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...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Cada año, el Zaragoza Logistics Center organiza una academia de verano de doctorado (PhD Summer Academy), donde los asistentes debaten y aprenden las tendencias recientes en materia de gestión de la cadena de suministro. La academia de verano de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 Each year, the Zaragoza Logistics Center organizes a PhD Summer Academy, where individuals debate and learn about recent trends in supply chain management. The 2012 Summer Academy, the fifth in the annual series, will take place from June 21 to July 11, in Zaragoza, Spain...
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 #39 The first Future Freight Flows (FFF) Workshop took place on November 4, 2010, at the headquarters of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), in Philadelphia, PA. The event was a resounding success. The project team will now take the workshop on the road in...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 The Center for Latin American Logistics Innovation (CLI) has a new strategic partner: Carvajal, Colombia’s leading international business group. Founded in 1904, the organization makes and distributes products in a number of sectors including paper, school and office supplies, packaging, furniture, publishing, printing, process outsourcing...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El primer taller de flujos futuros de transporte de mercancías (Future Freight Flows, FFF) tuvo lugar el 4 de noviembre de 2010 en la sede central de la Comisión de Planificación Regional del Valle de Delaware (Delaware Valley...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística - CLI, cuenta con un nuevo aliado estratégico; se trata de Carvajal, el grupo empresarial colombiano que más ha avanzado en el proceso de internacionalización de sus negocios. Actualmente, está conformado...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 Market leadership and more than 70 years in the business provide a solid foundation for success—but do not make an organization impervious to change. This is what cement and concrete manufacturer Argos realized about six years ago, when it had become too detached from its...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 Are companies making a sufficient effort to ensure their supply chains are sustainable? Speakers at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Crossroads conference, March 25, 2010, addressed this question. The general verdict was that companies need to take the design and management of supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Liderazgo en el Mercado y más de 70 años en el negocio proporcionan bases sólidas para el éxito, pero no hacen que una organización sea impermeable al cambio. Esto es lo que el fabricante de cemento y concreto...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. ¿Están las empresas haciendo el esfuerzo necesario para asegurar que sus cadenas de abastecimiento sean sostenibles? Esta es la pregunta formulada por voceros del Centro de Logística y Transporte del MIT durante la conferencia Crossroads, celebrada el pasado 25...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #23. Read all articles in this issue The annual networking retreat of MIT-CTL’s Demand Management Interest Group (DMIG) will take place on December 11, 2007, at the MIT Faculty Club, Cambridge, MA. In addition to discussing the Center’s latest research in demand management, attendees at the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #16. Read all articles in this issue. The 2006-2007 academic year is off to a flying start. The 2007 classes for the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Program at MIT and the Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) Program at the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics will stage a real-time simulation of a global emergency that severely disrupts supply chains and tests the crisis response capabilities of companies around the world. Leaders from business, government and academia are...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #11. Read all articles in this issue. Companies are still learning the hard way that unsound supplier relationships frequently lead to higher costs and crippling supply chain disruptions. "We continue to see companies that neglect to put in place a robust strategy for how they deal...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #11. Read all articles in this issue. Emergency relief agencies and industrial manufacturers are very different organizations, but when disaster strikes they face similar supply chain challenges. This September they came together in Stanford, CA, to share best practices and learn some important lessons about disruption...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #11. Read all articles in this issue. The recently published book written by CTL Director Yossi Sheffi, The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage, is ranked sixth on a list of top 25 best-selling business books for September 2005. The list was compiled by 800-CEO-READ...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #11. Read all articles in this issue. Measures introduced in the United States since the 9/11 terrorist attacks have made supply chains more secure, now this effort is moving to a global level with an initiative to implement security standards worldwide. "This has the potential to...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. What's the biggest problem in supply chain management today? It is that all too often, the mission of the supply chain organization is defined much too narrowly. In most companies, many of the most important elements of supply chain...
