Supply Chain Frontiers issue #31. Read all articles in this issue. This year’s MIT CTL Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Research Fest will take place on May 20 to 21, 2009, on the MIT campus. The annual event gives MLOG graduating students the opportunity to present the results of...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #23. Read all articles in this issue The wisdom of hindsight is more impressive if it’s based on observations you originally predicted. In 2004 the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT-CTL) launched the Supply Chain 2020 research program to identify and analyze the factors that...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #21. Read all articles in this issue Domestic auto suppliers in Japan sustained damage from the 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country this July, causing shut downs at major manufacturers such as Toyota and Honda, because the supply of key components was interrupted. The manufacturers’ just-in-time...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #21. Read all articles in this issue The 2007 Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Research Journal is now available. The seven papers in the Journal were selected from the theses submitted by the MLOG Class of 2007 at MIT. The articles, written as executive summaries...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #21. Read all articles in this issue Supply Chain Strategy, the influential monthly newsletter co-produced by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), has a new publisher: New York City-based Institute of Management and Administration (IOMA). August 2007 will be the first issue to be...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #21. Read all articles in this issue What is the most efficient blend of make-to-order and make-to-stock manufacturing that also meets a company’s profitability goals and satisfies the ever-increasing demand for a wider choice of products supplied at the lowest cost and quickest delivery time? It...
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 #21. Read all articles in this issue Each time a customer attempts to place an order is a defining moment for your company. It is at this point where all the supply planning and process execution come together to test your ability to deliver on the...
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 #9. Read all articles in this issue. Large commercial aircraft manufacturers are cutting lead times and outsourcing more assembly work to tier-one suppliers. The aim is to smooth out the market turbulence that locks the industry into perpetual boom-and-bust cycles. Along the way the supply chain...
