Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 The stage is set for Southeast Asia to take its place as a world-leading trading power. In addition to benefiting from the growth of China and India, domestic markets are expanding and the region is forging stronger links with other developing economies. However, in order...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Ya está creado el marco para que el Sudeste Asiático ocupe su puesto como una de las potencias comerciales líderes a nivel mundial. Además de beneficiarse del crecimiento de China y de la India, los mercados nacionales están...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Malaysia, the largest center for international trade and manufacturing in Southeast Asia, is partnering with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) to create a global center for Supply Chain education and research. The joint initiative will build and develop the Malaysia Institute...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38 As the cost of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems falls, companies find it easier to build a business case for adopting the technology. But cost is not the only factor that influences the viability of RFID; the number of ways in which it can deliver...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38 CLI Rafael Flórez Barajas Speaker, RFID Journal Live! Latam, Bogotá, Colombia, August 31–September 1. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Now the Dust has Settled: Supply Chain Lessons Learnt from the Ash Cloud,” speaker, The Walpole Lectures, webinar, September 15, 2010. “Sourcing in the United States versus...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Presentaciones CLI Rafael Flórez Barajas Anfitrión y Conferencista, RFID Journal Live! Latam, Bogotá, Colombia. Agosto 31– Septiembre 1. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen "Ahora que el polvo se ha asentado: lecciones sobre Cadena de Suministro aprendidas de la nube de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Mientras el costo de los sistemas de Identificación por Radio Frecuencia (RFID) disminuye, las compañías encuentran más sencillo crear un caso de negocio para adoptar esta tecnología. Pero los costos no son el único factor que influye en la...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 CLI Edgar Blanco Keynote speaker, ICPR Americas, Bogotá, Colombia. July 22, 2010. MIT CTL Edgar Blanco Speaker, EPA Regional Administrators’ Event, Baltimore, MD, USA, July 14, 2010. Chris Caplice “Mind the Gap: Connecting Planning to Operations in Transportation Management,” keynote speaker, 2010 Oracle Transportation Management...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 Are companies making a sufficient effort to ensure their supply chains are sustainable? Speakers at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Crossroads conference, March 25, 2010, addressed this question. The general verdict was that companies need to take the design and management of supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. ¿Están las empresas haciendo el esfuerzo necesario para asegurar que sus cadenas de abastecimiento sean sostenibles? Esta es la pregunta formulada por voceros del Centro de Logística y Transporte del MIT durante la conferencia Crossroads, celebrada el pasado 25...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . PRESENTACIONES CLI Edgar Blanco Conferencista Principal en ICPR Americas, Bogotá, Colombia. Julio 22, 2010. MIT CTL Edgar Blanco Conferencista, EPA Evento Administradores Regionales, Baltimore, MD, EEUU, Julio 14, 2010. Chris Caplice “Cuidado con la brecha: Conexión de planificación...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) website has been rebranded and redesigned to reflect the center’s rapid growth and to provide an improved and more interactive source of information on MIT CTL supply chain education and research activities. “We have expanded across...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El sitio web del Centro de Transporte y Logística de MIT (MIT CTL) ha sido renovado y rediseñado para reflejar el rápido crecimiento y para ofrecer una fuente de información mejorada y más interactiva sobre las actividades de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #32. Read all articles in this issue. When it comes to stimulating economic growth, the key to future expansion can sometimes be found in the past. Earlier this decade, the government of Aragón in northern Spain realized that its economy had become too reliant on a...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #20. Read all articles in this issue Supply chain managers have a unique opportunity to learn how to compete in fast-changing markets at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ Executive Education Course, in Cambridge, MA, June 19-22, 2007. Two new speakers, Nick LaHowchic, formerly Corporate...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #17. Read all articles in this issue. For many companies future growth will be fueled by emerging markets. More than 80% of the world’s population lives in non-developed countries, offering virtually unlimited potential for business growth. But to capture these opportunities, companies will have to overcome...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #16. Read all articles in this issue. If the healthcare supply chain was a patient it would be in intensive care. Under stress from too much complexity, wasteful practices, and the competing interests of stakeholders, it is in urgent need of radical surgery – but where...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. The two latest recruits to the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ Supply Chain Exchange, LXP and Manhattan Associates, bring the number of Exchange members to more than 40. The Exchange is a community of companies that receive special...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. The number of imports into the United States, as measured by TEU lifts, has risen from under 50 million to over 400 million in the past 26 years, and the rate of growth is increasing sharply. The capacity growth...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. Supply chains that support and reinforce corporate competitive strategy are far more powerful as drivers of success than those that focus narrowly on short-term gains such as cost savings. But supply chain professionals are often too busy with day-to-day...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. Matching supply and demand is a major challenge for companies, so the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics has launched three important initiatives to help enterprises solve some of their most pressing demand management (DM) problems. An executive roundtable...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #15. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics is creating a taxonomy that will classify supply chains according to the characteristics of the businesses they support. Just as humans and whales are both classified as mammals, even disparate businesses in...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #14. Read all articles in this issue In the year 2025 some 25% of the US population will be over 60 years of age, and an estimated 30% of Europeans will fall into this age bracket. The former USSR will be even grayer; it is estimated...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue. Influenza causes some 35,000 deaths and 100 million lost working days annually in the United States, yet a vaccine to fight the illness is often in short supply when the flu season is at its peak. Researchers at the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) has launched a major initiative to develop solutions to the freight congestion problems that threaten to overwhelm the nation's transportation system. The first stage is an industry survey that CTL is...
