Past Events Archive

Data Driven Operations Research Analyses in the Humanitarian Sector

MIT Building E62-550

This talk will briefly discuss six projects in the humanitarian sector: (1) allocating food aid for undernutrutioned children using data from a randomized trial in sub-Saharan Africa, (2) allocating food aid for undernutritioned children using data from a nutrition project in Guatemala, (3) analyzing the nutrition-disease nexus in the case of malaria, (4) allocating aid for health interventions to minimize childhood mortality, (5) assessing the impact of U.S.'s failure to use local and regional food procurement on childhood mortality, and (6) deriving individualized biometric identification...

Doing Business Digitally: Practical Implications on Downstream SCs Roundtable

MIT CTL

Today, global companies are conducting business through leveraging new capabilities enabled by digital means – this manifests in the supply chain via multiple order points, multiple distribution points, last-mile delivery and same-day delivery expectations.  This has led to the evolution of the Omni-Channel that supply chains must serve and manage.  The structure of global supply chains – global sources of materials, global customer destinations, many cross-border conveyances as a result – has increased the number of SKUs, the number of parties involved, compliance requirements and has...

Port Capacity Expansion and Port Competition

MIT - W20-307

Port capacity and especially free port capacity can play a crucial role in the competition struggle between ports. Instead of increasing port charges when trying to solve congestion problems,  some port authorities decided to enlarge and renovate existing  port infrastructure and/or to build new infrastructure, in several ways: deepening rivers and maritime channels; building new locks, new terminals and berths; facilitating new and better hinterland connections. Most infrastructure capacity expansion has been financed by public money. We want to have a closer look at whether and in what way...

Supply Chain Leadership Workshop

MIT - E40

The SC Leadership Workshop is a workshop that will be focused on the leadership skill challenges facing supply chain leaders today. The workshop will be conducted by MIT CTL’s Dr. Shalom Saar, who teaches leadership at MIT and several other institutions globally. This session will be an intense workshop focused on exploring the importance of leadership development for the Supply Chain executive, dealing with a broad range of supply chain management issues including managing talent within the organization. The session will bring 24 senior executives from MIT CTL Supply Chain Exchange (SCE) part...

The Use of Cash and Vouchers in Humanitarian Response

MIT Building E62-687

Rebecca Vince is currently working as a Cash and Markets Specialist for the Global Logistics Cluster, UN WFP. After graduating with a Masters in Astrophysics from University College London, Rebecca has been in the international development sector for the last decade, living and working across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific. Before working on this assignment, Rebecca was the Deputy Head of Logistics for Oxfam Great Britain, working to deliver an improvement strategy across their portfolio of more than 70 countries. As well as specialising in cash and market based programming...

Distinguished Speaker Series: Dave Wheeler, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain, Cintas Corporation

MIT W20-306

The Journey to a Fully Integrated Global Supply Chain: Join us as Dave Wheeler, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at Cintas Corporation, will share Cintas’s five-year transformational journey to create a high performing and highly integrated supply chain.

Bio: Dave Wheeler is Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain at the Cintas Corporation. Dave joined Cintas in 2001 as a leader within the Distribution Division and since then, he has served in progressively broader leadership roles at Cintas, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. In his role as Senior Vice President of Global...

Executive Education - Supply Chain Management: Driving Strategic Advantage

MIT Campus

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.

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SCALE Alumni ReConnect 2014

MIT Campus, E51-315

For alumni of our SCM/MLOG, ZLOG, MSCM, and GCLOG programs only. The annual MIT SCALE Alumni ReConnect welcomes SCALE alumni back to campus to network with each other and continue their professional education. Each year we welcome all of our alumni from the MIT SCM Program (formerly called MLOG), the ZLOG Program in Zaragoza, the GCLOG Program in Latin America, and the MSCM Program in Malaysia to come back to MIT for MIT SCALE ReConnect. Our ReConnect event is timed to immediately follow SCM’s Research Fest, where graduating master's students present their theses to the Center's corporate...

Supply Chain Masters Program Research Fest 2014

MIT Building E51

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. Are you a SCALE alum (graduate of the SCM/MLOG, ZLOG, MSCM, or GCLOG program)? Stay for SCALE ReConnect 2014 on May 23. More information can be found here:

http://ctl.mit.edu/events/scale_alumni_reconnect_2014

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Last Mile Delivery Roundtable

MIT CTL Headquarters

The urban last mile in logistics and distribution systems has become more complex and strategic for retailers as well as manufacturers. At the same time, the rapid evolution of e-commerce and the growth of both multichannel and omni-channel retailing channels are redefining the role of traditional last mile partners. In response, companies are designing new last mile distribution systems that are geared to highly dynamic customer needs. Pressure to develop new approaches to last mile deliveries is also coming from city planners and regulators, who are placing more restrictions on the movement...