Factory-Built Houses an Undervalued and Underused Solution for America’s Disaster and Affordable Housing Crisis
Report details urgent need to reform policies on factory-built housing
Constructing factory-built houses could provide a fast, relatively cheap solution to the critical challenges of disaster and affordable housing in the US, but regulatory and funding issues severely limit its deployment according to a report titled Disaster Housing Construction Challenges in America from the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab.
State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report
MIT expands global supply chain research with the opening of new facilities in Ningbo, China
Uninfected patients key to improving Ebola response
Chris Caplice appointed MIT senior research scientist
Removing Mini-Shampoos from Hotel Rooms Won't Save the Environment
MIT's Hybrid Engine Could Electrify Long-Haul Trucking
What Supply Chain Transparency Really Means
An Alternative Route to a Fuel-Efficient Last Mile
Arizona State offers Masters in SCM that builds on the MIT CTL MicroMasters
Four Last-Mile Routes to Successful Omnichannel Retailing
Getting the word out: CTL research on last-mile delivery and aging featured in media
MIT SCALE Master's Ranked #1 Global SCM Program by EdUniversal
The MIT SCALE master's programs have been ranked #1 Supply Chain Management programs in the world for the fourth consecutive year by Paris-based EdUniversal.
EdUniversal has evaluated academic institutions and programs in France since 1994, and internationally since 2007. Its rankings are based on criteria including overall program reputation, career and salary outcomes of recent graduates, international reach, and feedback from students and alumni.
Will Amazon Add Package Delivery to Its List of Market Triumphs?
Weaponizing Trade Put Global Supply Chain in the Crosshairs
How to Make CO2 a KPI for Freight Transportation
MIT AgeLab Awards OMEGA scholarship to three high school students
Follow the Food - The crucial ingredient our diet lacks
Children on campus - stories heard, lessons learned (SCM Student Voices)
Every decision is the right one as long as it works for the family.
This story was intended to share perspectives on bringing families with children to Cambridge from abroad while studying at MIT. These are our stories as ten-month and five-month on-campus Master’s candidates. While writing it together, we had some enlightening arguments. We talked about the roles of men and women in families, the difference between moms and dads in children’s eyes, gender equality, and the social perceptions of it.
Can We Live Longer but Stay Younger?
With greater longevity, the quest to avoid the infirmities of aging is more urgent than ever.
Aging, like bankruptcy in Hemingway’s description, happens two ways, slowly and then all at once. The slow way is the familiar one: decades pass with little sense of internal change, middle age arrives with only a slight slowing down—a name lost, a lumbar ache, a sprinkling of white hairs and eye wrinkles.
In logistics, profitability, provability frame IoT adoption (external resource)
With the implementation of 5G wireless, IoT’s B2B services will speed up, but will the logistics sector be ready for the ride?
Technologies related to shipping and logistics technologies are accelerating. The rollout over the next few years of 5G wireless will bring with it the speeding up of the Internet of Things (IoT), an ability of machines to instantaneously communicate with us and with each other.
MIT Agelab's Lifestyle Leaders Panel and the MBTA
The Lifestyle Leaders Panel convened at MIT AgeLab in the Center for Transportation and Logistics for a presentation and focus group session on transportation in older age.
MIT Supply Chain Management and AWESOME announce AWE Scholarship and Research Expo Winners
The winning finalists of the AWE - Advancing Women Through Education scholarship were awarded at MIT on 30 January 2019. The award, to be given annually and currently valued at $72,000, is the first ever full-tuition award specifically for women in the 20-year history of the MIT SCM program. It represents a significant commitment by MIT SCM, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, and AWESOME to encourage women to prepare for and perform successfully in supply chain leadership roles.