Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. At the April 2010 CEO Summit organized by the LOGyCA-Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (LOGyCA-CLI), company leaders will share business strategies with their peers and get valuable feedback from industry experts on the strategic role of logistics. The CEO Summit will take place April 7–8...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Los asistentes al programa de educación ejecutivo verano 2010 del Centro de Transporte y Logística de MIT (MIT CTL) jugarán CHAOS (Simulación de Operaciones en Cadena de Suministro), el nuevo juego de simulación en administración de inventarios de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Un reporte resumen y las presentaciones de la Segunda Cumbre de la Cadena de Suministro del Sector Salud, que se realizó en Zaragoza, están a disposición de los asistentes al evento. La cumbre de dos días "Bringing Industry...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Los parques logísticos han crecido en número por alrededor del mundo en años recientes, con el apoyo del desarrollo de estas instalaciones por parte de gobiernos y empresas de finca raíz. Sin embargo, no hay un marco estándar...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El sitio web del Centro de Transporte y Logística de MIT (MIT CTL) ha sido renovado y rediseñado para reflejar el rápido crecimiento y para ofrecer una fuente de información mejorada y más interactiva sobre las actividades de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Las compras se están volviendo de naturaleza más estratégica, de lo que se desprendería que la alineación de la función con la estrategia corporativa mejorará su desempeño. En la práctica, sin embargo, lograr esta alineación no es tan...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Presentaciones CLI Edgar Blanco "Innovación de la Cadena de Suministro en Mercado Emergentes," Conferencia Anual Líderes, Bogotá, Colombia, Mayo 5 de 2010. MIT CTL Edgar Blanco "Implicaciones de la Huella de Carbono en las Cadenas de Suministro," MIT...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . En CEO Summit organizado por el Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística (LOGyCA-CLI), y que se llevará a cabo en abril, los líderes de compañías compartirán estrategias de negocios con sus pares y recibirán retroalimentación valiosa de expertos...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Las respuestas iniciales a la innovadora encuesta de actitudes hacia la administración del riesgo en la cadena de suministro, ofrecen luces respecto a los tipos de incidentes que están interrumpiendo las cadenas de suministro y con qué frecuencia se...
Articles Include: Transforming Into a Worldwide Competitor A Korean company breaks out of its domestic mind-set Recession-Style Negotiations a Thing of the Past? Talking the talk in a post-recession world Profiting From Emissions Curbs Where will carbon credits trading meet supply chain? [Re] Searching for Answers: Sizing Your Logistics Carbon...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #35. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Global SCALE Network has launched a major supply chain risk management research project across six world regions. The first phase of the project, a multi-country survey, started in November 2009. The main goal of the 12-minute survey...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #35. Read all articles in this issue. The Latin American Center for Logistics Innovation (CLI) and the Secretariat for Economic Development (SDDE) have agreed to create a special research unit that will focus on increasing logistics excellence in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, and the surrounding...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #35. Read all articles in this issue. In order to stay competitive in more volatile markets, companies have to react quickly to shifts in demand. Many organizations have become nimbler through flexible operations that they reconfigure in response to market changes. Another route to flexibility is...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #35. Read all articles in this issue. The global economic crisis has highlighted the risks associated with supplier failures, but customers can also throw a supply chain into disarray. Buy-side risks, particularly those related to payment problems and obsolete inventory, were discussed at a recent symposium...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #35. Read all articles in this issue. As part of a groundbreaking port resiliency research project, MIT CTL is asking a wide cross-section of port users and stakeholders in the United States about the vulnerabilities of the country’s port system. MIT CTL researchers are working to...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #35. Read all articles in this issue. Calculating the size of an organization’s carbon footprint can be extremely challenging when complex supply chain networks are involved. To simplify the task, many companies use what is called an initial screening — an approximation of the emission levels...
Articles Include: Wal-Mart’s Five-Point Strategy for Global Growth How the retailing titan is expanding overseas Real Estate Practices That Build Supply Chain Agility A more timely approach to bricks and mortar Suppliers Add Convenience to 7-Eleven’s Supply Chain A supply chain built for convenience [Re]Searching for Answers: Supply Chain Rising...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
