Perspectives on the Current Financial Crisis
Professor Andrew Lo, MIT - CTL Researcher, Harris & Harris Group Professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management

Crossroads 2009
March 26, 2009
Running Time: 75 minutes

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Curved Thinking in a Flat World: How to Capitalize on Future Uncertainty
Mahender Singh, MIT - CTL Research Associate

CSCMP 2008 - Annual Conference
October 7, 2008
Running Time: 46 minutes

This video contains a presentation given at the annual CSCMP Conference in October of 2008. In it, Dr. Mahender Singh discusses the pitfalls and limitations of traditional supply chain forecasting methods, and explores a new method that enables companies to estimate supply chain risk more accurately, and prepare better to minimize it.

The Next Ten Years: Visioning the Future through Scenario Planning
Mahender Singh, MIT - CTL Research Associate

Crossroads 2008 - The Next Ten Years
March 27, 2008
Running Time: 58 minutes

Mahendar Singh discusses MIT-CTL's Scenario Planning methodology that enables companies to create a future supply chain strategy that can deal with unpredictability. By working within the bounds of three distinct but plausible scenarios, supply chain professionals learn to work with uncertainty rather than try to eliminate it from forecasts, and develop a more robust strategy to identify and confront future challenges.

The Next Ten Years: Education and Professional Development
Jim Kellso, Intel Corporation - Supply Chain Master

Crossroads 2008 - The Next Ten Years
March 27, 2008
Running Time: 67 minutes

Intel's Jim Kellso discusses the future of supply chain education. He examines the future of the supply chain profession, the business challenges supply chain professionals will face as a result, and how companies can prepare supply chain managers to address these challenges.

The Next Ten Years: Energy & Environment
Antonio Galvao, JohnsonDiversey - VP, Global Planning & Delivery

Crossroads 2008 - The Next Ten Years
March 27, 2008
Running Time: 55 minutes

In his talk at MIT-CTL's conference on the Next 10 Years of Supply Chain, Antonio Galvao talks about Sustainability Guidelines for Value Chains. Using his company JohnsonDiversey as an example, Antonio discusses both the environmental and financial benefit to pursuing sustainable business practices, specifically in the supply chain.

New Markets for Old - How Disruptive Demographics Will Transform Business
Dr. Joe Coughlin, MIT - Executive Director, MIT AgeLab

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals 2007 Annual Conference
October 23, 2007
Running Time: 56 minutes

Dr. Joe Coughlin, the head of MIT-CTL's AgeLab, explains the shifts in global aging patterns and how they are reshaping the business landscape. Hear how consumer buying behavior will change and how companies must prepare to compete in new types of markets.

Energy, Security, and the Environment
Ernest Moniz, MIT - Professor of Physics, Director of the MIT Energy Initiative, former Undersecretary of the US Department of Energy

Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT-CTL and CSCMP
April 30, 2007
Running Time: 46 minutes

Professor Moniz summarizes critical trends in energy supply and demand, and describe the cutting-edge energy research currently underway at MIT.

Environmental Programs Meet Supply Chain at Staples
Mark Buckley, Staples, Inc. - Vice President, Environmental Affairs

Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT- CTL and CSCMP
April 30, 2007
Running Time: 46 minutes

The development of energy-efficient distribution centers is just one of the supply chain-related environmental programs underway at Staples. Mark Buckley explains how he collaborates with the supply chain to cut the retailer's carbon emissions and energy costs.

Using Direct Ship to Reduce Energy Costs
Kevin P. Wrenn, Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation - Sr. Vice President, Operations and Quality

Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT CTL and CSCMP
April 30, 2007
Running Time: 37:30 minutes

Fujitsu's shift to a direct-ship supply chain model has enabled the company to reduce the number of shipments it makes from Asia and cut its energy bill. Kevin Wrenn explains how Fujitsu made the transition and the implications for energy efficiency in the supply chain.

MIT CTL Mock Gas Tax Debate
Becky Schneck, MIT - CTL Director of Communications

Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain, Conference by MIT CTL and CSCMP
April 30, 2007
Running Time: 17 minutes

Since rising gas prices is such a hot-button issue, it's doubtful that any presidential candidate would ever publicly support a gas tax. But could a higher U.S. gas tax benefit the environment, security, economy and innovation in this country? MIT CTL decided to stage its own mock presidential debate - so that both sides of this issue could be addressed.

Innovation at Scale: The Blue Chalk Process at BP
John Leggate, BP - CIO and Group Vice President

MIT Supply Chain Management Speaker Series
October 20, 2006
Running Time: 41 minutes

As part of the MIT Supply Chain Management Club's speaker series, John Leggatte maps BP’s journey of innovation, from discovery to business-as-usual, including finding and testing new ideas, identifying which ones work, applying them at scale and then dismantling corporate legacies.  In particular, John talks about Blue Chalk processes, the mythical meeting of minds that takes place each year and forms the nexus of the BP innovation process.

Managing Risk in the Supply Chain
Edward Erickson, Cisco Systems - Sr. Manager, Supply Chain Risk Management

Crossroads 2006: Simulating Disruption to Business Recovery
April 11, 2006
Running Time: 45:30 minutes

Edward Erickson details how Cisco analyzes supply chain risk and then acts to reduce supply chain vulnerability.

Preparing for and Responding to Disruptions: Hurricane Katrina
Cath Malseed, P&G - Director, Coffee Product Supply

Crossroads 2006: Simulating Disruption to Business Recovery
April 11, 2006
Running Time: 58 minutes

Cath Malseed was part of the team charged with getting P&G's New Orleans facility back up and running after Hurricane Katrina. Malseed outlines the unprecedented challenges they faced in New Orleans and shares the planning and processes it took to get P&G's New Orleans facility back in operation only three weeks after the storm.

The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage
Yossi Sheffi, MIT CTL - Director

MIT, Cambridge, MA
November 1, 2005
Running Time: 63 minutes

CTL Director Yossi Sheffi discusses his book The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage, in which he argues that a company’s survival and prosperity depend more on what it does before a disruption occurs than on the actions it takes as the event unfolds. Dr. Sheffi focuses not only on security but on corporate resilience - the ability to bounce back from such disruptions - and how to turn that resilience into competitive advantage.