Supply Chain Frontiers issue #45 Megacities – cities with a population of at least 10 million people – are growing both in size and number, and are expected to account for about 20% of world GDP within a decade. But building the supply chains needed to serve these metropolises is...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística (CLI) cuenta con nuevo curso de educación ejecutiva que inicia en mayo. Este curso se centra en la superación de los desafíos que implica la logística global y gestión de la...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Vivek Radhakrishnan, un estudiante del MIT – Zaragoza Master in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, del Zaragoza Logistics Center, en Zaragoza - España, fue uno de los tres ganadores del Desafío Vestas Winnovation 2012, celebrado en Aarhus, Dinamarca...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44 The Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) is launching a new executive education course this May that focuses on overcoming the challenges of global logistics and supply chain management in Latin America. CLI developed the course with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. A...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #44 Vivek Radhakrishnan, a student in the MIT / Zaragoza International Logistics Program, Zaragoza, Spain, was on the supply chain category winning team in the Vestas Winnovation Challenge 2012, held in Aarhus, Denmark, February 2012. Winnovation is a global competition for master’s degree engineering students hosted...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 How does a major city in a developing country deliver food safely and efficiently to its population of more than 7 million people? The city of Bogotá, Colombia, is addressing this question with a unique supply chain research project that involves the Center for Latin-American...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 On December 14, 2010, Universidad Andrés Bello (UNAB) in Chile, through its Department of Engineering Sciences, and Bogotá, Colombia-based LOGyCA, signed an agreement to create CLI Chile, a new center for logistics education and research. CLI Chile follows CLI Mexico – which was created in...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) annual conference, Crossroads, will take place on the MIT campus on June 16, 2011. The theme of this year’s event is cutting-edge technologies that will transform supply chains. The Crossroads 2011: Disruptive Innovations That Will Shape...
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 Developing countries – even those that have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol – appear to have little incentive to measure the carbon footprints of their supply chains. However, research at the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI), headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, shows that Colombian...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Malaysia, the largest center for international trade and manufacturing in Southeast Asia, is partnering with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) to create a global center for Supply Chain education and research. The joint initiative will build and develop the Malaysia Institute...
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 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco “CLI’s Carbon Footprint Measurement in Emerging Market Supply Chains: The Colombian Case Research Project,” Sustainable Strategies to Strengthen Your Supply Chain conference, Bogotá, Colombia, March 1. “Carbon Footprint Analysis in Latin America: The Colombian Case,” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Brazilian state and municipal governments commonly use tax incentives to attract businesses to their regions in an effort to stimulate economic growth and promote technological development. In fact, the intense competition between these entities to offer favorable tax terms is often referred to as “fiscal...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Leadership in supply chain management has become a hot topic over the last few years. Many supply chain executives visit the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for recruiting, executive education, and other reasons, and it is a rare meeting where the topic...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Companies can reap multiple benefits when they include suppliers in the new product development (NPD) process. A study by Fabrizio Salvador, IE Business School and MIT-Zaragoza Logistics Center, and Veronica Villena, IE Business School, shows that leveraging suppliers’ expertise in this way is particularly effective...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Many technologies that are still under development have the potential to redefine supply chains. To help companies keep abreast of these potential breakthroughs, MIT CTL is presenting a number of innovations at its 2011 Crossroads conference this June, and is publishing a series of papers...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto El pasado 14 de diciembre se formalizó la alianza entre la Universidad Andrés Bello, a través del departamento de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, y el Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística –CLI, de LOGyCA, que da origen a CLI...
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 La conferencia anual del Centro de Transporte y Logística del MIT (MIT CTL), Crossroads, se llevará a cabo en el campus del MIT el 16 de junio de 2011. El tema del evento de este año serán las tecnologías...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Muchas tecnologías que todavía están en fase de desarrollo tienen el potencial para redefinir las cadenas de abastecimiento. Para ayudar a las empresas a estar al día en estos avances potenciales, el MIT CTL presentará algunas de estas innovaciones...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Gobiernos estatales y municipales brasileños utilizan los incentivos tributarios para atraer empresas a sus regiones en un esfuerzo por estimular el crecimiento económico y promover el desarrollo tecnológico. De hecho, la intensa competencia entre estas entidades para ofrecer condiciones...
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 #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Las compañías pueden obtener múltiples beneficios cuando incluyen a los proveedores en el proceso de Desarrollo de Nuevos Productos (NPD) - por sus siglas en inglés. Un estudio realizado por Fabrizio Salvador (IE Business School y el MIT-Zaragoza Logistics...
