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 CLI Isabel Agudelo "Global Trends for the Development of Sustainable Transportation Services," Third National Meeting of Transportation, ENATRANS 2010, Santiago de Chile, Chile. November 3. Andrés Baquero "Reflections on the Development of Logistics Platforms for Fruits and Vegetables Supply Chain in Bogota." CODATU, Buenos Aires...
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 . Presentaciones CLI Isabel Agudelo “Tendencias Globales para el Desarrollo de Servicios de Transporte Sostenibles”. Ponente, III Encuentro Nacional del Transporte – ENATRANS 2010. "Los Desafíos de Chile para un Transporte de Primera Clase”, Santiago de Chile, Chile. 3...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38 As the cost of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems falls, companies find it easier to build a business case for adopting the technology. But cost is not the only factor that influences the viability of RFID; the number of ways in which it can deliver...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Mientras el costo de los sistemas de Identificación por Radio Frecuencia (RFID) disminuye, las compañías encuentran más sencillo crear un caso de negocio para adoptar esta tecnología. Pero los costos no son el único factor que influye en la...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 CLI Edgar Blanco Keynote speaker, ICPR Americas, Bogotá, Colombia. July 22, 2010. MIT CTL Edgar Blanco Speaker, EPA Regional Administrators’ Event, Baltimore, MD, USA, July 14, 2010. Chris Caplice “Mind the Gap: Connecting Planning to Operations in Transportation Management,” keynote speaker, 2010 Oracle Transportation Management...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . PRESENTACIONES CLI Edgar Blanco Conferencista Principal en ICPR Americas, Bogotá, Colombia. Julio 22, 2010. MIT CTL Edgar Blanco Conferencista, EPA Evento Administradores Regionales, Baltimore, MD, EEUU, Julio 14, 2010. Chris Caplice “Cuidado con la brecha: Conexión de planificación...
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...
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 #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 #33. Read all articles in this issue. An unwillingness to share sensitive commercial information often prevents companies from entering into high-level collaborative relationships with trading partners. Now a consortium of academic institutions — including the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) in Zaragoza, Spain — is developing a...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #30. Read all articles in this issue. Given the high degree of market uncertainty that companies now have to deal with, finding ways to mitigate and eliminate risk in supply networks is no longer a matter of choice. Risk management (RM) has become an integral part...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #30. Read all articles in this issue. Supply chain is adjusting to the extreme turbulence that has become the new norm in most markets, but how is it evolving to meet these challenges in a post-recession world? Perhaps towards a role as shock absorber, one that...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #29. Read all articles in this issue More than $10 billion in donor-financed health commodities is expected to flow into low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) annually by 2011, and much work is going on to improve the efficiency of the supply chains that deliver these products...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #29. Read all articles in this issue Even though companies are devoting more resources to developing green supply chains, some form of government support is needed to address environmental issues that are simply too big for enterprises to tackle alone. The problem is that such private/public...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #28. Read all articles in this issue It comes as no surprise that supply chains have to flex with unforeseen events, yet companies are being caught off guard by the complexity of the changes they now have to deal with. Unexpected twists in business fortunes are...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #24. Read All Articles In This Issue The carbon footprint of a product is the carbon dioxide emitted across the supply chain for a single unit of that product. Carbon labels indicate how much carbon is used over the life cycle of a product; information that...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue Supply chain professionals are climbing the corporate ladder and taking top leadership positions. In recognition of this trend, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) has expanded its management and leadership curriculum with the creation of the Supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue Think of all the places where your international supply chain can be disrupted. Chances are national borders are probably high on the list. That’s why companies employ teams of trade compliance experts to shepherd cargo from one country to...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. The number of imports into the United States, as measured by TEU lifts, has risen from under 50 million to over 400 million in the past 26 years, and the rate of growth is increasing sharply. The capacity growth...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. Even though a capacity crisis in the nation’s freight transportation system threatens economic growth, collaboration between carriers, shippers, and government agencies to find solutions to the problem is “virtually non-existent,” according to a survey carried out by the MIT...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. Cargo theft costs the freight industry and its customers billions of dollars in lost revenue, despite countermeasures such as fortifying containers, employing dual vehicle drivers, and escorting valuable shipments. Researchers at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics are...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue Supply chain management has grown beyond its operational roots to take on a more strategic role, a transition that can be attributed to the strong impact of integrated SCM on companies' operational and financial performance. Enterprises such as Wal-Mart...
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...
