Past Events Archive

Logistics Clusters: Book Launch & Signing

Location: MIT Media Lab, (bldg. E14-633) 6th Floor*
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

*Reception with light refreshments and book signing to follow talk.

Logistics Clusters: Delivering Value and Driving Growth

Join Dr Yossi Sheffi for an informative talk about how logistics clusters drive growth and employment in multiple sectors

When: Tuesday December 4, 2012, 5:30 - 7:00PM

Where: MIT Media Lab, (bldg. E14-633) 6th Floor*

Who: Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.

In this book Dr Sheffi argues for the most important advantage offered by logistics clusters in today's recession-plagued economy: jobs, many of them open to low-skilled workers...

Megacity Logistics Workshop @ São Paulo

Megacities: the Supply Chain Frontier

Megacities – cities with a population of at least 10 million people – are increasing in both number and size, and their share of world GDP is expected to grow from about 14% to over 20% in a decade. Most of the 23 megacities that currently exist are located in emerging markets.

Up until now research on the megacity phenomenon has centered on the urban landscape, people mobility and managing traffic congestion. MIT CTL’s Megacity Logistics Lab research project focuses on the special supply chain demands of these sprawling urban centers.

This is the last of...

Global Ocean Transportation Roundtable

MIT Faculty Club (Campus Map)

Agenda | FAQs | Summary Report

Virtually all supply chains are global to some degree. Whether your firm is focused on importing finished goods from the Pacific Rim, exporting agriculture products to Europe, or anything in between – you are most likely managing a complicated transportation network that crosses several borders, uses multiple modes, and involves a variety of third party companies.

As part of this one-day conference we will present results from the MIT Global Transportation Reliability Initiative. Additionally, we will build on last year's roundtable discussion and discuss how shippers currently do and, more...

MIT CTL Advances in Supply Chain Management Webinar Series: Rethinking Supply Chain Strategy in Complex Markets

Register: https://mitweb.webex.com/mitweb/onstage/g.php?d=648474937&t=a

Event number: 648 474 937
Event password: CTL

In today's complex world supply chain strategy (SCS) has to keep pace with ever-changing markets. This is no easy task. What elements should be considered? How do you identify the strengths and weaknesses of the existing strategy, and fix the flaws while preparing for an unpredictable future? Crucially, how do you implement the new SCS?

These questions had no clear answer - until now.

Following eight years of collaborative management research with partners as diverse as Fortune 100 companies, the US Government, and the United Nations, MIT's Supply Chain 2020 Project has developed a framework...

Distinguished Speaker Series - "Supply Chains: Where We've Been and Where We're Going " - Tom Linton (11/9)

Location: 35-225
Sloan Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A light lunch will be served.

Tom Linton
Chief Procurement Officer, Flextronics

Topic: Supply Chains: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

Time: Friday, November 9, 12:00 to 1:00pm. Lunch to be served shortly before noon.

Bio:
Tom Linton is the chief procurement officer for Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), a $30B, industry-leading, Fortune Global 500 electronics manufacturing services provider with more than 200,000 employees and operations in 30 countries. In the beginning of his career, Mr. Linton spent 20 years at IBM, developing and founding several world-wide Trading and Technical Centers. After leaving IBM, Mr. Linton...

MIT Humanitarian Speaker Series: José Holguín-Veras, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

MIT Room E62-687

On the Appropriate Objective Function for Post-Disaster Humanitarian Logistics Models: Social Cost and Deprivation Cost Functions

Q&A brownbag lunch, drinks and cookies provided

Abstract

There is an increasing body of research that suggests the existence of substantial differences between commercial and humanitarian logistics. In a previous publication, Holguín-Veras et al. (2012a) highlighted the importance of making a distinction between regular humanitarian logistics, e.g., the routing delivery of critical supplies to chronic crisis regions, and post-disaster humanitarian logistics that are...

Dr. Yossi Sheffi Keynote Speaker at Best Practices in Global Transportation & Logistics

Best Practices in Global Transportation & Logistics

Join us for a FREE Virtual Conference Event designed to help logistics and supply chain professionals better understand and overcome the mounting challenges of global transportation and logistics management.

Keynote: The Rise of Logistics Clusters

Presented by: Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Director,
MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics
Moderator: Frank Quinn, Editorial Director,
Supply Chain Management Review

Dr. Sheffi will discuss the emergence of logistics clusters — communities that bring together a broad range of supply chain services...

The Carbon Footprint of Freight: Tools & Methods

MIT CTL E40-298

Objective: The workshop is designed to bring together different stakeholders to discuss the tools and methods of measuring the carbon footprint of transportation in the supply chain. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from leading experts on current methods for measuring carbon footprints and voice their opinion on what is needed from the next generation of carbon measurement tools. The results of this workshop will be used to help define the most important characteristics of a future decision support tool.

Hosts:Dr. Tony Craig & Dr. Edgar Blanco

Sponsor:National Cooperative...

Distinguished Speaker Series - "The Future of the Global Airline Industry" - Sadiq Gillani (10/19)

Location: 32-124
Stata Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This event is co-promoted with the Transportation Club. A light lunch will be served.

Presentation

Sadiq Gillani
Senior Vice-President, Corporate Strategy, Lufthansa Group

Topic: The Future of the Global Airline Industry
This interactive session will address key trends emerging in the airline industry over the next decade, including winners and losers as well as major challenges and opportunities.

Time: Friday, October 19 (updated!), 12:00 to 1:00pm. Lunch to be served shortly before noon.

Bio:
Sadiq Gillani is a Senior Vice President at Lufthansa Group, responsible for developing the Group's strategic direction. He was previously a partner with Seabury, a boutique airline consultancy and...

MIT Humanitarian Speaker Series: Ian Heigh, Everywhere Humanitarian Response and Logistics Services

 MIT Room E62-550

Humanitarian Logistics: Experiences from the Field
Q&A brownbag lunch, drinks and cookies provided

Speaker Bio

Ian Heigh has been involved in delivering international humanitarian assistance for over 15 major disasters since the mid 1990s, working as a logistician and response manager, largely with the International Red Cross (IFRC) and the United Nations. This has been interspersed with a career in commercial logistics.

Ian led a team to re-engineer the IFRC’s global supply chain, leading to the European Supply Chain Award for Excellence. He received the best thesis award while completing...