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Using cellphones to change the world
MIT project leads to programs that help health workers, farmers in developing countries

Building a Safer Car
Your next vehicle might automatically check your pulse, help with steering—and tell you to put down your cellphone

New White Paper Available Now - Renewable Energy Supply Chains: Delivering on the Promise of Green Energy
Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are by nature intermittent and located far away from consumer demand. Given these constraints, there is an urgent need for new supply chain solutions that enable governments and power companies to deliver renewable energy cost-effectively to consumers. Dr. Jarrod Goentzel’s new white paper describes the challenges and research at the MIT-Zaragoza Program that is developing some answers.

Gates Grant to MIT-Zaragoza Will Fund Better Forecasting for Global Health Products
The MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics program at the Zaragoza Logistics Center has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study the most effective way to estimate the demand for global health products.

MIT-Zaragoza Featured in Article on Global Supply Chain Education
In the February, 2009 issue of inboundlogistics.com, the program at MIT-Zaragoza in Spain was one of several institutions featured in an article about where to go to get a first-class education in global supply chain.

Plugging Into Sensor Networks
This "Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies" article by Jarrod Goentzel describes how tapping into increasingly networked sensor data will give firms a significant competitive advantage

MIT CTL Partnership cited in FT article about the growth of Zaragoza
This FT article focuses on Zaragoza as it prepares for the World Expo 2008, and highlights the importance of the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program in the region's economic and innovative growth.

SCALE Network Named in World Trade's Fabulous 50
Each year, World Trade Magazine selects the top 50 organizations, places and people whose efforts make the global supply chain more sustainable.  The MIT Global SCALE Network is on the 2008 list.

Shocks to the Supply Chain
This Chief Executive article features CTL's Yossi Sheffi and his thoughts on how companies are managing supply chains that are longer and more convoluted than ever before.

How (and How Often) Do You Measure Supply Chain Results?
Supply Chain Leader asked several academic and industry experts, including CTL's Mahender Singh, to answer this question.