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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #11. Read all articles in this issue. Measures introduced in the United States since the 9/11 terrorist attacks have made supply chains more secure, now this effort is moving to a global level with an initiative to implement security standards worldwide. "This has the potential to...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue Best practices have served a purpose in the quest for supply chain excellence, but companies need to shift their focus to other measures if they are to meet the competitive challenge of changing markets. This is one of the...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue. With the U.S. Gulf Coast still reeling from Hurricane Katrina, a one-day seminar on improving the effectiveness of major international disaster efforts took place on September 8, 2005, at the Stanford Graduate Business School, Stanford, CA. The event, "Effective...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) program has introduced a Leadership Track to provide some of the leadership skills students will need when they become senior executives. The new track has been added to MLOG in response...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue. How can organizations prepare for crisis situations such as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? They can build resilient supply chains that are capable of withstanding and recovering quickly from unexpected disruptions. In his book The Resilient Enterprise, published on...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue. For the third year in a row US News & World Report ranks Massachusetts Institute of Technology first among graduate business programs in the area of logistics and supply chain management. The ranking appears in the 2006 edition of...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue. Building on the success of last year's inaugural class, the second MIT-Zaragoza Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) class has grown to 19 students with an average of more than four years industry experience. New faculty and...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) has launched a major initiative to develop solutions to the freight congestion problems that threaten to overwhelm the nation's transportation system. The first stage is an industry survey that CTL is...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. Two Research Associates have joined CTL to work on the Center's expanding portfolio of supply chain research projects. Mahender Singh received his PhD from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he taught Operations Management. He is a graduate of...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. Transportation has become a more expensive item on the balance sheet, encouraging companies to be more judicious when using these services. A store delivery model developed by Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) graduate, Chris Kerslake, is helping a...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. The first class to graduate from the Zaragoza Masters of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) degree program received a warm welcome to the profession from John Allan, CEO of global supply chain management company Exel. "You...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. Graduates from this year's Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) program left MIT with jobs at major companies and a median salary of $ 97,000--59% higher than their salary levels at the time of joining the program. MLOG 2005...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. Large commercial aircraft manufacturers are cutting lead times and outsourcing more assembly work to tier-one suppliers. The aim is to smooth out the market turbulence that locks the industry into perpetual boom-and-bust cycles. Along the way the supply chain...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. Smoothing the Work Flow Across Enterprises Removing the functional barriers that impede the end-to-end flow of work within an enterprise is not a new idea - but companies now need to start doing it across enterprises, according to Dr...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. The 2005 Zaragoza Supply Chain Summit is Fast Approaching Please do not forget to register for this major event which this year focuses on a theme that is of vital importance to every enterprise - the future of offshore...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. The Future of RFID on Both Sides of the Pond In March, the European Advisory Council of the SC2020 Project met in Neuss, Germany, at the Future Store, a working supermarket equipped with a range of technological innovations including...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. High Praise in the Journal of Commerce MLOG graduates resoundingly endorse the value of their advanced logistics degrees in a special feature on education published by the Journal of Commerce. "Supply-chain management professionals are finding that to get ahead...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. A MLOG Student Teams Up with an International Humanitarian Institute The devastation caused by December's tsunami prompted an unprecedented outpouring of global aid that presented disaster relief providers with innumerable logistical challenges. MLOG student Tim Russell has teamed up...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue Dell's Unconventional Success Conventional notions of what will and will not work are not always true, said Michael Dell in the February 2005 issue of MIT Supply Chain Frontiers. And that applies to relatively new conventions, such as the...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. Ranked First for Fourth Year in a Row For the fourth consecutive year MIT has been ranked first among graduate programs in logistics and supply chain management by US News & World Report. "MIT is consistently ranked as the...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. This January CTL Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) and MIT-Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics (ZLOG) students got a taste of international logistics with a transatlantic student exchange and visits to the trenches where they saw globalization in...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. Supply chain management "is an increasingly strategic topic" said MIT President Dr. Susan Hockfield, at the opening of "At the Crossroads of Supply Chain & Strategy", a landmark symposium inaugurated by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, March...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. Globalization continues to open the door to new markets--and to risks including increasing supply chain complexity and changing cost structures. Two business leaders who have spearheaded the international growth of their companies, David Abney, President, UPS International, and Edouard...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. What's the biggest problem in supply chain management today? It is that all too often, the mission of the supply chain organization is defined much too narrowly. In most companies, many of the most important elements of supply chain...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. How to address the transportation demand- and supply-side uncertainties that are causing serious supply chain disruptions is the main theme of CTL's second "Innovations in Transportation" symposium, 5-6 April, 2005, at MIT. The symposium will focus on how shippers...