MIT CTL students propel their classroom and laboratory learning straight into industry. They graduate from our programs as thought leaders ready to engage in an international, highly competitive marketplace. Read More
Today, an efficient supply chain is at the heart of business success. The organizations that partner with MIT CTL gain access to world-leading research, unrivaled expertise, and a unique forum for exchanging knowledge. Read More
At MIT CTL we believe that by addressing today’s supply chain problems with ingenuity, passion, and collaborative dynamism, we can deliver solutions that help organizations and societies to thrive. Read More
The MIT Global SCALE Network is an international alliance of leading research and education centers dedicated to supply chain and logistics excellence through innovation. Read More
Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, has been named the #1 Supply Chain Influencer for 2024 by Supply Chain Magazine, replacing last year’s top influencer spot held by Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Matthias Winkenbach, Director of Research at MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, discusses the enduring challenge of vehicle routing. Despite decades of study, optimal efficiency remains elusive. With AI and machine learning, the new MIT Intelligent Logistics Systems Lab, under his direction, aims to revolutionize last-mile delivery and urban logistics, addressing the rising consumer expectations and complexities that traditional methods can't fully solve. Learn more at intelligent.mit.edu.
The MIT Low Income Firms Transformation (LIFT) Lab joins us to discuss their work empowering micro retailers and nanostores in emerging markets by using generative AI to help these businesses enhance their decision-making and supply chain capabilities.
Warehouses are undergoing a fundamental transformation—in response to the explosion of growth in the e-commerce space and worldwide large-scale supply chain disruptions, warehouses of the future are leveraging new technologies in automation and digitalization to enhance precision, flexibility, and efficiency to adapt quickly to changing market and supply chain trends and needs. In this episode Miguel Rodríguez García, a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, and Erez Agmoni, Global Head of Innovation (Logistics & Services) at international shipping giant Maersk, take us through the changes and technologies that are transforming warehouses and the ways in which companies are seeking to make these transformations sustainable.