Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47 MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Supply Chain Visibility (Mapping),” Advancing Supply Chain Risk Management: Emerging Challenges and Strategies, MIT Campus, Cambridge, MA, US, October 10. “Innovative Methods in Building and Managing an SC Center,” panel moderator, Annual Supply Chain Management Directors Conference, Phoenix, AZ, US, October...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47 MIT CTL Chris Caplice “Do You Have the Right Toolkit?” Talent Strategies column, Supply Chain Management Review, November issue. Yossi Sheffi “Logistics Clusters: Unsung Champions of Economic Opportunity,” Supply Chain Matters blog, October 17. “Logistics as a Creator of Jobs,” Supply Chains Rock blog, October...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Contar con talento para satisfacer las necesidades actuales y futuras de la profesión es uno de los desafíos más apremiantes que enfrenta la gestión de la cadena de abastecimiento. En ninguna parte es este desafío más visible que...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Los mercados en naciones emergentes se diferencian unos de otros en muchos aspectos, pero una característica que casi siempre tienen en común es un alto grado de fragmentación a lo largo de la cadena de abastecimiento. El negocio...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 Markets in emerging nations differ in many respects, but one characteristic that they generally have in common is a high degree of fragmentation across the supply chain. The pipes and fittings business in Brazil is a good example, and the way leading supplier Amanco Brasil...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 Developing a talent pipeline to meet the profession’s current and future needs is one of the most pressing challenges facing supply chain management. Nowhere is this challenge more visible than in Asia. Led by organizations such as the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI)...
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...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 Almost two decades after integrated demand signals (IDS) technology was introduced to improve supply chain performance, is the process finally on the brink of realizing its full potential? The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL), and the Pennsylvania State University Center for Supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Casi veinte años después de la incorporación de la tecnología de señales de demanda integradas (IDS) para mejorar el rendimiento de la cadena de suministro, ¿estará el proceso por fin a punto de descubrir todo su potencial? 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. 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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Presentaciones CLI Edgar Blanco "Innovación de la Cadena de Suministro en Mercado Emergentes," Conferencia Anual Líderes, Bogotá, Colombia, Mayo 5 de 2010. MIT CTL Edgar Blanco "Implicaciones de la Huella de Carbono en las Cadenas de Suministro," MIT...
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...
Another two companies, third-party logistics provider Transplace and leading fruit juice manufacturer Ocean Spray, have joined the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ (MIT CTL) Supply Chain Exchange program. The program has more than doubled its membership since MIT CTL embarked on an expansion effort some four years ago. The...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #20. Read all articles in this issue For shoe manufacturers in China, it can be cheaper to export product and then import it back into the country than to sell direct to domestic markets. It’s one of the quirks of doing business in emerging markets that...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #17. Read all articles in this issue. MIT is part of a critical supply chain at energy giant BP – the supply chain of Human Capability, according to company CIO John Leggate. The novel supply chain delivers innovative ideas several years before they reshape the business...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #17. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) presented two showcase sessions at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) 2006 annual conference in San Antonio, TX, this October, that won wide acclaim from the audience of supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #17. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) along with the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) in Spain have announced that MIT President Susan Hochfield will be a keynote speaker at Crossroads 2007: Supply Chain Innovation Summit to be held...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #17. Read all articles in this issue. Every second billions of dollars circulate the globe electronically yet the cashless society exists only in the realms of science fiction. Cash remains an integral part of the global economy and countless businesses rely on its efficient distribution. The...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #17. Read all articles in this issue. There is no substitute for sound preparation, which is why the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) is offering a workshop on business continuity, November 28 to 29, 2006, in Cambridge, Mass. Business disruptions come in many forms...
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 #17. Read all articles in this issue The future of supply chain management will be a central theme of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ executive education course in January 2007. Presentations by industry thought leader Bill Copacino and expert on the future of work...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue. Ranked First for Fourth Year in a Row For the fourth consecutive year MIT has been ranked first among graduate programs in logistics and supply chain management by US News & World Report. "MIT is consistently ranked as the...
