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April 2013

Distinguished Speaker Series: Challenges and Opportunities in the WalMart Logistics Network

Apr 23, 2013 at 8:00AM - Apr 23, 2013 at 9:00AM

Location: E51-315
Tang Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chris Sultemeier,
Executive Vice President, Logistics, Walmart U.S.

Topic: Challenges and Opportunities in the WalMart Logistics Network

Time: Tuesday, April 23, 12:00 to 1:00pm. A light lunch well be served just prior.

Bio:
Chris Sultemeier is the executive vice president of logistics for Walmart U.S. He has operating responsibility for general merchandise, fashion, grocery, Sam's Club, import, and specialty distribution centers. He also has operating responsibility for all domestic and global ocean transportation functions. He was promoted to executive vice president in 2012.

Chris...

Supply Chain Inventory Analytics Roundtable

Apr 18, 2013 at 4:30AM - Apr 18, 2013 at 12:00PM

Supply Chain Inventory Analytics Roundtable, April 18, 2013

The roundtable will run from 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM - location will be the MIT Faculty Club
Attendance is invitation only with a priority to CTL Supply Chain Exchange members. Limit of 1 person per company (with limited exceptions)
Total attendance is capped at 36 people (not including MIT)

Agenda | FAQs | Summary Report

Inventory is one of the most studied, yet least understood aspects of supply chain management. There is a tremendously deep academic literature on how to optimize inventory replenishment dating...

Delivering Green: Three Case Studies in Carbon-Efficient Logistics

Apr 17, 2013 at 9:00AM - Apr 17, 2013 at 10:00AM

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Logistics is a leading source of carbon. Nearly 6 percent of the greenhouse gases generated by humans come from the flow of products to consumers.

Reducing these emissions takes more than setting goals; it requires clear, measurable initiatives that hit sustainability targets while delivering lower costs and higher service levels.

Three companies, Boise Inc., Caterpillar Inc., and Ocean Spray, in collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the MIT Center for Transportation (MIT CTL), have completed carbon-reduction projects that meet these goals. The results are now...

MIT CTL Global Leadership Lecture Series

Apr 11, 2013 at 12:00PM - Apr 11, 2013 at 12:00PM

Tom Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

MIT Building E51 - Room 345

View the event flyer here | Article at MIT News

An American Jobs and Growth Agenda to Revitalize Our Economy

Tom Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Bio: Thomas J. Donohue is president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Since assuming his position in 1997, Donohue has built the Chamber into a lobbying and political powerhouse with expanded influence across the globe. During Donohue's tenure, the Chamber's lobbyists, policy experts, legal advocates, and communicators have helped secure business victories on Capitol Hill, in the regulatory agencies, in politics, in courts of law and in the court of public opinion, and...

Distinguished Speaker Series: Transport for London’s Experience Organizing Public Transportation for the 2012 Olympic Games

Apr 05, 2013 at 8:00AM - Apr 05, 2013 at 10:00AM

Location: W20-306
Stratton Student Center
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Leon Daniels
Managing Director, Surface Transport
Transport for London

Topic: Transport for London’s Experience Organizing Public Transportation for the 2012 Olympic Games

Time: Friday, April 5, 12:30 to 2:00pm. A light lunch well be served at noon.

Leon Daniels joined Transport for London in April 2011 as Managing Director, Surface Transport. Surface Transport provides and manages a broad range of sustainable transport choices and has an annual operating expenditure of over £2.5 billion. In his role as Managing Director, Daniels is responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of London...

March 2013

Food Supply Chain Risk Management Roundtable (3/20-21)

Mar 20, 2013 at 4:00AM - Mar 21, 2013 at 1:00PM

Food Supply Chain Risk Management Roundtable, March 20-21, 2013

more information coming soon.

February 2013

MIT CTL Advances in Supply Chain Management Webinar Series: Ocean Transportation Reliability: Myths, Realities, and Impacts

Feb 06, 2013 at 8:00AM - Feb 06, 2013 at 9:00AM

Most supply chains are global to some degree, which means that you are probably managing a complicated transportation network that crosses a number of borders, uses multiple modes, and involves a variety of third party companies. And it is likely that ocean shipping is a key part of the transportation mix.

How do you monitor and manage the reliability of the vital ocean segment of your global supply chain?

Are you "managing by anecdote" or do you have real data to support the management practices you are using?

This type of data is now available as a result of new research at the MIT Center...

January 2013

5th Annual MIT Global SCALE Network Supply Chain Student Poster Session and Networking Night (January 2013)

Jan 17, 2013 at 11:30AM - Jan 17, 2013 at 3:00PM

MIT Media Lab, 6th Floor (Bldg E14)

FAQs

January 17, 2013 - 4:30-8:00pm at the MIT Media Lab (Bldg. E14, corner of Amherst & Ames Streets, 6th floor)

Come meet the master’s students and learn about their projects. It’s FREE!

On Thursday, January 17, 2013, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics will host a Poster Session for 97 SC master’s students from our four MIT SCALE Network centers: MIT (SCM), Zaragoza Spain (ZLC), Bogota Colombia (CLI), and Malaysia (MISI). The poster session will be immediately preceded by the Talent Management for HR Executives.

In the top floor gallery of the MIT Media Lab, each student team will...

MIT SCALE Graduate Programs Webinar Series: Current Students' Perspective

Jan 17, 2013 at 6:00AM - Jan 17, 2013 at 7:00AM

Online

Join CTL and the other centers in the MIT Global SCALE Network for a lively and informative discussion around the graduate programs in supply chain management. Learn from current students about their courseload and what to expect as you consider applying.