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For Ross Collins, joining the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) is not just a professional milestone, it is, as he puts it, “sort of poetic.” His work with MIT CTL started in 2014, when he began teaching in the Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (GCLOG) program.

A recent Wall Street Journal article highlights how Hasbro is using an immersive strategy simulation to help develop emerging leaders by placing them in complex, real-world decision-making scenarios. The experience challenges participants to think holistically about business performance, balancing market dynamics, resource constraints, innovation, and long-term strategy.

In a recent interview with The Boston Globe, Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, highlighted how a string of New England seafood thefts, including the disappearance of a $400,000 shipment of lobster, reflects a growing vulnerability in modern supply chains.

"When customers choose faster shipping and earlier delivery dates, the system shifts from optimized routing to whatever gets the package out fastest, and that means higher emissions."

The 2025 State of Supply Chain Sustainability report, produced by the MIT Sustainable Supply Chain Lab and CSCMP, provides a global view of how organizations are turning sustainability commitments into action. Based on insights from 1,200 professionals in 97 countries, the study finds that most companies are maintaining their sustainability goals despite regulatory and economic uncertainty, though many still struggle to embed these commitments into daily operations.

As a college student, Kevin Power never considered working in supply chain management; in fact, he didn’t know it was an option. He earned an undergraduate degree in manufacturing engineering while working full-time at an oil refinery, which demanded a rigorous routine of shift work, long days, and evening classes.

Researchers from the MIT Emerging Market Economies Logistics Lab (EMeL) have won the 2025 INFORMS Contemporary Operations in Developing Countries Competition. Bringing Contextual Optimization and Agent-Based Simulation for Urban Last-Mile Delivery Efficiency,” a study by lead author Dr. Edgar Gutierrez-Franco with co-authors Dr. Christopher Mejia Argueta and César Alberto Niño Méndez, was selected from a competitive field of 50 submissions and seven finalists.

The report has generated significant global attention, with around 80 media outlets across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia covering the findings. Coverage ranges from leading general-interest newspapers to specialized logistics, manufacturing, and technology media, underscoring the relevance of AI-driven warehousing for both industry and the broader public.

The report has generated significant global attention, with around 80 media outlets across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Australia covering the findings. Coverage ranges from leading general-interest newspapers to specialized logistics, manufacturing, and technology media, underscoring the relevance of AI-driven warehousing for both industry and the broader public.

“If you think about it, logistics started as a military function,” says Chris Caplice, executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL). “The idea of getting supplies, ammunition, food, all the material you need to the front line was the core of logistics, and really supply chain came out of that over the last decades or centuries.”

“Dr. Reimer’s work, though grounded in automotive research and innovation, has steadily focused on what’s most important—safety and how humans will actually use these technologies,” said Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. “This award is a testament both to his impact and to the broader mission we pursue at MIT CTL: translating rigorous research into practical benefits.”

Winners and honorable mentions were selected from more than 60 nominees representing 30 different departments, labs, centers and institutes across MIT. The MIT Prize for Open Data was founded in 2022 to recognize MIT-affiliated researchers who use or share open data, create infrastructure for open data sharing, or theorize about open data.