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 . 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...
Ok, I have to confess that I love inventories. That is, “good” inventories that are deployed for good reasons such as to mitigate against uncertainties, or are based on sound economic principles. Of course, I don’t like “bad” inventories that don’t serve a purpose and inevitably wind up being drastically...
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. 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. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Los parques logísticos han crecido en número por alrededor del mundo en años recientes, con el apoyo del desarrollo de estas instalaciones por parte de gobiernos y empresas de finca raíz. Sin embargo, no hay un marco estándar...
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 #35. Read all articles in this issue. Calculating the size of an organization’s carbon footprint can be extremely challenging when complex supply chain networks are involved. To simplify the task, many companies use what is called an initial screening — an approximation of the emission levels...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #30. Read all articles in this issue. Given the high degree of market uncertainty that companies now have to deal with, finding ways to mitigate and eliminate risk in supply networks is no longer a matter of choice. Risk management (RM) has become an integral part...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #30. Read all articles in this issue. The 2009 Supply Chain Innovation and Leadership Series (SCILS), a month-long series of talks, site visits, and leadership workshops that happens every January, was the largest yet, reflecting the growing research and academic base of the MIT Center for...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #30. Read all articles in this issue. Supply chain is adjusting to the extreme turbulence that has become the new norm in most markets, but how is it evolving to meet these challenges in a post-recession world? Perhaps towards a role as shock absorber, one that...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #22. Read all articles in this issue Death and taxes are two of life’s certainties; another is that world populations are aging. The resultant demographic shifts will have a profound impact on the work place and the way firms operate. As these age-related changes reshape organizations...
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...
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...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue A one-day conference sponsored jointly by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) on energy-efficient supply chains will take place at MIT, Cambridge, MA, on April 30, 2007.The event...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #18. Read all articles in this issue Many of the best practices that underpin supply chain design will become obsolete as rising energy costs force companies to rethink the way they make and deliver products. That was the main message to emerge from the Major Session...
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 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 #14. Read all articles in this issue. America’s aging transportation infrastructure can’t keep up with relentless world trade growth. If it isn’t overhauled, consumers and the U.S. economy will pay a steep price. That was the warning issued by John Bowe, President of The Americas for...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #14. Read all articles in this issue. Cost pressures are fracturing the pharmaceutical supply chain in the United States, but what the reshaped chain will look like is open to debate. One outcome seems certain: the role of drug wholesalers will not be the same. The...
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...
I was pleasantly surprised when Professor Chaman Jain asked me to devote this column to my perspective on the evolution of the forecasting function over the past 25 years to commemorate the Journal of Business Forecasting’s 25th anniversary. I was mostly surprised, however, because I realized that my experience actually...
