Join Dr. Inma Borrella, Academic Lead - MITx MM in SCM, and Mr. Paulo Sousa Jr, Course Lead - SC0x, as they host Arturo Torres Arpi, CEO and Founder of Ventagium Data Consulting. On this live event, you will learn how effective data management and engineering frameworks can unlock large-scale analytics capabilities, enhancing visibility and efficiency in supply chain operations.
Virtual
In this talk, Dr. Eva Ponce, Founder and Director of the MIT Omnichannel Supply Chain Lab, will discuss the challenge of adopting new technologies in omnichannel, with a special focus on warehousing solutions.
Webinar Description: The changing geopolitical landscape between the US and China combined with the supply shocks of 2021 created a tremendous focus on supply chain risk management and resilience by supply chain management professionals. With disruption and risk fresh on their minds, many organizations invested heavily in strategies to reduce risk. As time has passed, the priorities of supply chain professionals have evolved to focus on the more present business challenges. This has moved risk management down the priority list and changed the lens that investments in risk management strategies...
MIT Campus
The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Executive Education intensive courses provide the resources you need to stay ahead of the latest developments in SCM. To harness the power of the supply chain as a strategic resource, executive leadership needs to cultivate teams that exhibit a unique combination of both analytical and interpersonal capabilities. Our faculty and instructors include some of the world’s most prominent thought leaders across disciplines.
Forecast errors are costly, yet many companies make their forecasts worse by unintentionally biased overrides. Course leads Miguel Rodriguez Garcia and Jeff Baker will discuss why this happens, and give three ways to combat bad forecasts.
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Virtual
A lean supply chain has long been the ultimate goal and gold standard. “Trim the fat”,
“reduce cost”, and “reduce waste” have been common sayings. The past few years
have highlighted that lean supply chains perform best with predictability. Minimal lead
time variability on raw components and finished goods has allowed companies to hold
less safety stock; moreover, sourcing departments rarely have updated supplier contact
information because it is easier to send a PO to a generic email. Prior years data could
be used to set forecasts for the next year, and use of data analytics provided improved
forec...
Virtual
Join this engaging session with the Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz, Director of the MIT Digital Supply Chain Transformation Lab where we will discuss the latest research around Humans and AI complementary capabilities. We will present examples of different configurations of human-AI collective intelligence and how they are contextualized to apply AI more successfully. And we will also discuss some applications and research field experiments on human-AI collective intelligence in forecasting and demand planning.