Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Con el fin de identificar las sinergias de la red de cadenas de suministro, las empresas están buscando fuera de sus propias organizaciones en aras de crear beneficios conjuntos en colaboración con otros socios comerciales. Este es uno...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El grupo de alumnos ZLOG de Basilea (Basel ZLOG Alumni Group) organizó un seminario para compartir las buenas prácticas en los sectores farmacéutico y químico. El evento tuvo lugar en la sede de Roche Technical Operations, en Basilea...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Si hubiera una clasificación de las características deseables de una cadena de suministro, la «agilidad» estaría muy cerca del primer puesto. Pero ¿qué es exactamente la agilidad de la cadena de suministro y cómo puede evaluarse? El doctor...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. La tasa de desempleo en Europa permanece en niveles muy altos que rondan el 12 %, mientras que en España esta cifra alcanza el 25 %; sin embargo, la tasa actual de desempleo para los titulados del programa...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Los robots han sido parte integrante del paisaje industrial durante muchos años. Los avances en la tecnología están logrando que estas unidades sean más flexibles y versátiles, y el resultado desde la perspectiva de la cadena de suministro...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. La conferencia Design Anywhere, Make Anywhere, Deliver Anywhere organizada por el Instituto de Innovación de la Cadena de Suministro de Malasia (MISI) analizará el futuro de la gestión de las cadenas de suministro. El evento se celebrará el...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Las personas que se apunten a la conferencia anual Crossroads del Centro de Transporte y Logística del MIT, que se celebrará el 25 de marzo de 2014 en el campus del MIT en Cambridge (MA), tendrán ante sí...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Un proyecto de investigación llamado LOGIPRO-CONTROL que comenzó este mes de enero en el Zaragoza Logistics Center (Zaragoza, España) está ampliando los conocimientos creados por un proyecto previo, CO2Logistic, con la intención de aumentar la funcionalidad de una...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Un proyecto final GCLOG (certificado de posgrado en logística y gestión de la cadena de suministro, Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management) encaminado a encontrar la solución óptima de transporte para un exportador de azúcar brasileño...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 52. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Supply Chain Frontiers , n.º 52: Presentaciones MIT CTL Yossi Sheffi «Supply Chain Management in the Future», Stifel Transportation and Logistics Conference, West Palm Beach (FL, EE. UU.), 11 de febrero. «Logistics Clusters as a Jobs Engine», TMP...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 A GCLOG (Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management) capstone project to find the optimum transportation solution for a Brazilian sugar exporter underlines the importance of supply chain management as a component of business strategy. Author of the project, Vanessa Azevedo, is studying for...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 If there was a league table of desirable supply chain attributes, then "agility" would be somewhere near the top. But what exactly is supply chain agility and how can it be evaluated? Dr. David Gligor, Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), is engaged in...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 Robots have been an integral part of the industrial landscape for many years. Advances in the technology are now making these units more flexible and versatile. The upshot from a supply chain perspective is that the new generation of factory robots makes production systems more...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 In order to identify supply chain network synergies companies are looking outside their own organizations to create joint benefits in partnership with other trading partners. This is one reason why a concept that has been around for some time, co-loading, is becoming a viable option...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 The Design Anywhere, Make Anywhere, Deliver Anywhere conference organized by the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) will explore the future of supply chain management. The event will take place on March 20, 2014, on the MISI campus in Malaysia. An unprecedented transformation in...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 A research project called LOGIPRO-CONTROL that started this January at the Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain, is building on the knowledge created by a previous project, CO2Logistic, to expand the functionality of a tool for calculating carbon footprints. In addition to performing carbon footprint calculations...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 MIT CTL Chris Caplice "Impact of Macro Trends on Supply Chains: Digitization of Products," Supply Chain @ MIT Blog, January 30 "Impact of Macro Trends on Supply Chains: Diversification of Sales Channels," Supply Chain @ MIT Blog, January 16 "Impact of Macro Trends on Supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 The unemployment rate in Europe remains stubbornly high at around 12% and in Spain is over 25%, yet the current jobless rate for graduates of the MIT-Zaragoza Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management program in Zaragoza, Spain, is zero. The program's exceptional performance is...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 A unique opportunity to learn about innovations that could shape the future of supply chain management awaits individuals who sign up for the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics' annual conference, Crossroads, on March 25, 2014, on the MIT campus, Cambridge, MA. World-leading experts from...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 The Basel ZLOG Alumni Group organized a workshop on January 17, 2014 to share best practices in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. The event took place in the headquarters of Roche Technical Operations, Basel, Switzerland. The Alumni Group is composed of 15 graduates of the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #53 MIT CTL Chris Caplice "Balancing Robustness and Flexibility in Transportation Networks," Supply Chain Brain, April. With Francisco Jauffred. Jim Rice "Perseverance Pays in the Innovation Game," Supply Chain Management Review Innovation Strategies column, May/June. With Ashley Dorna. "An Initial Exploration of port capacity bottlenecks in...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51 The next MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Crossroads conference will take place on March 25, 2014, on the MIT campus, Cambridge, MA. Launched 10 years ago to explore the intersection between supply chain and corporate strategy, this annual event has become a leading platform...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51 When shipping product into a country as large and complex as Brazil, the choice of transportation routes has a critical impact on supply chain costs. Four GCLOG students* developed a decision support system that enables a leading luxury goods company to determine the optimal routes...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51 A new book from Dr. Albert Tan, Director of Education at the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation, titled Supply Chain Process Reengineering (Pearson Malaysia, 2013), provides a roadmap to the planning and implementation of SPR projects. As Tan points out in his book, SPR...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51 Large banks represent a weak link in the financial supply chain for small and medium sized (SME) enterprises in Asia. The problem also hinders the physical supply chain in that SMEs are key drivers of business growth in the region. The Malaysia Institute for Supply...
