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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 CLI Andrés Baquero y Rene Suárez “A Foresight Approach to Reshaping the Actions in the Food Supply and Security Master Plan of Bogota,” Latino and Ibero American Congress of Technology Management (ALTEC 2011), Lima, Peru, October 19 – 21. Julián Lasso and Jhonatan Rotberg “Virtual...
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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...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 The Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) will host its first global supply chain conference on July 19, 2011,in Shah Alam, Malaysia, near Kuala Lumpur. The Global Supply Chain SumMIT will bring together thought leaders from renowned research centers to discuss the region’s need...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Instituto para la Innovación de las Cadenas de Suministro de Malasia (MISI; Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI)) va a celebrar su primer congreso sobre la cadena de suministro global el 19 de julio del 2011...
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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...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 CLI Isabel Agudelo "Global Trends for the Development of Sustainable Transportation Services," Third National Meeting of Transportation, ENATRANS 2010, Santiago de Chile, Chile. November 3. Andrés Baquero "Reflections on the Development of Logistics Platforms for Fruits and Vegetables Supply Chain in Bogota." CODATU, Buenos Aires...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Presentaciones CLI Isabel Agudelo “Tendencias Globales para el Desarrollo de Servicios de Transporte Sostenibles”. Ponente, III Encuentro Nacional del Transporte – ENATRANS 2010. "Los Desafíos de Chile para un Transporte de Primera Clase”, Santiago de Chile, Chile. 3...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 The Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) has achieved much since it was launched in March 2008. Now the center has published an Activity Report that chronicles its accomplishments in the first two years of operation. The report is a valuable source of reference for...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El centro Latinoamericano para Innovación en logística (CLI) ha logrado mucho desde su fundación en Marzo del 2008. El centro ha publicado un reporte de actividades que cuenta sus logros en los dos primeros años de operación. El...
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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...
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Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #29. Read all articles in this issue More than $10 billion in donor-financed health commodities is expected to flow into low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) annually by 2011, and much work is going on to improve the efficiency of the supply chains that deliver these products...
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Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #27. Read all articles in this issue Five companies have become strategic partners of the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI). Based in Bogota, Colombia, CLI is part of the MIT Global Scale Network and is expanding its base of corporate sponsors in Latin America. The...
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Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #26. Read all articles in this issue The benefits of supply chain collaboration are being captured in Latin America with an electronic catalog called CABASnet. A four-month case study of the service was presented by Bogota, Colombia-based logistics company LOGyCA at the MIT-CTL Crossroads 2008 conference...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #20. Read all articles in this issue Changing the world’s energy consumption habits to counter rising levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere requires a 50-year time horizon, said Professor Ernest J.Moniz, MIT Professor of Physics and Director of the MIT Energy Initiative. Meanwhile, global energy...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #19. Read all articles in this issue. As the sudden decline in the fortunes of airline JetBlue show, even companies that are riding high can be jolted by an unexpected business disruption. New research at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics aims to define risk...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #19. Read all articles in this issue. Building energy efficiency into supply chains is not a fringe green issue; rising fuel costs and consumer pressure for environmentally responsible products are forcing companies to rethink supply chain design and management. A one-day conference on the MIT campus...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #19. Read all articles in this issue. DHL, the logistics service division of Deutsche Post World Net, has concluded an agreement with the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program to discover and develop innovative solutions for international supply chains. The MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program is a partnership between...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #19. Read all articles in this issue. DHL, Fujitsu, Staples and Wal-Mart are among the organizations that will talk about how they are building energy efficiency into supply chains at the Achieving the Energy-Efficient Supply Chain conference, April 30, 2007, on the MIT Campus, Cambridge, Massachusetts...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #19. Read all articles in this issue. Identifying the events and trends that will shape future supply chain strategy sounds like a job best left to futurists and other business gurus, but these nuggets of knowledge can be mined by anyone. All it takes is a...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) and the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) have partnered with Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School to launch a dual master’s degree program offering the opportunity to earn both an International MBA...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #12. Read all articles in this issue Supply chain management has grown beyond its operational roots to take on a more strategic role, a transition that can be attributed to the strong impact of integrated SCM on companies' operational and financial performance. Enterprises such as Wal-Mart...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue. Building on the success of last year's inaugural class, the second MIT-Zaragoza Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) class has grown to 19 students with an average of more than four years industry experience. New faculty and...