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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . En medio de una de las recesiones más profundas que alguna vez haya golpeado a los Estados Unidos, y con una tasa de desempleo oficial cercana al 10%, las compañías no deberían tener dificultades conservando a sus empleados...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #35. Read all articles in this issue. The Latin American Center for Logistics Innovation (CLI) and the Secretariat for Economic Development (SDDE) have agreed to create a special research unit that will focus on increasing logistics excellence in the city of Bogotá, Colombia, and the surrounding...
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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...
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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 #28. Read all articles in this issue It comes as no surprise that supply chains have to flex with unforeseen events, yet companies are being caught off guard by the complexity of the changes they now have to deal with. Unexpected twists in business fortunes are...
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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...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #16. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) has launched the Demand Management Research Group (DMRG) to develop innovative strategies and methods that can help supply chain managers optimally match supply and demand over all time horizons, from real-time...
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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...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. Even though a capacity crisis in the nation’s freight transportation system threatens economic growth, collaboration between carriers, shippers, and government agencies to find solutions to the problem is “virtually non-existent,” according to a survey carried out by the MIT...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #13. Read all articles in this issue. Cargo theft costs the freight industry and its customers billions of dollars in lost revenue, despite countermeasures such as fortifying containers, employing dual vehicle drivers, and escorting valuable shipments. Researchers at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics are...
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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 #11. Read all articles in this issue. Emergency relief agencies and industrial manufacturers are very different organizations, but when disaster strikes they face similar supply chain challenges. This September they came together in Stanford, CA, to share best practices and learn some important lessons about disruption...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue Best practices have served a purpose in the quest for supply chain excellence, but companies need to shift their focus to other measures if they are to meet the competitive challenge of changing markets. This is one of the...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #10. Read all articles in this issue. How can organizations prepare for crisis situations such as the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? They can build resilient supply chains that are capable of withstanding and recovering quickly from unexpected disruptions. In his book The Resilient Enterprise, published on...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #9. Read all articles in this issue. The first class to graduate from the Zaragoza Masters of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) degree program received a warm welcome to the profession from John Allan, CEO of global supply chain management company Exel. "You...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. Smoothing the Work Flow Across Enterprises Removing the functional barriers that impede the end-to-end flow of work within an enterprise is not a new idea - but companies now need to start doing it across enterprises, according to Dr...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. The 2005 Zaragoza Supply Chain Summit is Fast Approaching Please do not forget to register for this major event which this year focuses on a theme that is of vital importance to every enterprise - the future of offshore...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue Dell's Unconventional Success Conventional notions of what will and will not work are not always true, said Michael Dell in the February 2005 issue of MIT Supply Chain Frontiers. And that applies to relatively new conventions, such as the...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. Supply chain management "is an increasingly strategic topic" said MIT President Dr. Susan Hockfield, at the opening of "At the Crossroads of Supply Chain & Strategy", a landmark symposium inaugurated by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, March...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. Globalization continues to open the door to new markets--and to risks including increasing supply chain complexity and changing cost structures. Two business leaders who have spearheaded the international growth of their companies, David Abney, President, UPS International, and Edouard...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #7. Read all articles in this issue. What's the biggest problem in supply chain management today? It is that all too often, the mission of the supply chain organization is defined much too narrowly. In most companies, many of the most important elements of supply chain...