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An interview with Prof. Bjorn Egil Asbjornslett of NTNU. The audio portion is very poor so you will need to TURN UP THE AUDIO VOLUME after the introductions.
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With first-hand experience leading his crisis response team in response to more than 70 crisis events in 49 countries, Brent Woodworth (President and CEO of the Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Foundation) will talk about the unique adventures, challenges, and lessons learned ranging from the remote regions of Colombia to the...
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I just finished watching videotapes of a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series called the Ascent of Money. Much of it was focused on telling the story of the rise of the global financial industry and how important the concept of money was in creating a global economy. That was the...
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As part of our The Changing Dynamics of Supply Chain and Finance Symposium in October 2009, John MacInnes from NYPRO gives a presentation.
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Articles Include: Is Your Supply Chain Ready for the New Normal? Doing business on the other side of recession Another Route to Lower Supply Chain Costs How the Panama Canal could redraw distribution maps Face [To] Face: SCS Q&A Managing Multiple Lines of Business Christine Baron picks up various reins...
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This paper examines the value of detailed logistics information for calculating carbon footprints. The carbon footprint of transporting a product from a factory in Asia to a distribution center in the United States is calculated for five different products using two methods. The first method, a screening model, uses public...
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Dr. Bruce Arntzen, MIT CTL Senior Research Director will focus on the MIT CTL Risk Management Project, which engages the MIT SCALE Global Network to provide a global perspective on risk management processes and practices in global supply chains.
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Globalization has driven supply chain management and logistics to the forefront of business strategy - but few managers have this expertise. This informative session will highlight how our supply chain masters program complements your MBA by instilling in you a system-wide and global perspective, analytical problem solving techniques, and change...
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Proceedings of the Supply Chain 2020 Project’s Industry Advisory Council Q3 2004 Meeting.
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #34. Read all articles in this issue. As the global economic crisis has unfolded, supply chain managers have become more involved in the financial management of businesses. To address this shift, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) is hosting a symposium that will...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #34. Read all articles in this issue. The scale and complexity of climate change issues can seem overwhelming. One way to bring the challenges down to size is to view them through a supply chain lens. This novel approach to climate change could make it easier...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #34. Read all articles in this issue. Supply chain professionals have many sources of logistics information at their disposal, but the growing volume of facts and figures on cargo flows can be difficult to manage. The Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI), headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #34. Read all articles in this issue. Companies must keep innovating in order to remain competitive, and an important source of new ideas involves exchanges with suppliers. While identifying and capturing these ideas requires a relationship between the buyer and seller that fosters innovation, many companies...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #34. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) has announced a symposium on extending risk management to global supply networks. The “Expanding the Boundaries of Risk Management” symposium will take place December 1–2, 2009, on the MIT campus...
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Articles Include: Lenovo’s Borderless Supply Chain Team It takes more than a bunch of overseas offices to make you genuinely global Financing That Bypasses the Credit Crunch Credit alternatives for your supply chain Grounding Cloud Computing in Supply Chain A sunny outlook for cloud apps [Re] Searching for Answers: Bringing...
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At a conference this past June, I ran into Alan Milliken who works at chemical giant BASF and who is a frequent presenter at Institute of Business Forecasting and Planning (IBF) events. He was saying that the hottest topic in demand planning—especially during these difficult economic times—is what he termed...
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The world is smaller than ever thanks to technology, trade and globalization and yet there are still hundreds of millions of people in need. Dr. Prashant Yadav, Professor of Supply Chain Management at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program will discuss how supply chain principles from the commercial sector can be...
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Deverl Maserang of Chiquita shares some insights on port resilience from a shipper's perspective, noting one case how a shipper created port resilience and avoided a disruption by virtue of their efforts.
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Meaningful change in any organization requires top-level support, yet most supply chain leaders fail to excite senior management about their change programs - enter financial benchmarking. Board-level executives love meaningful financial comparisons with their competitors. The PICOmeter is a financial benchmarking tool that connects the supply chain to the board...
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The author makes the case that there are 5 key supply chain capabilities that are necessary in order for companies to profitably serve emerging markets. These capabilities include: high-resolution customer segmentation holistic product design tailored supply strategies complex distribution management, and an entrepreneurially-driven organization. Blanco further states that supply chains...
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Supply networks are becoming more extensive and complex, requiring companies to develop better ways to manage the risk of disruption. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) is developing a risk simulator based on a model originally built for a global manufacturer. The main goal is to create...
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Clean and renewable energy sources such as wind and solar are by nature intermittent and located far away from consumer demand. Given constraints such as these, the challenge is how to design new supply chain systems for cost-effective renewable energy delivery to end consumers. There is an urgent need for...
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Articles Include: Three strategies for Pulling Ahead of the Pack Supply chains that hold a market lead A New Class of Political Risk Political winds can blow you off course Orthera’s Cloud-enabled Supply Chain Technology with blue sky potential [Re]searching for Answers: Road Map to supply Chain integration Forging closer...
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Recording of Edgar Blanco's Web class session.
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #33. Read all articles in this issue. An unwillingness to share sensitive commercial information often prevents companies from entering into high-level collaborative relationships with trading partners. Now a consortium of academic institutions — including the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) in Zaragoza, Spain — is developing a...