Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. The number of imports into the United States, as measured by TEU lifts, has risen from under 50 million to over 400 million in the past 26 years, and the rate of growth is increasing sharply. The capacity growth...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. Supply chains that support and reinforce corporate competitive strategy are far more powerful as drivers of success than those that focus narrowly on short-term gains such as cost savings. But supply chain professionals are often too busy with day-to-day...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. Matching supply and demand is a major challenge for companies, so the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics has launched three important initiatives to help enterprises solve some of their most pressing demand management (DM) problems. An executive roundtable...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics is creating a taxonomy that will classify supply chains according to the characteristics of the businesses they support. Just as humans and whales are both classified as mammals, even disparate businesses in...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #14. Read all articles in this issue. America’s aging transportation infrastructure can’t keep up with relentless world trade growth. If it isn’t overhauled, consumers and the U.S. economy will pay a steep price. That was the warning issued by John Bowe, President of The Americas for...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #14. Read all articles in this issue. Cost pressures are fracturing the pharmaceutical supply chain in the United States, but what the reshaped chain will look like is open to debate. One outcome seems certain: the role of drug wholesalers will not be the same. The...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #14. Read all articles in this issue In the year 2025 some 25% of the US population will be over 60 years of age, and an estimated 30% of Europeans will fall into this age bracket. The former USSR will be even grayer; it is estimated...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #14. Read all articles in this issue. Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) 2006 graduate Anne Davidson was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the New England Roundtable (NERT) of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. By providing recognition and support to students, NERT hopes to...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #14. Read all articles in this issue. Sole-sourcing, or choosing to rely on a small group of core suppliers, offer the benefits of strategic partnerships, but these strategies can also leave companies highly vulnerable in a crisis. Attendees of the 2006 At the Crossroads of Supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #14. Read all articles in this issue The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) in Zaragoza, Spain, has been designated the lead center in the country’s new National Center of Excellence in Logistics. The designation affirms ZLC’s status as a major center for supply chain education and research...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. Even though a capacity crisis in the nation’s freight transportation system threatens economic growth, collaboration between carriers, shippers, and government agencies to find solutions to the problem is “virtually non-existent,” according to a survey carried out by the MIT...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) and the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) have partnered with Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School to launch a dual master’s degree program offering the opportunity to earn both an International MBA...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics will stage a real-time simulation of a global emergency that severely disrupts supply chains and tests the crisis response capabilities of companies around the world. Leaders from business, government and academia are...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. When implementing change do not assume that your loudest critics are the ones most likely to derail your plans; quieter, relatively passive opponents represent a more serious threat. Tom Carpenter, Vice President of Transportation at International Paper, gave this...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. Canada’s insufficient strategic airlift capability is not only impacting its military but also undermining the country’s entire economy. That is the viewpoint of current MLOG student Herman Kurapov in his paper that was recently published in Canadian American Strategic...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. Cargo theft costs the freight industry and its customers billions of dollars in lost revenue, despite countermeasures such as fortifying containers, employing dual vehicle drivers, and escorting valuable shipments. Researchers at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics are...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue. Influenza causes some 35,000 deaths and 100 million lost working days annually in the United States, yet a vaccine to fight the illness is often in short supply when the flu season is at its peak. Researchers at the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue Supply chain management has grown beyond its operational roots to take on a more strategic role, a transition that can be attributed to the strong impact of integrated SCM on companies' operational and financial performance. Enterprises such as Wal-Mart...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue. John C.W. Parsons, a 2004 graduate of CTL's Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) program, was selected as co-winner of the case competition at the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) annual meeting held last month...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics will begin 2006 with an executive education course that offers leading edge ideas and research combined with new networking opportunities. The "Leadership Supply Chain Management" course will run from January 4-6, 2006...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue The MIT Supply Chain 2020 research project will use a process for mapping the future of supply chains that is based on Royal Dutch Shell's well-known scenario planning methodology and widely used by successful Fortune 500 companies. Larry Lapide...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue Environmental regulations are changing the way supply chains are designed and managed. The problem is that the sheer number of regulations, other influences such as changing consumer sentiment, and the complexity of global trade, makes it difficult for companies...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #11. Read all articles in this issue. Companies are still learning the hard way that unsound supplier relationships frequently lead to higher costs and crippling supply chain disruptions. "We continue to see companies that neglect to put in place a robust strategy for how they deal...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #11. Read all articles in this issue. Emergency relief agencies and industrial manufacturers are very different organizations, but when disaster strikes they face similar supply chain challenges. This September they came together in Stanford, CA, to share best practices and learn some important lessons about disruption...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #11. Read all articles in this issue. The recently published book written by CTL Director Yossi Sheffi, The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage, is ranked sixth on a list of top 25 best-selling business books for September 2005. The list was compiled by 800-CEO-READ...
