October 10, 2012 at 4:00AM - October 10, 2012 at 1:00PM
This symposium is for CTL Partners, guests and invited SCRLC guests.
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Advancing Supply Chain Risk Management: Emerging Challenges and Strategies
October 10, 2012
MIT Faculty Club – Dining Room 5
MIT Campus, Cambridge, Ma.
Each new day brings evidence of the challenges and risks that business and our society face. The evidence comes in many forms – natural disasters, quality failures, labor action, terrorist attacks, supplier failures, industrial accidents. The result is increasingly significant and wide reaching in scope. Businesses are therefore called to deal with these risks proactively to put in place measures that will mitigate the impacts and protect their ability to maintain their business operations.
Recognizing the importance of proactively managing risks in supply chains, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) Supply Chain Exchange in conjunction with the Supply Chain Risk Leadership Council (SCRLC) will host a symposium to explore the frontier of supply chain risk management entitled “Advancing Supply Chain Risk Management: Emerging Challenges and Strategies” on October 10, 2012 at the MIT Faculty Club. The agenda is set to cover a range of topics, including ways to visualize and map a supply chain, continuity and crisis management, and emerging supply chain risks. The SCRLC’s recent publication, SCRM: A Compilation of Best Practices serves as a foundation for SC Risk Management and a useful reference for this symposium. Each session is intended to encourage audience interaction and to elicit feedback from the supply chain community at large. A panel discussion will explore the topics of most interest to those in attendance.
This symposium will bring together senior executives and thought-leaders from industry along with MIT to identify the current challenges and outline the state-of-art risk management practices.
FAQs
What is the cost of this symposium?
Where is the symposium being held?
When does the symposium officially begin and end?
Are accommodations provided?
Where should I stay?
Where is the nearest airport?
What is the best way to travel from the airport to the symposium?
Should I rent a car?
If I drive, how do I get there and where can I park?
What should I wear?
What if I have a dietary restriction or allergy?
What is the cost of this symposium?
This symposium will be free of charge.
Where is the symposium being held?
The symposium will be held at the MIT Faculty Club - Dining Room 5, located at 50 Memorial Drive (building E52). You can locate building E52 by using MIT's interactive campus map.
When does the symposium officially begin and end?
The check-in and informal networking will begin at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 10, and adjourn at approximately 5:00 p.m.
When booking your return flight, take into consideration the following recommendations for travel time and security checks at Logan: allow two hours for a domestic flight and three hours for an international flight.
Are accommodations provided?
No, each person is responsible for his/her own accommodations.
Where should I stay?
Guests are responsible for their own hotel accommodations. We do not have a block of rooms reserved. However, the hotel property most conveniently located to the campus is the Marriott Cambridge Boston.
Marriott Cambridge Boston
Two Cambridge Center
50 Broadway
Cambridge MA 02142
617-494-6600
For additional accommodation listings, please see Visiting CTL; however, please note that the room rates do not vary greatly for those hotel properties in proximity to MIT.
Where is the nearest airport?
Boston's Logan International Airport.
What is the best way to travel from the airport to the symposium?
To get to MIT from the airport, we strongly suggest taking a cab. The trip will take anywhere from 15-30 minutes, and the fare is roughly $30-35. The cab fare from Logan is always a bit more than the return, because a surcharge at the airport and a tunnel toll add approximately $5 to the total fare.
If you live locally and prefer public transportation, take the MBTA Red Line to the Kendall/MIT stop. It is a short three block walk from the T.
Should I rent a car?
We do not recommend renting a car. The expense on top of poorly marked streets and lack of available parking makes having a car more of a nuisance than a convenience.
If I drive, how do I get there and where can I park?
If you are renting a car or will be driving, MapQuest and Google Map offer excellent mapping services to get you from your doorstep to MIT.
The nearest self-parking garage is adjacent to the Cambridge Marriott. Rates are approximately $20/day. This garage is not owned or operated by the Marriott.
Addresses for your mapping requests: 50 Memorial Dr., Cambridge (Faculty Club) and the nearest parking garage is adjacent to 50 Broadway, Cambridge (yes, both 50).
What should I wear?
Appropriate attire is business casual; no ties or suit coats are necessary.
What if I have a dietary restriction or allergy?
If you have a dietary restriction or allergy, please email CTL Events Coordinator, Nancy Martin, nlmartin@mit.edu to let her know.