Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 The story of how PLAZA opened for business in 2005 on the outskirts of Zaragoza, Spain, and grew into Europe’s largest logistics park, is detailed in a Harvard Business Review case study written by Dr. Santiago Kraiselburd and Dr. Noel Watson from the Zaragoza Logistics...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 Cross-docking, a method routinely used by retailers to improve the flow of goods, could save countless lives in developing countries by streamlining the supply of lifesaving drugs to health care clinics. The method is being tested in a number of districts in Zambia by a...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 The future rarely moves in predictable, incremental ways. Often, seemingly small changes in technology, demographics, regulations, economics, or a myriad of other factors have dramatic and unintended consequences for how companies source, manufacture, distribute, and operate in general. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 Market leadership and more than 70 years in the business provide a solid foundation for success—but do not make an organization impervious to change. This is what cement and concrete manufacturer Argos realized about six years ago, when it had become too detached from its...
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 MIT CTL Jarrod Goentzel “Economic Analysis of Wind Plant and Battery Storage Operation Using Supply Chain Management Techniques,” Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, July 2010, with C. Siegert and P. Saran. ZLC Asvin Goel “Truck Driver Scheduling in the European...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 The countless mom-and-pop retail outlets that serve consumers in emerging countries represent a rich source of new business for companies, providing they can build supply chains capable of profitably supporting these micro retailers. A research project under way at the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation...
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 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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Liderazgo en el Mercado y más de 70 años en el negocio proporcionan bases sólidas para el éxito, pero no hacen que una organización sea impermeable al cambio. Esto es lo que el fabricante de cemento y concreto...
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 . 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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El futuro muy raramente se mueve de maneras predecibles o incrementables. Con frecuencia, los aparentemente pequeños cambios en tecnología, demografía, regulaciones, economía o la combinación de diferentes factores tienen consecuencias dramáticas y no intencionadas sobre cómo las empresas...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . La historia de cómo PLAZA comenzó a funcionar en el 2005 en las afueras de Zaragoza España, y creció hasta convertirse en el parque de Logística más grande de Europa, esta detallado en un estudio de caso del...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Cross-docking, un método que rutinariamente es usado por los minoristas para mejorar el flujo de las mercancías puede ayudar a salvar innumerables vidas en países en vías de desarrollo, haciendo más eficiente el suministro de medicamentos esenciales para...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Los incontables almacenes minoristas mom-and-pop que sirven a los consumidores en países emergentes representan una rica fuente de nuevos negocios para las empresas, siempre y cuando ellos puedan construir cadenas de abastecimiento capaces de apoyar con beneficios, estos...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El centro para logística y transporte (MIT CTL) de MIT y el gobierno de Aragón, España, han firmado un acuerdo, extendiendo su asociación que originalmente expiraba en el 2013, por otros 10 años. Esta extensión debe solidificar la...
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. Initial responses to a groundbreaking international survey of attitudes toward supply chain risk management offer some valuable insights into the types of incidents that are disrupting supply chains and how frequently company operations are being hit. The Global Supply Chain Risk Management research project was...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Attendees at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ (MIT CTL) Summer 2010 executive education program will play CHAOS (Supply Chain Operations Simulation), the new inventory management simulation game from MIT CTL. Based on a real-world supply chain, CHAOS simulates operational disruptions. Teams compete to...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. A summary report and presentations from the Second Zaragoza Global Health Supply Chain Summit are available for event attendees. The two-day “Bringing Industry, Government, NGOs, and Academia Together: What Can Be Learned from the For-Profit World?” summit was organized by the Zaragoza Logistics Center and...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Logistics parks have grown in number across the globe in recent years, with governments and real estate enterprises supporting the development of these facilities. Yet, there is no standard framework for logistics park design to guide the builders and managers of these facilities. Research into...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Purchasing is becoming more strategic in nature, so it stands to reason that aligning the function with corporate strategy will improve its performance. In practice, however, the case for such an alignment is not straightforward, and it may even be ill advised in some instances...
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. PRESENTATIONS CLI Edgar Blanco “Supply Chain Innovation in Emerging Markets,” Líderes Annual Conference, Bogotá, Colombia, May 5, 2010. MIT CTL Edgar Blanco “Implications of Carbon Footprint in Supply Chains,” MIT Energy Conference Showcase, Cambridge, MA, USA, March 5, 2010. With Anthony J. Craig. Conference and...
