Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 59. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El consejo de Winston Churchill “nunca desperdicies una buena crisis” tiene ahora más sentido que nunca en el cambiante entorno comercial que existe hoy en día. Según explica el profesor Yossi Sheffi, Director del Centro para el Transporte...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 59. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Decidir qué actividades principales se deben externalizar y cuáles se deben seguir desarrollando en la empresa es una cuestión fundamental en lo referente a suministro y a diseño de la cadena de suministro. Esta decisión puede resultar especialmente...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 59. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. La integración de la resiliencia en las cadenas de suministro puede reducir costes, aumentar la eficiencia y mejorar la competitividad. Pero, ¿qué medidas concretas generan resiliencia y aportan estas ventajas? Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), ubicado en Zaragoza (España)...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 59. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. ZLC junto con la Cámara de Comercio de Ciudad Real están impartiendo un curso sobre gestión de cadenas de suministro para directivos de empresas de la provincia de Ciudad Real, que es la tercera provincia más grande de...
ASPECTOS DE VANGUARDIA Subscribirse a Frontiers Superar las adversidades sacando provecho de ellas Las alteraciones en las cadenas de suministro pueden amenazar el bienestar de las empresas, aunque también pueden ser oportunidades para mejorar la competitividad. En su nuevo libro: The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage Uncertainty1...
Subscribe to Frontiers THE LEADING EDGE When Disruptions Deliver Lemons – Make Lemonade Supply chain disruptions can threaten the well-being of businesses – but they can also be opportunities for improving competitiveness. In his new book The Power of Resilience: How the Best Companies Manage Uncertainty, Professor Yossi Sheffi, Director...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 Companies often collaborate with suppliers and customers to reduce the carbon footprint of their freight operations. Colombian manufacturer Corona and the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI), based in Bogotá, Colombia, have teamed up with another important logistics player to lower carbon emissions: the truck...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 Supply chain professionals who want to step up their leadership skills should register for the next MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) Executive Education Course, Supply Chain Management: Driving Strategic Advantage, scheduled for January 16, 2016 to January 22, 2016, at the MIT...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 MIT has opened up new pathways to online education and professional master’s degrees, with the introduction of the MicroMaster’s online credential and a new route to gaining an MIT master’s degree. These revolutionary changes are being developed within a pilot program in MIT CTL’s number-one-ranked...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 A key sourcing decision, and a central issue in supply chain design, is which core activities can be outsourced and which ones need to be kept in-house. The choice can be especially difficult in industries where consumers are extremely sensitive to product quality. A research...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 | Lea todos artículos en este asunto MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Quantifying Benefits: Value-at-Risk,” MIT CTL Quantifying Resilience Roundtable, Cambridge, MA, US, October 29 Yossi Sheffi “The Power of Resilience,” Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, US, October 16 “Sensing Supply Chain Risks,” Biogen, Cambridge, MA...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “It’s Time to Recession-Proof Your Supply Chain, Guest Voices column, Wall Street Journal, September 24. Alexis Bateman “Tracking the Value of Traceability,” Innovation Strategies column, Supply Chain Management Review, November. Jim Rice “Deconstruct to Reconstruct: Using the Past to Create the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 It is not too late to sign up for the MIT Global SCALE Executive Education Program in Supply Chain Risk, Resilience and Security Management, which takes place in Barcelona, Spain, December 11 to 12, 2015. The course offers a unique opportunity for supply chain and...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 The Smart-Rail project in Europe has launched its website ( www.smartrail-project.eu) and issued invites to stakeholders in rail freight services to participate in the project’s continuous improvement tracks. The three-year innovation project entitled: “Smart Supply Chain Oriented Rail Freight Services” or Smart-Rail aims to make...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 Building resilience into supply chains can lower costs and increase efficiency, and enhance competitiveness. But what specific measures build resilience and deliver these gains? The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), Zaragoza, Spain, is helping a major manufacturer of household appliances to find out as part of...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 Winston Churchill’s advice to "never let a good crisis go to waste" is more relevant than ever in today’s volatile commercial environment. As Professor Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, explains in his new book The Power of Resilience: How...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 ZLC, together with the Chamber of Commerce of Ciudad Real, is giving a course on Supply Chain Management for company executives located in Ciudad Real province. Ciudad Real is the third largest province in Spain and is located in the central region of the country...
Summary Report for the The Race to Trace: Integrating Profits, Planet, and Precaution Roundtable held on November 3, 2015 at MIT. This report is available for MIT CTL partners only. If you are an MIT CTL partner, please log in or create an account to download this paper. If you'd...
Summary Report for the Quantifying Resilience Roundtable held on October 28-29, 2015 at MIT. This report is available for MIT CTL partners only. If you are an MIT CTL partner, please log in or create an account to download this paper. If you'd like to learn more about how to...
A catastrophic earthquake is followed by a tsunami that inundates the coastline, and around the globe manufacturing comes to a standstill. State-of-the-art passenger jets are grounded because of a malfunctioning part. A strike halts shipments through a major port. A new digital device decimates the sales of other brands and...
Subscribirse a Frontiers ASPECTOS DE VANGUARDIA Cómo conectar las cadenas de suministro al Internet de las Cosas La red global de objetos que intercambian datos mediante sensores integrados, conocida con el nombre de Internet de las Cosas, tiene el potencial de revolucionar las comunicaciones diarias. Un proyecto de investigación para...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 58. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Ya se le denomine seguimiento, rastreo o visibilidad de la cadena de suministro, el objetivo principal de identificar y seguir el movimiento de productos a lo largo de la cadena de suministro extremo a extremo está adquiriendo una...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 58. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. ¿Cómo se verán afectadas las cadenas de suministro por el Internet de las Cosas (IoT, por sus siglas en inglés)? BASF, la empresa química más grande del mundo y socio estratégico de la Red MIT Global SCALE, planteó...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 58. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. ¿Debería Colombia desarrollar un cluster logístico? Este será el tema central de la 71ª Asamblea Nacional ANDI, que se celebrará el 13 de agosto de 2015 en Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. El Profesor Yossi Sheffi del MIT CTL...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 58. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Cuando un cambio de estrategia no va acompañado de una nueva forma de diseñar las cadenas de suministro, el resultado puede ser más costes y menos eficacia. Este ha sido el caso del sector minorista, puesto que algunas...
