faculty Club

View a post-session blog on Logility.com about this event.

On Thursday, January 17, 2013, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics will host the Annual SC Talent Management Forum for SC and HR Executives at the MIT Faculty Club on the MIT campus. This is the first of a two-session day, this being immediately followed by the MIT SCM/SCALE Network Poster Session. You may register for both events at the event registration page by clicking both boxes.

Agenda | FAQs | Register | Summary Report

How Can HR team up with their Supply Chain partners to meet the Talent Management demands of 2013...