Past Events Archive

Balancing Green - Lecture and Q&A

Sep 27, 2018 at 4:00PM - Sep 27, 2018 at 5:30PM

Balancing Green When to Embrace Sustainability in a Business (and When Not To)

Lecture and Q&A

D'Amore-McKim School of Business

310 Behrakis Center 

30 Leon St
Boston, MA 02115

 

Yossi Sheffi Lecture - D'Amore-McKim School of Business

Please join the Supply Chain and Information Management Group in welcoming Yossi Sheffi, Elisha Gray II Professor, Engineering Systems; Director, Center for Transportation and Logistics, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, who will be discussing his book.

Prof. Sheffi will offer a pragmatic take on how businesses of all sizes balance the competing demands of profitability and employment with sustainability. Prof. Sheffi's book will be available for purchase and signing at the end of the program.

Mission Zero: Interface's Journey to Zero Negative Environmental Impact

Sep 18, 2018 at 4:00PM - Sep 18, 2018 at 5:00PM

E40-356 (SCM Lab)

Lisa Conway, Vice President of Sustainability for Interface will visit CTL will speak about Interface’s progressive agenda on carbon emissions reduction, recycling and more.

MIT SCx Supply Chain Bootcamp

Jul 30, 2018 at 8:30AM - Aug 03, 2018 at 5:00PM

MIT campus

The MIT SCx Supply Chain Bootcamp is an intensive, highly interactive education program that will build upon the learning experience of the SCx learner.  In the Bootcamp, learners will put the SCx concepts to work just as managers and executives would do within the firm – using the tools and analytics to make critical management decisions regarding the supply chain and the business.

Supply Chains Driving Strategic Advantage: Managing Dynamics & Innovating the Future

Jun 12, 2018 at 9:30AM - Jun 15, 2018 at 3:00PM

Are Truck Driving Jobs Headed for Rapid Elimination?

May 24, 2018 at 12:00PM - May 24, 2018 at 1:00PM

E40-356 (SCM Lab)

While there is a good deal of media coverage that portends the wholesale elimination of trucking jobs due to autonomous technology, there is little careful study of the labor market impacts.

Supply Chain Masters Program Research Fest 2018

May 22, 2018 at 8:00AM - May 22, 2018 at 6:00PM

MIT E40 & MIT E51

• 8:00am - Registration Opens
• 8:00 to 8:30am - Continental Breakfast
• 8:30am - Welcoming Remarks

Every year, graduating master's students present their theses to the Center's corporate Supply Chain Exchange Partners. This one day event is a chance for Partners to hear the results of new student research, much of which has been done with Exchange Partners.

The Freight Landscape of City Logistics

May 17, 2018 at 12:00PM - May 17, 2018 at 1:00PM

MIT E40-356 (SCM Student Lab)

The presentation is divided in two parts that covers selected geographical aspects of the regional and local dimensions of city logistics.

The Economics of Autonomous Trucking

Apr 26, 2018 at 4:15PM

MIT E40-356 (SCM Student Lab)

The private economics look as though automated trucks could replace intermodal on many routes, for millions of loads per year, with both faster transit times and equal or lower shipper costs.

Annual Partner Meeting 2018

Apr 18, 2018 at 8:30AM - Apr 18, 2018 at 5:00PM

MIT Media Lab - 75 Amherst St., Bldg E14- 6th floor

Agenda | FAQ

PLEASE NOTE: The MIT campus in the Kendall Square area is undergoing a major renovation/construction.

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On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) and members from the 50+ Partner companies that belong to the MIT CTL Supply Chain Exchange will convene. The intention of this Annual Partner Meeting is to provide our Partners with an update on the latest research and development activities at MIT CTL, and allow us to solicit input from our Partners on future plans for the Center.

This meeting coincides with our Annual Crossroads Conference being held the prior day, on Tuesday, April 17, 2018.  (Click the below menu to learn more about, and register for...

Book Launch and Signing

Apr 17, 2018 at 4:15PM - Apr 17, 2018 at 5:45PM

MIT Campus, Tang Center (Building E51)

Join business strategy expert, Dr. Yossi Sheffi as he discusses how businesses of all sizes — from Coca-Cola and Siemens to Dr. Bronner’s Magical Soaps and Patagonia —balance the competing demands of profitability and employment with sustainability.