Past Events Archive

POSTPONED: Analytics & Automation of the Future – North America

Mar 10, 2020 at 3:00PM - Mar 11, 2020 at 5:00PM

Dell Technologies 
50 Constitution Blvd
Franklin, MA 02038

***PLEASE NOTE: This event has been postponed until later this spring due to increased travel risk. A new date will be announced soon.***

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Over the past three years, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics has convened a number of roundtables to explore different aspects of Machine Learning and how it impacts the supply chain. Most recently, we explored the challenges of acquiring, preparing and managing the right data as well as the work needed to turn data into the fuel that will run machine learning models effectively and efficiently.

Our most recent...

Webinar: Coronavirus and the Supply Chain with Professor Yossi Sheffi

Mar 05, 2020 at 10:00AM - Mar 05, 2020 at 11:00AM esearch Scientist Alexis Bateman hosts MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi for an interview to uncover some of the pending supply chain impacts to be expected resulting from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. We will explore how the coronavirus is already impacting supply chains and what the impact may look like in the near future. He will discuss some results from an ongoing survey gauging how corporate supply chains are being impacted, and what decision makers are doing about it. With these results, Prof. Sheffi will advise how companies should respond in the near term and what this means for future disruptions. There will be a brief opportunity at the end of the webinar to ask Professor Yossi Sheffi questions.

Distinguished Speaker Series - Global Trade & Security

Feb 26, 2020 at 4:30PM - Feb 26, 2020 at 6:00PM

Wong Auditorium: MIT Building E51

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Join us in welcoming Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Chairman of Spitzberg Partners and a former German Federal Minister of Defense. This will be a fireside chat, interview hosted by Professor Yossi Sheffi. Topics will cover everything from general business to politics, global trade, security, and economics.

 

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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg served as the German federal minister of defense from 2009 to 2011 and as federal minister of economics and technology from February 2009 to October 2009. As minister of defense, he led the most significant structural reform of the German armed...

MIT Humanitarian Speaker Series - UNICEF: Supply Chain in Service – Improving Results for Children

Jan 31, 2020 at 12:00PM - Jan 31, 2020 at 1:00PM

MIT Tang Center: E51-325 | Map it

MIT CTL regularly hosts a Humanitarian Speaker Series throughout the academic year. All MIT students, staff, affiliates and alumni are invited to attend.

This talk, hosted by the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab will feature Ryan McWhorter, Manager, Supply Chain Design and Practice Unit at the Supply Chain Strengthening Centre, UNICEF. Ryan will be speaking to the role that the supply chain plays within the larger institution at UNICEF as well as presenting specific projects that his center is currently involved in. 

His main topics of discussion will be:

1. Emergency Preparedness and...

MIT Global SCALE Network Supply Chain Research Expo

Jan 29, 2020 at 5:00PM - Jan 29, 2020 at 8:00PM

MIT Campus - Location sent to registrants

The MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network Research Expo is a kick-off for 100 semester-long research projects conducted by 180 supply chain master's students from 42 countries and their industry partners. Registration is required and attendance is by invitation only.

Executive Education - Supply Chains: Driving Strategic Advantage

Jan 14, 2020 at 9:30AM - Jan 17, 2020 at 2:30PM

MIT Campus
Tang Center (Building E51, room 315)
2 Amherst Street, 3rd floor

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Today’s companies are realizing the importance of the supply chain as a revenue generator — it's not just a cost of doing business. In order to remain competitive in the global marketplace, senior executives must completely transform their business approach and conventional supply chain practices, and embrace new capabilities that drive more value. How can you leverage the latest supply chain tools, practices and capabilities to ensure that your company is poised to adapt in this rapidly changing environment and not be left behind? You can start by learning from the best at...

Executive Education - Supply Chains: Driving Strategic Advantage

Jan 14, 2020 at 8:00AM - Jan 17, 2020 at 3:00PM

MIT Campus

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Today’s companies are realizing the importance of the supply chain as a revenue generator — it's not just a cost of doing business. In order to remain competitive in the global marketplace, senior executives must completely transform their business approach and conventional supply chain practices, and embrace new capabilities that drive more value. How can you leverage the latest supply chain tools, practices and capabilities to ensure that your company is poised to adapt in this rapidly changing environment and not be left behind? You can start by learning from the best at MIT.

The...

MISI – PhD Winter Academy

Jan 13, 2020 at 9:00AM - Jan 24, 2020 at 5:00PM

Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation
Shah Alam, Malaysia

The PhD Winter Academy at the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation is an intense period of learning, discovering, and debating new research in operations and supply chain management for current doctoral students and junior faculty. It is also a great opportunity to network and explore the Kuala Lumpur area.

This is the fourth PhD Winter Academy to be held at MISI, and it includes a group of distinguished professors from prestigious academic institutions taking part. Each of them will lead several sessions on topics in their respective areas of expertise. This year's session leaders...

Toward Circularity in the Supply Chain

Dec 04, 2019 at 8:00AM - Dec 04, 2019 at 4:30PM

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Recycling systems around the world have been have been disrupted following China’s 2018 ban on the import of plastic waste. However, what has arguably created a global waste crisis can also be seen as an opportunity to re-invent inefficient or ineffective systems that generate unhandled waste streams, with the potential to advance society towards broader goals of waste reduction. Companies from every sector face this challenge, creating a unique opportunity to develop shared, collaborative solutions that rethink what it means to reduce, reuse, and recycle in the context of Industry 4.0...

Global Women Leaders in Supply Chain Series - Building Global Supply Chain Solutions

Nov 15, 2019 at 12:00PM - Nov 15, 2019 at 1:00PM

MIT SCM Lab: E40-365

MIT CTL will be hosting a Distinguished Speaker Series throughout the winter. All MIT students, staff, affiliates and alumni are invited to attend. At this talk, we will be joined by Nichola Silveira, Supply Chain Director at DP World.