Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 The Supply Chain and Finance 2nd Annual Symposium will be held on May 24 and 25, 2012, at the Zaragoza Logistics Center in Zaragoza, Spain. This annual event focuses on the interrelationship between supply chain and finance. Leading academic researchers from the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística (CLI) cuenta con nuevo curso de educación ejecutiva que inicia en mayo. Este curso se centra en la superación de los desafíos que implica la logística global y gestión de la...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . ¿Cómo ha cambiado el mix de habilidades de la gestión de la cadena de suministro en la última década, y qué capacidades necesitarán los profesionales del mañana? Tanto proveedores como empleadores que buscan talentos para la gestión de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44 How has the mix of supply chain management skills changed over the last decade, and what capabilities will the professionals of tomorrow need? Both providers and employers of supply chain talent are wrestling with these questions as the industry tries to build a skill base...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44 The Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) is launching a new executive education course this May that focuses on overcoming the challenges of global logistics and supply chain management in Latin America. CLI developed the course with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. A...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #43. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Abierto el plazo de aplicaciones para los candidatos cualificadosque deseen hacer parte del Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MSCM) impartido en el Instituto para la Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro de Malasia(MISI). Basado en el prestigioso...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Supply Chain Frontiers #42 Presentaciones 2011 CLI Andrés Baquero y Rene Suárez “Un Enfoque Previsivo para la Reformulación de Acciones en el Suministro de Alimentos y el Plan Maestro de Seguridad de Bogotá” Congreso Latino – Iberoamericano de Gestión...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco “CLI’s Carbon Footprint Measurement in Emerging Market Supply Chains: The Colombian Case Research Project,” Sustainable Strategies to Strengthen Your Supply Chain conference, Bogotá, Colombia, March 1. “Carbon Footprint Analysis in Latin America: The Colombian Case,” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Brazilian state and municipal governments commonly use tax incentives to attract businesses to their regions in an effort to stimulate economic growth and promote technological development. In fact, the intense competition between these entities to offer favorable tax terms is often referred to as “fiscal...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Gobiernos estatales y municipales brasileños utilizan los incentivos tributarios para atraer empresas a sus regiones en un esfuerzo por estimular el crecimiento económico y promover el desarrollo tecnológico. De hecho, la intensa competencia entre estas entidades para ofrecer condiciones...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Presentaciones 2011 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco “Carbon Footprint Analysis in Latin America: The Colombian Case,” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 22nd Annual POMS Conference, Operations Management - The Enabling Link, Reno, NV, USA, Abril 29 a mayo 2...
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. 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 #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. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Las respuestas iniciales a la innovadora encuesta de actitudes hacia la administración del riesgo en la cadena de suministro, ofrecen luces respecto a los tipos de incidentes que están interrumpiendo las cadenas de suministro y con qué frecuencia se...
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 #24. Read All Articles In This Issue The carbon footprint of a product is the carbon dioxide emitted across the supply chain for a single unit of that product. Carbon labels indicate how much carbon is used over the life cycle of a product; information that...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #24. Read all articles in this issue Thought leaders from Intel, JohnsonDiversey, MIT and Nokia will map the development of supply chains over the next decade at the Crossroads 2008: The Next Ten Years conference, March 27, 2008, in Cambridge, MA. The annual Crossroads conference is...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #24. Read all articles in this issue What is the difference between short-term and long-term? At a December retreat, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ (MIT-CTL) Demand Management Interest Group (DMIG) considered the difference not as a philosophical question but in the context of demand...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #24. Read all articles in this issue MIT-CTL is planning to re-launch Sensors Watch, the Supply Chain 2020 (SC2020) blog, in order to incorporate some new functionality. The re-launch is scheduled for February 2008. SC2020 is a multi-year research program to identify and analyze the factors...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #24. Read all articles in this issue Supply chain education has come a long way over the last 10 years, and its development path promises to be even steeper over the next decade. Jim Kellso, Senior Supply Chain Master at Intel, is one of the originators...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #24. Read all articles in this issue Aligning a company’s corporate and supply chain strategies makes it stronger by bringing the organization in line with its competitive goals. But alignment is not the only payoff, as users of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT-CTL)...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #21. Read all articles in this issue The world’s population is aging. The 50+ segment is the fastest growing age group worldwide, and predicted life expectancies are at a historical high. These changes have profound implications for supply chain management – changes that will be explored...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue Think of all the places where your international supply chain can be disrupted. Chances are national borders are probably high on the list. That’s why companies employ teams of trade compliance experts to shepherd cargo from one country to...
