Past Events Archive

The Japan Crisis: Commercial and Humanitarian Supply Chain Challenges

MIT Campus (Map)

Building 32- Room 123

The Disaster in Japan is creating supply challenges all over the world. On Thursday, April 7, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) provided a community briefing about the challenges. The focus of the discussion was on the following:

Corporate supply chains

• What are supply chains and why there is a problem?
• What can we expect as consumers in days to come?
•  How should companies think about supply chain disruptions?
• What can companies do about this?

The humanitarian logistics challenge

• Why is it all about logistics?
• What are the issues in humanitarian...

MIT Humanitarian Speaker Series -- Alex Markowski & Erin Rampe

MIT Room E62-450

Disaster Logistics: How do we Plan, Stockpile, and Coordinate on an Inter-governmental Level?

Alex Markowski, MA, CBCP, Director of Logistics, Office of Emergency Management, NYC
Erin Rampe, MPH, CPH, Logistics Coordinator, Office of Emergency Management, NYC

Alex Markowski is Director of Logistics at NYC OEM and Logistics Program Lead for the NY-NJ-CT-PA Regional Catastrophic Planning Grant Program. As Director of Logistics, Alex is responsible to deliver the right stuff in the right place at the right time in support of emergency operations. Since joining NYC OEM in 2003 Alex has led a...

SCM/ZLOG ReConnect

Each year CTL convenes the MLOG/ZLOG graduates for an update and program review.  Participants will enjoy a "State of the Program" discussion, a "State of the Center" presentation and also a review of the latest developments at MIT CTL's international partners: the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) in Spain and the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) in Colombia.   As always with ReConnect, alums have ample opportunity to network with each other and with CTL. 

OIA Trade Workshop: The Future of Sourcing: Trends and Technologies in Logistics, Supply Chains and Manufacturing

Salt Lake City Marriott Downtown, Salons A-C

Speakers

Dr. Mike Fralix Ph.D., President and CEO, [TC]2
Dr. Bruce Arntzen Ph.D., Senior Research Director, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marty Weening, President, Gramicci

Outdoor Industry Association has brought together two of the nation’s foremost experts on emerging trends and technologies in global product logistics, supply chains, and manufacturing. Through an interactive presentation and discussion, The Future of Sourcing workshop will explore topics and ask questions like:

• Is the “Make it in America” trend real and...

SCM/ZLOG Poster Session and Networking Night

MIT Media Lab
E14, 6th Floor

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On Thursday, January 13, 2011, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics will again host the MIT SCALE Network Poster Session and Networking Night on the new Media Lab on the MIT campus.

The MIT SCALE Network Poster Session features research projects currently being conducted by professional master’s students in collaboration with company partners. There will be over 75 students from the MIT SCALE Network spanning all three centers: MIT CTL (SCM), Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLOG) and Center for Latin American Logistics Innovation (GC-LOG).

This will be immediately...

Executive Education - Supply Chain Management (January 2011)

MIT Faculty Club (View directions)

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Are You Ready for the Next Level of Supply Chain Leadership?

Let MIT Take You There

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...

SCM/CSCMP Industry Roundtable Speaker Event

The Supply Chain Management Program (SCM) has teamed up with The New England Chapter of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) to host a roundtable event for the current SCM class of 2011.  This roundtable event is designed to educate and enhance the students industry knowledge for supply chain career paths by inviting seasoned professionals in to talk about their backgrounds and experiences.  Each one of these speakers has worked extensively in logistics and supply chain management over their careers in many different industries and will be able to shed some...

Capturing Strategic Advantage From Integrated Demand Signals

MIT Faculty Club (View Directions)

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Even though companies are awash with supply chain data, one of the most important sources of information, demand signals, are not fully integrated into operating and decision-making systems. This represents a critical gap in supply chain lines of communication. Yet industry leaders believe that demand signals emanating from key sources such as POS, warehouse withdrawal records, and inventory databases, can be harnessed and integrated into management systems to increase network efficiency.


The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), and the Pennsylvania State University...

Convergent Opportunities or Collision Course? Older Drivers, New Technology & Well-Being Behind the Wheel

The Royal Sonesta Hotel Boston

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The US Department of Transportation-sponsored New England University Transportation Center, in collaboration with the MIT CTL AgeLab, Santos Family Foundation, AARP and Healthways, will host an agenda-setting event on November 15, 2010. Entitled, Convergent Opportunities or Collision Course? Older Drivers, New Technology and Well-Being Behind the Wheel, this event will explore how to:

• Understand the trends and implications of aging and health on individual performance and transportations systems safety
• Engage thought leaders in automotive...

Randal O'Toole, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute - Distinguished Speaker Series

W20-307

Randal O'Toole (biography | poster | abstract)
Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
"How President Obama's Livability Policies Will Harm American Cities"

Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is promoting Obama's "livability" program,
which includes an emphasis on transit, pedestrian-friendly design, and high-density, mixed-use
land-use policies. Yet far from making American cities more livable, these policies will increase
housing prices, traffic congestion, and local tax burdens while doing little or nothing to reduce
the environmental impacts of transportation.

*Please note: For...