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January 17, 2025

Ningbo China Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (NISCI) Wins Third Place at Global Sustainability Supply Chain Student Competition

Team Syncelior, guided by Prof. Pascal Wolff, presented solutions addressing the pressing challenge of container congestion in Africa. The team’s ability to incorporate cutting-edge technology, such as AI, into their solutions impressed the judges and earned them this prestigious award.

The students of Team Syncelior

January 11, 2025

Their homes torched amid a housing crisis, L.A. residents wonder where to go

With thousands of houses destroyed by fire, the most populous county in the United States must confront the fraught logistics of rebuilding.

January 9, 2025

The regions racing to become the “Silicon Valley” of an aging world

In an article for MIT News, AgeLab Research Associate Adam Felts writes about Dr. Joe Coughlin and Luke Yoquinto's latest book, Longevity Hubs, Regional Innovation for Global Aging.

January 8, 2025

MIT CTL’s Bryan Reimer Named to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Rulemaking Committee

Dr. Bryan Reimer, a research scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (MIT CTL), and the Founder and Co-leader of the Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium and the Human Factors Evaluator for Automotive Demand (AHEAD) Consortium in the MIT AgeLab, has been appointed to the Task Force on Human Factors in Aviation Safety Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) (“HF Task Force ARC”). The HF Task Force ARC will provide recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the most significant human factors and the relative contribution of these factors to aviation safety risk.

January 6, 2025

MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab’s Fuel Supply Roundtable Aims to Improve U.S. Disaster Response Through Creation of a Playbook

On December 11 and 12, 2024, public and private sector stakeholders from the U.S. South and Midwest gathered with the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab to discuss the challenges of responding to fuel supply chain disruptions during natural disasters. The Fuel Supply Chain Roundtable reflected on lessons learned from Hurricanes Helene and Milton and framed concepts that could be developed into a “Fuel Response Playbook” for future disasters. The event closed with the group considering one such possible disaster, a major earthquake in the New Madrid seismic zone in the Midwest, which the MIT lab is currently studying.

January 3, 2025

Omnichannel and its transformation through AI - Interview with Eva Ponce

January 3, 2025

MIT Global SCALE Network Named World's #1 Supply Chain and Logistics Master’s Program by Eduniversal

The MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (MIT SCALE) Network has once again been ranked as the world’s top master’s program for supply chain and logistics management by Eduniversal’s 2024/2025 Best Masters Rankings. This recognition marks the eighth consecutive #1 ranking since 2016, reaffirming MIT’s unparalleled leadership in supply chain education, research, and practice.

December 31, 2024

Zero Emissions Trucking Challenges

A report, Approaching Zero Emission Trucking: Challenges and Opportunities. Released earlier this month from the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) based on a roundtable earlier this year by the MIT FreightLab and the MIT Sustainable Supply Chain Lab, discusses identifying, measuring, and managing Scope 3 emissions; emission-reduction strategies, including zero-emission (ZE) trucking solutions. Three main takeaways are focused on in this article by Material Handling & Logistics: