Past Events Archive

Webinar: Opportunities for Supply Chain Masters

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Supply chain management offers a world of opportunities for those with degree specialization, because it is the backbone of so many different kinds of companies. Almost every business out there - manufacturing, retail, service, and public sector - must have reliable supply management professionals to ensure the most effective, profitable, and competitive operations possible.

A professional masters degree in supply chain management has proven to be effective for people early in their careers and those looking for a change in direction. Supply chain graduates have taken...

Webinar : The MIT CTL Risk Management Project

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Dr. Bruce Arntzen, MIT CTL Senior Research Director will focus on the MIT CTL Risk Management Project, which engages the MIT SCALE Global Network to provide a global perspective on risk management processes and practices in global supply chains.

Brent Woodworth: Man vs. Disaster - Adventures and Lessons Learned in Global Crisis Management

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With first-hand experience leading his crisis response team in response to more than 70 crisis events in 49 countries, Brent Woodworth (President and CEO of the Los Angeles Emergency Preparedness Foundation) will talk about the unique adventures, challenges, and lessons learned ranging from the remote regions of Colombia to the tragic events of September 11th and the recent, devastating fires in Southern California.

CTL @ CSCMP 2009

Location: Chicago, IL

MIT CTL to Explore Planning for Future Uncertainty in the Supply Chain
At the CSCMP Conference in September, MIT CTL will explore how supply chains are central to improving healthcare delivery around the world..

Tuesday, September 22  | 8:00 am to 9:30 am
Improving Health in the World and Saving Lives with More Effective Supply Chains
Dr. Prashant Yadav, Professor of Supply Chain Management at the MIT
Dr. Yadav’s presentation will share how you can contribute your knowledge and expertise to
help save lives and improve health around the world.
 
Tuesday, September 22 | 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm
The...

Webinar: Earn a Supply Chain Masters AND an MBA

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Globalization has driven supply chain management and logistics to the forefront of business strategy - but few managers have this expertise. This informative session will highlight how our supply chain masters program complements your MBA by instilling in you a system-wide and global perspective, analytical problem solving techniques, and change leadership skills necessary to jumpstart your supply chain career. In addition, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics has partnered with leading European and Latin American business schools (IE Business School in Spain and...

Webinar: Using Effective Supply Chains to Save Lives

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The world is smaller than ever thanks to technology, trade and globalization and yet there are still hundreds of millions of people in need. Dr. Prashant Yadav, Professor of Supply Chain Management at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program will discuss how supply chain principles from the commercial sector can be applied to private/non-profit and governmental/NGO medical and food distribution networks to help address those needs.

Webinar: The PICOmeter, A Valuable Tool for Analyzing the Financial Performance of Supply Chains

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Meaningful change in any organization requires top-level support, yet most supply chain leaders fail to excite senior management about their change programs - enter financial benchmarking.  Board-level executives love meaningful financial comparisons with their competitors. The PICOmeter is a financial benchmarking tool that connects the supply chain to the board room. In this webinar, MIT CTL Senior Research Director Dr. Bruce Arntzen will introduce the PICOmeter and describe how to use financial benchmarking to impress top management.
 

Webinar: Renewable Energy Supply Chains, Delivering on the Promise of Green Energy

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There has been much research on how to make the production of renewable energy more economically viable, but relatively little on the delivery of this vital resource. A collaborative effort between MIT CTL, the MIT-Zaragoza Program in Spain, and wind energy company Acciona, is addressing this imbalance with a research project on renewable energy supply chains. MIT CTL's Dr. Jarrod Goentzel will describe the project and potential applications of the research.

Webinar: The Supply Chain Education Partners Experience

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Each year companies work with students from the MLOG and ZLOG programs on thesis projects from August to June. Students benefit by being able to work closely with professionals on a challenging supply chain problem that will turn into their thesis. Companies benefit by having a student team bring new insights and approaches to a current supply chain project.

This webinar features two projects, with General Motors and Chiquita, that were recently completed by the class of 2009.  Both students and company project leaders will join to discuss their experiences and new insights...

MIT Global Scale Network presents International Workshop on Secure Supply Chain Collaboration

Barcelona, Spain

We would like to invite you to the International Workshop on Secure Supply Chain Collaboration which is taking place in Barcelona on June 2, in parallel to the SIL 2009 Exhibition at the Fira de Barcelona-Gran Vía.

The workshop is open to all those interested in finding solutions to the challenges of data sharing and collaborative supply chain management across supply chain players. This is specifically aimed at reducing costs and securing data privacy. This event will bring together academics and industry experts to present and discuss the results of the SecureSCM project.