Introduction Most households, especially those experiencing food insecurity, choose their preferred food retailers based on prices, rather than proximity. However, food-insecure households are often transit-dependent, further burdening vulnerable households seeking healthy, affordable groceries. This study sought to better understand the multi-faceted transportation experiences of households with varying food security levels...
DDMRP, a supply chain methodology introduced in 2011, aligns planning activities around incoming demand signals without the use of forecasts to predict future demand. The Demand Driven Institute (DDI) claims that DDMRP can reduce median inventory le vels by 31%, improve median service levels by 13%, and reduce the order...
The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) convened participants from industry, non-profits, and academia to discuss circular supply chains during the December 2019 roundtable.
The Demand Driven Material Requirement Planning (DDMRP) was introduced in 2011 to improve the performance of supply chain planning. The Demand Driven Institute (DDI) reports that DDMRP reduces the inventory levels by 31% (median) while improving the service level by 13% (median) and reducing the customer order lead time. Such...
Many supply chains must change in order to capture new opportunities and adapt to new demands and new markets. This is study explains how we can improve the delivery policy in the cement industry to lead the change needed. We have studied the case where a cement company, Votorantim Cimentos...
Millions of mom-and-pop stores represent 40-70% of the market share of Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies. Many of these stores are located in megacities in developing countries, cities over 10 million people, where characteristics such as traffic congestion and a dense population make the last-mile delivery process very complex. Therefore...
Excess inventory is prevalent in both the armed forces and defense companies; it takes up space and resources that could be used elsewhere. This thesis proposes a method to reduce the excess inventory and associated costs, while maintaining instant part availability, despite design changes which alter the number of parts...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #43. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Supply Chain Frontiers # 43 Ponencias 2011/12 CLI Isabel Agudelo “Enhancing RFID Adoption Through Innovation and Research” (Incrementando la adopción de RFID mediante la innovación e investigación), RFID Journal Live LatAm Mexico, Ciudad de México, México, 29 de noviembre...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #43 CLI Isabel Agudelo “Enhancing RFID Adoption Through Innovation and Research,” RFID Journal Live LatAm Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico, November 29. MIT CTL Edgar Blanco “Using Discrete-Event Simulation for Evaluating Non-Linear Supply Chain Phenomena,” Winter Simulation Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, December 11–14, 2011. Paper authored...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Presentaciones 2011 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco “Carbon Footprint Analysis in Latin America: The Colombian Case,” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 22nd Annual POMS Conference, Operations Management - The Enabling Link, Reno, NV, USA, Abril 29 a mayo 2...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38 A two-day inaugural conference on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology held in Bogotá, Colombia, underlined the rapid progress that Central American and South American companies are making in improving their business operations through the use of RFID. Produced by the publication RFID Journal in partnership...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38 As the cost of radio frequency identification (RFID) systems falls, companies find it easier to build a business case for adopting the technology. But cost is not the only factor that influences the viability of RFID; the number of ways in which it can deliver...
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 #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. RFID Journal Live LatAm, la conferencia inaugural de dos días sobre tecnologías de identificación por radiofrecuencia (RFID), celebrada en Bogotá, Colombia, destacó el rápido progreso que compañías de América Central y Suramérica están haciendo para mejorar sus operaciones de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #38. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Mientras el costo de los sistemas de Identificación por Radio Frecuencia (RFID) disminuye, las compañías encuentran más sencillo crear un caso de negocio para adoptar esta tecnología. Pero los costos no son el único factor que influye en la...
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 #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 #31. Read all articles in this issue. Little research has been done to extend our knowledge of commodity supply chains. Yet commodities are the starting point for many productive processes, both in developed and developing countries. A region’s level of advancement in the extraction, planning, distribution...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #31. Read all articles in this issue. Forecasting demand has never been easy, but in an economic downturn the task brings new challenges because the ground rules that usually guide forecasters shift. In a recession, companies need to retune their approaches to reading markets. "If demand...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #31. Read all articles in this issue. One of the many challenges in delivering medicines and health supplies in sub-Saharan Africa is the lack of timely information about quantities of product flowing through the supply chain. Researchers at the Zaragoza Logistics Center are working with the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #31. Read all articles in this issue. The cost of fuel is a major driver of supply chain efficiency, and the increasing volatility of fuel prices can undermine performance if not managed properly. Research at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ (MIT CTL) FreightLab has...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #31. Read all articles in this issue. The MIT Zaragoza International Logistics program at the Zaragoza Logistics Center, Spain, has received a grant of US$492,857 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study the most effective way to estimate the demand for global health products...
