Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47 Much of India’s vast agricultural sector is rooted in rural communities, and key to realizing its full commercial potential is connecting growers to world markets. That requires a much better understanding of the rural-agricultural supply chains that deliver produce from remote landholdings to consumers. The...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47 MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Supply Chain Visibility (Mapping),” Advancing Supply Chain Risk Management: Emerging Challenges and Strategies, MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA, US, October 10. “Innovative Methods in Building and Managing an SC Center,” panel moderator, Annual Supply Chain Management Directors Conference, Phoenix, AZ, US, October...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47 What risks will threaten supply chains over the next five years or so? As new risks emerge and familiar ones resurface, companies need to keep abreast of the changes that can unseat even the most well-run supply chain. The outlook for potential disruptions was one...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Prepárese para el siguiente nivel de liderazgo en la cadena de suministro asistiendo al curso de formación ejecutiva del MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics «Supply Chain Management: Driving Strategic Advantage» (gestión de la cadena de suministro: impulso de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Uno de los retos fundamentales en las cadenas de suministro humanitario y sanitario a escala mundial es la caducidad de los productos. La vida útil de éstos comienza en el momento en el que un producto finaliza su proceso...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 Get ready for the next level of supply chain leadership by attending the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ Supply Chain Management: Driving Strategic Advantage Executive Education Course, June 12 to 15, 2012, at the MIT Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA, USA. Taught by distinguished MIT...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 A key challenge in humanitarian and global health supply chains is product expiry. Shelf life begins the moment a product completes manufacture, and once it expires the product is considered unsuitable for use. Some distributors have found ways to manage the problem, but further research...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística (CLI) cuenta con nuevo curso de educación ejecutiva que inicia en mayo. Este curso se centra en la superación de los desafíos que implica la logística global y gestión de la...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El programa de educación ejecutiva líder en la industria, Supply Chain Management: Driving Strategic Advantage, del Centro para Transporte y Logística del MIT (MIT CTL) está programado para llevarse a cabo del 12 al 15 de junio de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44 The Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) is launching a new executive education course this May that focuses on overcoming the challenges of global logistics and supply chain management in Latin America. CLI developed the course with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. A...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44 The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ industry-leading executive education program, Supply Chain Management: Driving Strategic Advantage , is scheduled to take place from June 12 to 15, 2012, in Cambridge, MA, USA. Today’s companies are realizing the importance of the supply chain as a...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #43 CTL Chris Caplice “Onsite Relationships: Challenging but Rewarding,” Supply Chain Management Review, “Talent Strategies” column, November 2011. Co-authored with Dan Ryan, Vice President, C. H. Robinson Worldwide. ZLC Y. Feng “A computational approach for optimal joint inventory-pricing control in an infinite-horizon periodic review system,” Operations...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Los mercados en naciones emergentes se diferencian unos de otros en muchos aspectos, pero una característica que casi siempre tienen en común es un alto grado de fragmentación a lo largo de la cadena de abastecimiento. El negocio...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Supply Chain Frontiers #42 Presentaciones 2011 CLI Andrés Baquero y Rene Suárez “Un Enfoque Previsivo para la Reformulación de Acciones en el Suministro de Alimentos y el Plan Maestro de Seguridad de Bogotá” Congreso Latino – Iberoamericano de Gestión...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . La Cumbre de Cadena de Abastecimiento Global, el primer evento organizado por el Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) se llevó a cabo el19 de julio de 2011 con gran éxito; más de 400 asistentes. La conferencia...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) ha puesto en marcha recientemente el Supply Chain and Finance Institute (SFI) con el objetivo de promover el estudio de la interacción entre la cadena de suministro y el sector financiero. La crisis...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 Markets in emerging nations differ in many respects, but one characteristic that they generally have in common is a high degree of fragmentation across the supply chain. The pipes and fittings business in Brazil is a good example, and the way leading supplier Amanco Brasil...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 The Global Supply Chain SumMIT, the first event organized by the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), took place July 19, 2011, and was a major success with more than 400 attendees. The conference was held in the Shah Alam Convention Center, Shah Alam...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 CLI Andrés Baquero y Rene Suárez “A Foresight Approach to Reshaping the Actions in the Food Supply and Security Master Plan of Bogota,” Latino and Ibero American Congress of Technology Management (ALTEC 2011), Lima, Peru, October 19 – 21. Julián Lasso and Jhonatan Rotberg “Virtual...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) has established the Supply Chain & Finance Institute (SFI) to promote the study of the interrelationship between supply chain and finance. The global financial crisis and its aftermath have highlighted the importance of this interrelationship. In addition, bringing more financial...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 What type of supply chain takes years to build and is dismantled just weeks after reaching its peak performance? The answer is one that supports major sporting events such as the 2014 World Cup. This unique breed of supply chain was explored at the Supply...
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...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Países en desarrollo – incluso aquellos que han firmado y ratificado el Protocolo de Kyoto – parecen tener poco incentivo para medir las huellas de carbono de sus cadenas de abastecimiento. Sin embargo, la investigación desarrollada en el Centro...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Logistics parks have grown in number across the globe in recent years, with governments and real estate enterprises supporting the development of these facilities. Yet, there is no standard framework for logistics park design to guide the builders and managers of these facilities. Research into...
