Past Events Archive

MIT SCM Admissions Webinar

Oct 04, 2024 at 10:00AM - Oct 04, 2024 at 11:00AM

Virtual

Join MIT’s SCM Admissions team for a comprehensive look into SCM and an overview of the admissions process for the Class of 2026 admissions cycle!

Welcome Webinar - Sustainable Supply Chains - SCM.290x Online

Oct 03, 2024 at 11:00AM - Oct 03, 2024 at 12:00PM

Virtual

Demand for sustainable supply chains is on the rise. Booming growth in e-commerce, fast-shipping consumer expectations, global disruptions, and other emerging factors have created an increasingly competitive business landscape across all industries. Companies face growing pressure from stakeholders -including policymakers, shareholders, investors, and NGOs- to implement sustainable practices. At the same time, consumers are seeking more sustainable products and services. The critical challenge for professionals within these companies is to advance sustainable initiatives while continuing to...

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...