Supply Chain Frontiers issue #46. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. A pesar de la apatía de la economía mundial, los programas de máster en cadenas de suministro que ofrecen los centros de la red Global SCALE del MIT han atraído a un gran número de estudiantes para el curso...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #46 Despite a lackluster global economy, supply chain master’s programs offered by MIT Global SCALE Network centers have attracted high numbers of students for the class of 2013. The MIT Supply Chain Management program at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL), Cambridge, MA...
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 . En 2010 el Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística –CLI- realizó una alianza con el programa NextLab de MIT para desarrollar tecnologías móviles innovadoras para la gestión de cadenas de abastecimiento en los países emergentes. La alianza cuenta...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 In 2010 the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) entered into an alliance with the MIT NextLab to develop innovative mobile technologies for managing supply chains in emerging countries. The partnership now has an impressive slate of research projects. “Logistics is one of the areas...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco Presentation at the International Sustainability and Carbon Footprint Forum, Cali, Colombia, June 22. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Current and Future State of Corporate Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM),” Supply Chain Council webinar, May 6, with John J. Brown, SC Risk Manager...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Supply Chain Frontiers nº 41 Ponencias 2011 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco Ponencia en el Foro Internacional de Sostenibilidad y Huella de Carbono (Cali, Colombia) el 22 de junio. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Current and Future State of Corporate Supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Logistics parks have become a key component of global distribution networks. As companies look for ways to make their supply chains more agile in order to stay competitive, however, these commercial hubs must respond with flexible service packages and innovative facilities. This is what Europe’s...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 The MIT NextLab Program has partnered with the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá (Javeriana) to run a dedicated course on the University’s campus in Bogotá, Colombia, during the spring semester of 2011. The NextLab@Javeriana course started in January 2011, and combines content from Javeriana’s Mobile...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto El programa MIT NextLab se ha asociado con la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá para ejecutar el curso que se realizará en el campus de la Universidad, durante el primer semestre de 2011. El curso NextLab @ Javeriana comenzó...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Los parques logísticos se han convertido en un componente clave de las redes de distribución global, a medida que las empresas buscan hacer sus cadenas de abastecimiento más ágiles con el fin de permanecer competitivas en el mercado. Sin...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38 CLI Rafael Flórez Barajas Speaker, RFID Journal Live! Latam, Bogotá, Colombia, August 31–September 1. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Now the Dust has Settled: Supply Chain Lessons Learnt from the Ash Cloud,” speaker, The Walpole Lectures, webinar, September 15, 2010. “Sourcing in the United States versus...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Presentaciones CLI Rafael Flórez Barajas Anfitrión y Conferencista, RFID Journal Live! Latam, Bogotá, Colombia. Agosto 31– Septiembre 1. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen "Ahora que el polvo se ha asentado: lecciones sobre Cadena de Suministro aprendidas de la nube de...
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...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #33. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) will present two keynote sessions at the Annual Global Conference 2009 of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) in Chicago, September 22, 2009. The early-morning major session will...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #23. Read all articles in this issue In many supply chain applications of radio frequency identification (RFID), the costs have exceeded the savings, one reason why the technology’s growth has failed to meet early expectations. But companies might be asking the wrong questions when evaluating RFID...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #22. Read all articles in this issue Memo to Tim Cook, Chief Operating Officer of consumer electronics company Apple: if you are looking for an additional sales channel for your notebook products, put specialty electronics retailers at the top of your list. That is the main...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #22. Read all articles in this issue Products such as appliances carry labels that show consumers how much energy the units consume during operation, so why not introduce a similar system for the amount of carbon emitted during a product’s manufacture and delivery? It’s an attractive...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #22. Read all articles in this issue The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), which provides air, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, and MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), have joined forces to create a fellowship program that will generate military leaders...
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 #22. Read all articles in this issue The line-up is complete for the Hot Topics session on disruptive demographics organized by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT-CTL) for the Council of Supply Management Professionals (CSCMP) annual conference in Philadelphia in October. The session will...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #22. Read all articles in this issue Innovative ways to use Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in the supply chain is the subject of a symposium on October 10, 2007, in Cambridge, Mass., that is co-sponsored by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ Supply Chain...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #16. Read all articles in this issue. In retailing it is almost second nature: stimulate sales of slow-moving items by marking down the price. It is called demand shaping, and companies such as Dell have refined and developed the strategy and are now applying it in...
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...
