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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El Laboratorio de Respuesta Humanitaria del MIT ha inaugurado un blog llamado Humanitarian@MIT. El laboratorio diseña métodos que mejoran el suministro de mercancías para fomentar el desarrollo de países con rentas bajas y responder a las crisis humanitarias. Este...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), Zaragoza (España) organizará el Congreso de Matemática de Operaciones y Logística 2013 entre el 26 y el 28 de junio de 2013. De tener éxito, el congreso se convertiría en un evento anual. El...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. ¿Cómo puede el transporte de mercancías añadir valor a las cadenas de suministro modernas cuando en todo el mundo, y sobre todo en Asia, este aspecto tiende a estar solo tímidamente relacionado con las estrategias de cadenas de suministro...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Presentaciones de 2013 sobre la cadena de suministro de Frontiers, n.º 48 MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “The Student Perspective”, Segunda Mesa Redonda Anual sobre Gestión del Talento para Ejecutivos de Cadenas de suministro y RR.HH., campus del MIT, Cambridge...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Un estudio realizado por el Centro de Transporte y Logística del MIT (MIT CTL) y patrocinado por el Fondo de Defensa Ambiental (EDF), demuestra cómo Ocean Spray Cranberries obtuvo una reducción del 20% en gases invernadero además de un...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 The liquidity crisis in Europe has cast a spotlight on the need to bridge the divide between finance and supply chain management (SCM). More than ever, these two key disciplines need to collaborate on ways to release some of the cash that is locked into...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 Retaining supply chain management (SCM) talent at a time when experienced professionals are in high demand can be a major challenge for companies. Two approaches worth considering are offering special skill-building programs to rising stars and incorporating talent development targets into leaders’ performance reviews. Talent...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 How can freight transportation add value to modern supply chains when globally – and especially in Asia – the function tends to be only loosely linked to shippers’ supply chain strategies? In Asia, companies are often divided into multiple business units, with each unit operating...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 The MIT Humanitarian Response Lab has launched a blog titled Humanitarian@MIT. The lab designs methods that improve the delivery of goods to enable development in low-income countries and to respond to humanitarian crises. This new blog features stories from the field as well as perspectives...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), Zaragoza, Spain, will host the 2013 Mathematics of Operations and Logistics Conference from June 26 to June 28, 2013. If successful, the conference could become an annual event. New advances in operational applications of mathematics will be covered at the...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “The Student Perspective,” Second Annual Talent Management Roundtable for SC and HR Executives, MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA, US, January 17. Chris Caplice “Supply Chain Talent Management and Leadership,” Second Annual Talent Management Roundtable for SC and HR Executives, MIT Campus, Cambridge...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 In January 2013, the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA, played host to 98 students from the four centers that make up the MIT Global SCALE (Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence) network, the highest number since the network’s inception. Each January, students from SCALE supply chain...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 How is supply chain management (SCM) playing a key role in helping companies to harness market-changing technologies such as cloud computing and high-speed robots? Find out at the 2013 Crossroads conference. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ (MIT CTL) annual Crossroads conference has become...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 A study conducted by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), shows how Ocean Spray Cranberries gained a 20% reduction in greenhouse gases on top of 40% savings in transportation costs by making smart process...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 On January 14, 2013, Dr. Albert Tan, Director of Education, Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation, held a three-day executive development program entitled: The Art and Science of Supply Chain Management using Sun Tzu Art of War. Sun Tzu was an ancient Chinese military general...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 How can you measure the carbon footprint of the supply chain when critical data on fuel consumption is unavailable? This was one of the challenges that the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) and Colombian food manufacturer Team Foods had to overcome recently in Chile...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #48 The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) has entered into a three-year memorandum of cooperation and interaction with the government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Under the terms of the agreement, ZLC will assist the country in developing its freight transportation and logistics sector. This includes the...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. La próxima conferencia Crossroads del Centro para el Transporte y la Logística del MIT tendrá lugar el 25 de marzo de 2014 en el campus del MIT en Cambridge (Massachusetts). Este acontecimiento anual, iniciado hace 10 años para explorar...
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Event report for the Global Ocean Transportation Roundtable held on November 29, 2012 at MIT. This report is available for CTL partners only. If you are a CTL partner, please log in or create an account to download this paper. If you'd like to learn more about how to become...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Gran parte del inmenso sector agrícola de la India tiene sus raíces en comunidades rurales, y lo fundamental para que pueda desarrollar todo su potencial comercial es conectar a los agricultores con los mercados internacionales, lo cual requiere una...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El aclamado curso en formación ejecutiva del Centro de Transporte y Logística del MIT, titulado Are You Ready for the Next Level of Supply Chain Leadership?, se celebrará entre el 8 y el 11 de enero de 2013 en...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El Instituto para la Innovación de las Cadenas de Suministro de Malasia (MISI) lanzó un programa en este mes de octubre destinado a subsanar deficiencias específicas en la formación de los directores de cadenas de suministro de la región...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. La red MIT Global SCALE seleccionó The Fresh Connection (experiencia para el estudio de la cadena de valor) para que hiciera las veces de plataforma para el reto SCALE de 2013. Este ejercicio de simulación de una cadena de...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), ubicado en Zaragoza (España), está trabajando con la consultoría INCLAM S. A., con sede en Madrid (España), para desarrollar una solución de software denominada CO₂ Logistic, destinada a calcular la huella de carbono de...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Una forma eficaz de recortar gastos y emisiones de CO 2 es compartir la capacidad de transporte a la hora de desplazar mercancías; no obstante, es complicado poner en práctica esta idea porque, por regla general, las empresas deben...