Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36.
The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) website has been rebranded and redesigned to reflect the center’s rapid growth and to provide an improved and more interactive source of information on MIT CTL supply chain education and research activities.
“We have expanded across the board over the last decade, and continue to grow despite the effects of the global financial crisis,” says Dr. Chris Caplice, MIT CTL Executive Director. “The new website enables us to organize and deliver more information to our students, corporate sponsors, and the wider supply chain community.”
MIT CTL’s education and research offerings have increased in terms of both content and geographic reach. Here are some recent examples:
- The Supply Chain Exchange, the center’s program for corporate sponsors, added several new members in 2009. Interactions with these partners increased by virtue of a new monthly webinar series and various other activities.
- The center’s slate of research projects has grown to include port security, global risk management, scenario planning, sustainability and environmental assessment, energy networks, and freight transportation.
- The MIT Global SCALE Network, an international network of research centers, continued to expand and evolve in 2009. A fourth center is expected to join the network in 2010.
- The Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) and Master in Logistics & Supply Chain Management programs attracted record numbers of applicants in 2009. A new program, the Graduate Certificate in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management (GCLOG), has been launched in Latin America.
The rebranded website launched on Monday March 15, 2010, in preparation for MIT CTL’s annual Crossroads conference which was held on Thursday March 25, 2010.
For more information on the new MIT CTL website, contact the center’s Director of Communications, Tara Faulkner. For more information on the Crossroads event, contact Jim Rice.