Ok, I have to confess that I love inventories. That is, “good” inventories that are deployed for good reasons such as to mitigate against uncertainties, or are based on sound economic principles. Of course, I don’t like “bad” inventories that don’t serve a purpose and inevitably wind up being drastically...
The Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) Driving Regional Competitiveness Through Supply Chain Excellence March 2008 – March 2010 Activity Report
Introduction by Dr. Edgar Blanco, MIT Natural Resources - Randolph Kirchain, MIT MSL Waste - Elsa Olivetti, MIT MSL Alternative Energy - Dr. Jarrod Goentzel, MIT Green House Gases - Dr. Edgar Blanco, MIT Water - Sarah Slaughter, MIT Sloan
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. Attendees at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ (MIT CTL) Summer 2010 executive education program will play CHAOS (Supply Chain Operations Simulation), the new inventory management simulation game from MIT CTL. Based on a real-world supply chain, CHAOS simulates operational disruptions. Teams compete to...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. A summary report and presentations from the Second Zaragoza Global Health Supply Chain Summit are available for event attendees. The two-day “Bringing Industry, Government, NGOs, and Academia Together: What Can Be Learned from the For-Profit World?” summit was organized by the Zaragoza Logistics Center and...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #36. Purchasing is becoming more strategic in nature, so it stands to reason that aligning the function with corporate strategy will improve its performance. In practice, however, the case for such an alignment is not straightforward, and it may even be ill advised in some instances...
