Past Events Archive

The Backbone of Connectivity: How Innovative Network Design Fuels Efficiency at Every Scale

Oct 02, 2024 at 11:00AM - Oct 02, 2024 at 12:00PM

Virtual

Industries worldwide are facing intensified competitive pressures and profound shifts in demand dynamics, driven by factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing political conflicts. These changes affect not only the types of products purchased, but also the volumes. As a result, real-world supply chain networks are becoming extremely complex, impacting businesses of all sizes, including small and medium-sized enterprises. The need for companies to introduce ad-hoc constraints and requirements often amplifies these complexities, leading to highly intricate, large-scale operational challenges. In this project, we aim to develop a decision support tool for large-scale multi-commodity supply chain network to improve inventory management and transportation decisions over a multi-period planning horizon.

From Data to Decisions: Advanced Analytics & AI in Supply Planning

Oct 02, 2024 at 10:00AM - Oct 02, 2024 at 11:00AM

Join us for the webinar, "From Data to Decisions: Advanced Analytics and AI in Supply Chain Planning," where we’ll explore how AI and advanced analytics are reshaping the way supply chains operate. Discover how these tools can help you make smarter decisions, boost efficiency, and respond to changes faster. Whether you’re looking to improve planning, streamline processes, or just get a better handle on your supply chain, this session will offer practical tips and insights to help you navigate today’s complex business environment.

Oct 2, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Supply Chain Risk in the Real World

Sep 24, 2024 at 10:00AM - Sep 24, 2024 at 11:00AM

Supply chain risk management is a facet of every company’s business strategy to some degree. One approach to managing risk is to look at a high-level view of suppliers and prepare for event-based risks, such as bankruptcies, natural disasters, and labor disputes. These events have a higher probability depending on factors like supplier previous financial issues, geographic factory locations, and local labor conditions and laws. While this approach could prevent supplier outages, taking such a high-level view ignores the nuances of relationships with suppliers and the day-to-day problems we...

New Trends in Supply Chain:The role of AI

Sep 10, 2024 at 11:00AM - Sep 10, 2024 at 12:00PM

 

In this webinar Dr. Eva Ponce, Director of the MIT Omnichannel Supply Chain Lab, will explore the latest trends shaping the industry. Discover how e-commerce growth, technological advancements, and AI are revolutionizing supply chains, particularly in the context of omnichannel strategies. We’ll also address the increasing importance of sustainability and circular supply chains, exploring how companies are embracing these goals.

 

Advances in Transportation Portfolio Management

Sep 04, 2024 at 11:00AM - Sep 04, 2024 at 12:00PM

Virtual

In this talk, Dr. Chris Caplice describes recent research conducted in the MIT FreightLab on truckload transportation management. Specifically, we discuss segmentation strategies, budgeting under uncertainty, and using a portfolio approach to manage transportation services. 

From Store to Door: Leveraging Fulfillment Technologies for Grocery Delivery

Aug 22, 2024 at 11:00AM - Aug 22, 2024 at 12:00PM

Join us for the last event in this summer 2024 webinar series by the MITx MicroMasters Program in SCM!

Maggie Aquino, E-commerce and Supply Chain Executive for the retail and consumer goods industry in Brazil, and MIT GCLog alumna, will join hosts Laura Allegue and Kellen Betts, Course Leads in the MITx MicroMasters in SCM Program, to discuss how shopper preferences in the omnichannel landscape continue to grow and evolve.
During this webinar, we will explore how digital platforms are transforming shopper experiences and the complex challenges retailers face to ensure speed, consistency, and...

Time Is Money (And Avoidable Waste)! Mastering Perishability in Supply Chains

Aug 14, 2024 at 11:00AM - Aug 14, 2024 at 12:00PM

Virtual

The Food and Retail Operations Lab will dive deep into the critical tradeoffs and challenges decision-makers face in managing perishable supply chains. Gain invaluable insights into how perishability affects your supply chain and discover essential strategies to tackle it from strategic, tactical, and operational angles. Led by Dr. Chris Mejia, this session will showcase real-world applications and solutions developed for top companies to maximize freshness across various supply chains—from efficient routing to optimal facility locations. You'll also learn how these innovative models and data analyses can be applied to other industries, providing versatile tools to enhance your operations. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your supply chain management skills and drive your business forward with cutting-edge, practical solutions.

From Resilience to Plasticity: How AI and Digitization Will Transform Supply Chains Faced with Disruption

Jul 11, 2024 at 11:00AM - Jul 11, 2024 at 12:00AM

Join us for the first event in the summer 2024 webinar series by the MITx MicroMasters Program in SCM!

 

Dr. Steven Carnovale, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University, and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, will join hosts Laura Allegue and Kellen Betts, Course Leads in the MicroMasters Program, to discuss the impact of digitization and AI on the risk, resilience and plasticity of supply chain networks.

 

From robotic applications in warehouse automation to generative AI interfaces for enterprise...

Supply Chain Resilience: Taming the Wicked Problems - Dr. Jarrod Goentzel

Jul 10, 2024 at 11:00AM - Jul 10, 2024 at 12:00PM

Initiatives to increase resilience have proliferated since the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted global supply chains. As private and public organizations prepare for various supply chain disruptions, one aspect to consider is the nature of the scenarios that inform their planning. This talk challenges planners to move beyond the “tame problems” where they can develop internal solutions and consider the “wicked problems” that may not have clear solutions. Leveraging MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab research sponsored by the federal government, participants will consider some very wicked disruption events to stretch their imagination for resilience planning.

Enterprise Analytics: Achieving Supply Chain Visibility at Scale

Jun 26, 2024 at 10:00AM - Jun 26, 2024 at 11:00AM

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.