Supply Chain Frontiers issue #22. Read all articles in this issue Death and taxes are two of life’s certainties; another is that world populations are aging. The resultant demographic shifts will have a profound impact on the work place and the way firms operate. As these age-related changes reshape organizations...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #20. Read all articles in this issue Changing the world’s energy consumption habits to counter rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere requires a 50-year time horizon, said Professor Ernest J.Moniz, MIT Professor of Physics and Director of the MIT Energy Initiative. Meanwhile, global energy...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue Many of the best practices that underpin supply chain design will become obsolete as rising energy costs force companies to rethink the way they make and deliver products. That was the main message to emerge from the Major Session...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #16. Read all articles in this issue. The line up has been announced for the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ Supply Chains Driving Strategic Advantage: Managing Dynamics & Innovating the Future executive education course, January 3 – 7, 2007, in Cambridge, MA. The course is...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. This January CTL Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) and MIT-Zaragoza Master of Engineering in Logistics (ZLOG) students got a taste of international logistics with a transatlantic student exchange and visits to the trenches where they saw globalization in...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. Supply chain management "is an increasingly strategic topic" said MIT President Dr. Susan Hockfield, at the opening of "At the Crossroads of Supply Chain & Strategy", a landmark symposium inaugurated by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, March...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. Globalization continues to open the door to new markets--and to risks including increasing supply chain complexity and changing cost structures. Two business leaders who have spearheaded the international growth of their companies, David Abney, President, UPS International, and Edouard...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. How to address the transportation demand- and supply-side uncertainties that are causing serious supply chain disruptions is the main theme of CTL's second "Innovations in Transportation" symposium, 5-6 April, 2005, at MIT. The symposium will focus on how shippers...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. The supply chain discipline is becoming more diverse as managers adopt a wider range of skills to meet the needs of their changing roles. As two 2005 MIT Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) students show, finance can now...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #6. Read all articles in this issue. How MLOG 2004 Graduates are Already Making an Impact By Becky Schneck Allen "I manage a supply chain network from start to finish," explains MLOG 2004 graduate Rose Mei. "It's a leadership role I would not have been prepared...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #3. Read all articles in this issue. The latest class in the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Program starts this August after a record number of applications for the program. The new students are primarily young business professionals looking to build their skill sets and...
