Supply Chain Frontiers issue #52 A GCLOG (Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management) capstone project to find the optimum transportation solution for a Brazilian sugar exporter underlines the importance of supply chain management as a component of business strategy. Author of the project, Vanessa Azevedo, is studying for...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51 A team of students from the MIT SCALE Network’s four supply chain management graduate programs took first place at the finals of the 5th annual Global Challenge of The Fresh Connection, a supply chain simulation competition designed to engage participants in making strategic and tactical...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Un equipo de estudiantes de los cuatro programas de posgrado en cadena de suministro de la red SCALE del MIT ganó la final del 5.º Reto Global de The Fresh Connection, un concurso de simulación de la cadena de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #50 Remember the early days of cell phones when a new model seemed to appear every week and each one looked dramatically different? This is typical of a new product market. Initially, wildly different variants are released and tested in the market, but eventually they converge...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #50. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. ¿Recuerdan los primeros tiempos de los teléfonos móviles, cuando parecía que cada semana se lanzaba un nuevo modelo y cada uno de ellos tenía un aspecto absolutamente diferente? Este es un fenómeno común en el mercado de un producto...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #49 MIT CTL Chris Caplice “Transportation Reliability,” The 17th Annual Northeast Trade & Transportation Conference, Newport, RI, US, April 2. “Optimal Transportation Portfolio Assignment,” 2013 INFORMS Conference on Business Analytics & Operations Research, San Antonio, TX, US, April 8. “Recent Changes in Global Supply Chains and...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #49 MIT CTL Edgar Blanco “To Succeed at Sustainability, First Learn to Communicate,” Supply Chain Management Review, Talent Strategies column, May/June issue. With Jason Mathers. ZLC Susana Val “The Economic Impact of a Logistics Infrastructure, the Case of the Zaragoza Logistics Platform (PLAZA),” Transportation Planning Technology...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #49. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Presentaciones de 2013 sobre la cadena de suministro de Frontiers, n.º 49 MIT CTL Chris Caplice «Transportation Reliability», 17.ª Conferencia Anual sobre Negocios y Transportes en el Noreste, Newport, RI (EE. UU.), 2 de abril. «Optimal Transportation Portfolio Assignment»...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Gran parte del inmenso sector agrícola de la India tiene sus raíces en comunidades rurales, y lo fundamental para que pueda desarrollar todo su potencial comercial es conectar a los agricultores con los mercados internacionales, lo cual requiere una...
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 #46. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Los fabricantes de automóviles forman parte de lo que suele denominarse un sector maduro, a pesar de que está experimentando un gran cambio en términos de productos y liderazgo en los mercados, tecnología y distribución geográfica de la producción...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #46 Auto manufacturing is commonly described as a “mature” industry, yet it is undergoing dramatic change in terms of product and market leadership, technology, and the geography of production. Asia is at the center of these changes. In response, the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) pone a su disposición una serie de cursos de dos días acerca de aspectos fundamentales sobre la gestión de una cadena de suministro. Los cursos incluyen aspectos como operaciones, liderazgo, gestión...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 A series of two-day courses on key aspects of supply chain management is available from the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI). The courses cover operations, leadership, contract management, and strategy, and will take place this coming May, June, and September. MISI is also...
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 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 #43. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Supply Chain Frontiers # 43 Ponencias 2011/12 CLI Isabel Agudelo “Enhancing RFID Adoption Through Innovation and Research” (Incrementando la adopción de RFID mediante la innovación e investigación), RFID Journal Live LatAm Mexico, Ciudad de México, México, 29 de noviembre...
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 #43 How reliable is ocean transportation, and what is the business case for improving its reliability? The answers to these two questions have far-reaching implications for the efficiency of global supply chains. Research under way at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) indicates...
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 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 #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)...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Presentaciones 2011 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco “Carbon Footprint Analysis in Latin America: The Colombian Case,” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 22nd Annual POMS Conference, Operations Management - The Enabling Link, Reno, NV, USA, Abril 29 a mayo 2...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 A web-based communications platform called the Collaborative Platform for Transport that cuts truck transportation costs and eliminates costly freight delays in Colombia will enter the implementation phase in December 2010. In addition to making the country’s supply chains more efficient, the project offers valuable lessons...
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...
