Virtual
We are convening this session because the freight transportation market, especially truckload, has been in a sustained inverted market (where average spot rates are below average contract rates) for almost a full year now.
Are you looking to upskill in supply chain management, or do you know someone who is exploring a career in business or engineering? Learn how supply chain management touches virtually every aspect of business and operations.
In today’s fast-paced and interconnected global economy, supply chain disruptions and complexities are becoming increasingly common, underscoring the need for supply chain literacy. Having a solid understanding of supply chain management is crucial for businesses and individuals alike, as it impacts efficiency, profitability, employability, and sustainability of...
Virtual
In this session, Dr. Matthias Winkenbach, Director of the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab, discusses how novel technologies and advanced algorithms will enable future last-mile logistics services to create superior value for consumers and businesses.
MIT Campus
The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) convenes members from the MIT CTL Supply Chain Exchange for the Annual Partner Meeting. The Annual Partner Meeting provides the representatives from our 50+ Supply Chain Exchange member companies with updates on the latest research and development activities at MIT CTL. We use this time together to solicit input from members on future plans for the Center.
MIT Campus
This year, as we mark the 50th anniversary of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, the milestone has given us much to ponder over the evolution of the supply chain and logistics field—the term “supply chain” itself is only 40 years old. Crossroads 2023 will consist of a series of informal, intimate discussions with leaders from at the fore of industry: leading shippers, carriers, tech companies, consumer products firms, and contract manufacturers.
Virtual
In this session, Dr. Inma Borrella will clarify the concept of supply chain visibility (in opposition to traceability, transparency, etc.), discuss the key enablers of supply chain visibility and its implications, and show some relevant technologies that are helping companies to improve visibility in their supply chains.
Virtual
In this session, Kai Trepte and Jim Rice of CTL will take the participants through an exercise to measure resilience using a new and novel approach. The method was briefly described in the recent (Dec 7, 2022) Monthly Research Briefing (you’ll get more out of this session if you review the session from Dec 7).
Virtual
The impact of Covid-19 has disrupted the balance of global supply chains. Inventory management, as one of the core components of operations management, is crucial to the operation of enterprises. Therefore, it is extremely important to know how to apply new concepts, new technologies, and new methods to inventory management and establish safety stock.
This MIT SCALE Network webinar, hosted by Ningbo China Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (NISCI), will focus mainly on inventory management during and after the pandemic, discussing the pain points and solutions of inventory management at...
In Person
MIT CTL will convene a roundtable discussion on "Warehouse of the Future" at Maersk, Los Angeles. The program will include morning tours of the Long Beach port and a Maersk distribution facility, followed by afternoon discussions on the warehouse of the future. Presentations and discussions may include the following topics: dark warehouses, digital twin warehouses, and sustainable warehousing.
On campus at MIT
Our annual SCALE student Expo previews nearly 100 industry-sponsored research projects conducted by supply chain students at MIT CTL and the international centers in the global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) network. The Expo showcases this research-in-progress on a broad range of future-forward topics and provides an exclusive glimpse at what the final findings will reveal in May.