October 2012

SCE Symposium: Advancing Supply Chain Risk Management: Emerging Challenges and Strategies (10/10)

Oct 10, 2012 at 4:00AM - Oct 10, 2012 at 1:00PM

This symposium is for CTL Partners, guests and invited SCRLC guests. 

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Advancing Supply Chain Risk Management: Emerging Challenges and Strategies

October 10, 2012

MIT Faculty Club – Dining Room 5
MIT Campus, Cambridge, Ma.

Each new day brings evidence of the challenges and risks that business and our society face. The evidence comes in many forms – natural disasters, quality failures, labor action, terrorist attacks, supplier failures, industrial accidents. The result is increasingly significant and wide reaching in scope. Businesses are therefore called to deal with these risks proactively to put in place measures that will mitigate the impacts and protect their...

MIT CTL Global Leadership Lecture Series - "Strengthening the U.S. Supply Chain" - Matthew K. Rose, BNSF (10/3)

Oct 03, 2012 at 12:00PM - Oct 03, 2012 at 1:00PM

MIT Campus
Wong Auditorium
Tang Center (E51-315)

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Open to MIT Community and CTL Supply Chain Exchange members.

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Matthew K. Rose Chairman and CEO BNSF
Wednesday 3 October from 4 to 5 PM
Global Leadership Lecture Series
"Strengthening the U.S. Supply Chain"

Since 2000, Rose has been Chief Executive Officer of BNSF Railway Company, which became a Berkshire Hathaway-owned company in 2010. He has also held the position of Chairman since 2000.

In June of 1999, he was made President and Chief Operating Officer. For almost two years prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer. He joined Burlington Northern Railroad (BN) in 1993 and held several positions in the Merchandise...

September 2012

CTL Particpates at CSCMP's Annual Global Conference 2012

Sep 30, 2012 at 3:00AM - Oct 03, 2012 at 8:00AM

Atlanta, GA

CTL will figure prominently at CSCMP's Annual Global Conference 2012 in Atlanta in September.  Join us for lively panel discussions, debates, and educational sessions, as we tackle the latest issues and trends facing supply chain & logistics professionals today.

 

Track 3: Current Issues II
Monday 10/1, 4:45 pm to 5:45 pm; Rm B-406

Logistics Clusters: A Path to Economic Growth and Jobs

In this session Professor Sheffi will outline the main ideas in his newest book: "Logistics Clusters: Delivering...

Distinguished Speaker Series - "Design and Implementation of the First Subway Line in Quito, Ecuador" - Ramiro Almeida (9/28)

Sep 28, 2012 at 8:00AM - Sep 28, 2012 at 9:00AM

Location: W20-306
Stratton Student Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ramiro Almeida
Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Former Advisor of Foreign Affairs of the City of Quito, Ecuador; president of Libri Mundi, Ecuador.

Topic: Design and Implementation of the First Subway Line in Quito, Ecuador

Time: Noon to 1:00pm, lunch served at 11:30am

Ramiro Almeida until recently was senior advisor for special projects and foreign affairs for the City of Quito, Ecuador. He led a three-year effort to plan, design and implement the city’s first subway line, the most important project in Quito’s modern history. It is the most recent of his wide variety of...

Distinguished Speaker Series - "Growing a Company from Scratch: The Fresh Diet Story" - Zalmi Duchman (9/12)

Sep 12, 2012 at 12:00PM - Sep 12, 2012 at 1:00PM

Location: E51-315
Tang Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Zalmi Duchman

CEO The Fresh Diet

Topic: Growing a Company from Scratch: The Fresh Diet Story

Time:
4:00 pm – Lecture begins

Zalmi Duchman is Chief Executive Officer and the Founder of YS Catering dba, The Fresh Diet. He began operations on January 1, 2006, with three clients. While Zalmi "shopped and dropped", his wife "cooked and packed". Today, Zalmi has grown his business to become the largest US food producer in the freshly-prepared, daily delivery category - which now delivers meal plans to thousands of clients nationwide.

Conseq...

August 2012

Supply Chain Planning Roundtable (8/29-8/30)

Aug 29, 2012 at 8:30AM - Aug 30, 2012 at 9:00AM

MIT Faculty Club (Campus Map)

Supply Chain Planning: Exploring the Trade-off Between Planning and Execution

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Long-term planning of supply chain and transportation assets is a common problem faced by organizations of all sizes, types, industries, and orientations. Over the last twenty years, tremendous advances in computational power have allowed companies to design very detailed and precise "optimal" long range plans. Essentially, these organizations took Benjamin Franklin's words to heart when he said an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Recently, though, some...

Megacity Logistics Workshop @ Rio de Janeiro

Aug 23, 2012 at 4:00AM - Aug 23, 2012 at 2:00PM COPPE/UFRJ 

(Location and speakers TBD)

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...

July 2012

Megacity Logistics Workshop @ Mexico City

Jul 13, 2012 at 4:00AM - Jul 13, 2012 at 2:00PM ITESM Campus Santa Fe, Mexico City, Mexico

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 first...

June 2012

Crossroads 2012: Supply Chains in Transition: The Driving Forces of Change

Jun 28, 2012 at 4:00AM - Jun 28, 2012 at 1:00PM

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The growth of megacities, projected shortages of vital human and natural resources, and a dramatic increase in the amount of market data available to companies, are some of the major forces that will reshape supply chain management over the next five to 10 years. Many enterprises are not prepared for these developments.

Crossroads 2012 will convene leading experts from MIT and the business community to discuss the impact of these changes on companies and the supply chain profession.

  • How will enterprises meet the unique logistics challenges of delivering product...

Annual CTL Partner Meeting

Jun 27, 2012 at 4:00AM - Jun 27, 2012 at 1:00PM

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On Wednesday, June 27, the Center will convene members from the 40+ Partner companies that are members of the CTL Supply Chain Exchange. The intention of this annual partner meeting is to provide our Partners with an update on the latest research and development activities at CTL, and allow us to solicit input from our Partners on future plans for CTL. Then please join us for dinner afterward at a local restaurant.

This meeting coincides with our annual Crossroads conference on Thursday, June 16. Don't miss out on the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about our plans for...