Supply Chain Frontiers issue #46. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Cadena de suministro Frontiers n.º 46, presentaciones 2012 MIT CTL Yossi Sheffi “Logistics Clusters: Delivering Value and Driving Growth”, Current Issues II Track, Conferencia anual del Consejo de Profesionales de la Gestión de Cadenas de Suministro, Atlanta, Georgia, EE...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 Each year, the Zaragoza Logistics Center organizes a PhD Summer Academy, where individuals debate and learn about recent trends in supply chain management. The 2012 Summer Academy, the fifth in the annual series, will take place from June 21 to July 11, in Zaragoza, Spain...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 How will global trends – such as population growth, the rise of megacities, changing risk profiles, skills shortages, and the depletion of natural resources – impact supply chain management? What measures are companies taking to prepare for these transformative changes? Find out at this year’s...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 When designing supply chain networks, companies locate facilities to give them maximum competitive advantage. In other words, companies strive to make it as easy and as cost-effective as possible for customers to access their facilities. This is fairly straightforward for normal operating conditions, but the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 Get ready for the next level of supply chain leadership by attending the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ Supply Chain Management: Driving Strategic Advantage Executive Education Course, June 12 to 15, 2012, at the MIT Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA, USA. Taught by distinguished MIT...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 Megacities – cities with a population of at least 10 million people – are growing both in size and number, and are expected to account for about 20% of world GDP within a decade. But building the supply chains needed to serve these metropolises is...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 The application deadline for the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation’s Master of Science in Supply Chain Management program is May 15,2012. MIT Malaysia Master of Science in Supply Chain Management is a new nine- month graduate-degree program launched by the MIT Center for Transportation...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 A series of two-day courses on key aspects of supply chain management is available from the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI). The courses cover operations, leadership, contract management, and strategy, and will take place this coming May, June, and September. MISI is also...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 As numerous leading companies have shown, an innovative supply chain can be a powerful competitive differentiator. But what exactly is supply chain innovation, and how can companies harness its undisputed benefits? Surprisingly, relatively little research has been done to answer these questions – until now...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 MIT CTL Chris Caplice “Long-Range Planning for Transportation: The Future Freight Flows Project,” Transportation@MIT series of talks, Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA, April 10. “Future Freight Flows: Using Scenario Planning to Assist in Long-Term Planning,” 2012 AASHTO Spring Meeting, Traverse City, MI, USA, May...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 MIT CTL Jim Rice “Managing the Expat Talent Option,” Talent Strategies column, Supply Chain Management Review, May/June issue. Coauthored with Doug Cooper. ZLC Mozart Menezes “The Impact of Cost Uncertainty on the Location of a Distribution Center,” European Journal of Operational Research, Number 218. Coauthored...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 Christine Krathwohl was recently appointed Executive Director, Global Logistics and Containers, General Motors. Her organization is responsible for procurement and operations for all material shipments into assembly and manufacturing locations globally and for the distribution of finished vehicles. The procurement of all sequencing and warehousing...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 A key challenge in humanitarian and global health supply chains is product expiry. Shelf life begins the moment a product completes manufacture, and once it expires the product is considered unsuitable for use. Some distributors have found ways to manage the problem, but further research...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 The Supply Chain and Finance 2nd Annual Symposium will be held on May 24 and 25, 2012, at the Zaragoza Logistics Center in Zaragoza, Spain. This annual event focuses on the interrelationship between supply chain and finance. Leading academic researchers from the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 Asia’s economic miracle is often associated with large, multi-national companies. While these organizations are important drivers of the region’s growth, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) also play a key role. However, SMEs often lack the supply chain management (SCM) expertise that is found in larger...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #46 MIT CTL Chris Caplice “What Makes an Effective Analytics Group?” Talent Strategies column, Supply Chain Management Review, July/August issue. ZLC Youyi Feng “Optimal Pricing and Production Control in an Assembly System with a General Stockout Cost,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 57, No. 7...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47 MIT CTL Chris Caplice “Do You Have the Right Toolkit?” Talent Strategies column, Supply Chain Management Review, November issue. Yossi Sheffi “Logistics Clusters: Unsung Champions of Economic Opportunity,” Supply Chain Matters blog, October 17. “Logistics as a Creator of Jobs,” Supply Chains Rock blog, October...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 MIT CTL Chris Caplice “The Leadership Challenge: Keeping Pace with the Skills Needed,” Supply Chain Management Review, January–February issue. With Edgar Blanco. ZLC María Sáenz “Towards an Empirical Typology of Buyer-Supplier Relationships Based on Absorptive Capacity,” International Journal of Production Research, January 7. With E...
Long-range Planning for Transportation: The Future Freight Flows Project (4/10) Dr. Chris Caplice, Executive Director of MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics leads this seminar on Future Freight Flows as part of the Transportation@MIT and the MIT Transportation Club Spring 2012 Transportation Seminar Series.
MIT CTL Global Leadership Lecture: The Impact of the Panama Canal on Global Shipping, Alberto Aleman Zubieta (3/15) Speaker: Alberto Aleman Zubieta, CEO, Panama Canal Authority Date/Time: March 15, 2012, 12 :00pm EDT Location: MIT Campus, E51-345 Topic: The expansion of the Panama Canal, scheduled to open in 2014, is...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística (CLI) cuenta con nuevo curso de educación ejecutiva que inicia en mayo. Este curso se centra en la superación de los desafíos que implica la logística global y gestión de la...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Dr. Edgar Blanco, Director de Investigación del MIT CTL, y los estudiantes de GCLOG de América Latina están realizando investigaciones sobre los factores que impulsan el diseño de las redes de la cadena de suministro en la...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El programa de educación ejecutiva líder en la industria, Supply Chain Management: Driving Strategic Advantage, del Centro para Transporte y Logística del MIT (MIT CTL) está programado para llevarse a cabo del 12 al 15 de junio de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . La educación en Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro en Asia alcanzará un hito este Agosto cuando el Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation –MISI – inaugure su primera clase del Máster en Ciencias de la Gestión de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Desde su lanzamiento hace tres años, el certificado que se otorga en Logística Global y Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro (GCLOG por sus siglas en inglés) ha elevado el nivel de la educación que se recibe en relación...
