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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . ¿Qué tipo de cadena de suministro tarda años en ser construida para desmantelarse unas semanas después de llegar a su rendimiento máximo? La respuesta es una cadena que soporte grandes eventos deportivos como el Mundial Brasil 2014. Esta...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Para conseguir un crecimiento sostenible hacen falta nuevas formas de enfocar la gestión de la cadena de suministro, sobre todo cuando están implicadas redes internacionales de distribución complejas. Pero la complejidad de estas redes dificulta la asimilación de...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Instituto para la Innovación de las Cadenas de Suministro de Malasia (MISI; Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI)) va a celebrar su primer congreso sobre la cadena de suministro global el 19 de julio del 2011...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) de Zaragoza (España) ha llegado a un acuerdo con la Facultad de Administración de Empresas de la Universidad de Sabanci (Estambul, Turquía) para crear un programa conducente a dos titulaciones máster. La nueva...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Dr. David Gonsalvez, Profesor de Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro en el Programa MIT-Zaragoza (Zaragoza, España) ha sido nombrado nuevo director del Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC). Antes de incorporarse al ZLC, Gonsalvez fue Director de Cadena...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Centro para Transportes y Logística del MIT (MIT CTL) ha publicado una serie de informes (cuatro) donde se describen las tecnologías con el potencial necesario para dar forma a las cadenas de suministro del futuro. Los informes...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Supply Chain Frontiers nº 41 Ponencias 2011 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco Ponencia en el Foro Internacional de Sostenibilidad y Huella de Carbono (Cali, Colombia) el 22 de junio. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Current and Future State of Corporate Supply...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Consorcio de Logística TISAT ha recibido el premio Líderes de la Red de Valor 2011 que concede LOGyCA, empresa de formación e investigación en logística con sede en Bogotá (Colombia), en una ceremonia especial celebrada el pasado...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Ya está creado el marco para que el Sudeste Asiático ocupe su puesto como una de las potencias comerciales líderes a nivel mundial. Además de beneficiarse del crecimiento de China y de la India, los mercados nacionales están...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 How does a major city in a developing country deliver food safely and efficiently to its population of more than 7 million people? The city of Bogotá, Colombia, is addressing this question with a unique supply chain research project that involves the Center for Latin-American...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 On December 14, 2010, Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) in Chile, through its Department of Engineering Sciences, and Bogotá, Colombia-based LOGyCA, signed an agreement to create CLI Chile, a new center for logistics education and research. CLI Chile follows CLI Mexico – which was created in...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) annual conference, Crossroads, will take place on the MIT campus on June 16, 2011. The theme of this year’s event is cutting-edge technologies that will transform supply chains. The Crossroads 2011: Disruptive Innovations That Will Shape...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Logistics parks have become a key component of global distribution networks. As companies look for ways to make their supply chains more agile in order to stay competitive, however, these commercial hubs must respond with flexible service packages and innovative facilities. This is what Europe’s...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Developing countries – even those that have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol – appear to have little incentive to measure the carbon footprints of their supply chains. However, research at the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI), headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, shows that Colombian...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Malaysia, the largest center for international trade and manufacturing in Southeast Asia, is partnering with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) to create a global center for Supply Chain education and research. The joint initiative will build and develop the Malaysia Institute...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 The MIT NextLab Program has partnered with the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá (Javeriana) to run a dedicated course on the University’s campus in Bogotá, Colombia, during the spring semester of 2011. The NextLab@Javeriana course started in January 2011, and combines content from Javeriana’s Mobile...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco “CLI’s Carbon Footprint Measurement in Emerging Market Supply Chains: The Colombian Case Research Project,” Sustainable Strategies to Strengthen Your Supply Chain conference, Bogotá, Colombia, March 1. “Carbon Footprint Analysis in Latin America: The Colombian Case,” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 MIT CTL Edgar Blanco “Carbon Footprints Are Here to Stay,” SupplyChainBrain, January–February 2011. Sustainability Column, Inside Supply Management, April. Chris Caplice “Three Questions That Define the Leadership Debate,” Talent Strategies column, Supply Chain Management Review, March–April.
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Brazilian state and municipal governments commonly use tax incentives to attract businesses to their regions in an effort to stimulate economic growth and promote technological development. In fact, the intense competition between these entities to offer favorable tax terms is often referred to as “fiscal...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Leadership in supply chain management has become a hot topic over the last few years. Many supply chain executives visit the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for recruiting, executive education, and other reasons, and it is a rare meeting where the topic...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Companies can reap multiple benefits when they include suppliers in the new product development (NPD) process. A study by Fabrizio Salvador, IE Business School and MIT-Zaragoza Logistics Center, and Veronica Villena, IE Business School, shows that leveraging suppliers’ expertise in this way is particularly effective...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Many technologies that are still under development have the potential to redefine supply chains. To help companies keep abreast of these potential breakthroughs, MIT CTL is presenting a number of innovations at its 2011 Crossroads conference this June, and is publishing a series of papers...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto El pasado 14 de diciembre se formalizó la alianza entre la Universidad Andrés Bello, a través del departamento de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, y el Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística –CLI, de LOGyCA, que da origen a CLI...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto El programa MIT NextLab se ha asociado con la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá para ejecutar el curso que se realizará en el campus de la Universidad, durante el primer semestre de 2011. El curso NextLab @ Javeriana comenzó...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto La conferencia anual del Centro de Transporte y Logística del MIT (MIT CTL), Crossroads, se llevará a cabo en el campus del MIT el 16 de junio de 2011. El tema del evento de este año serán las tecnologías...