Pharmaceuticals account for over hundreds of billions of dollars of the global annual healthcare expenditure. Inventory management is essential for the financial health of the retail pharmaceutical industry. The retail pharmacy studied in this research, faced a challenge managing high-performance inventory policies. This capstone project aims to determine how a...
When it comes to LTL shipping, it can be tough for shippers to get the performance that they expect due to the makeup of LTL networks. On-time performance is dependent on many more factors than in full truckload shipping. Performance often comes down to attributes of the shipment such as...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51 MIT CTL Edgar Blanco “Selection of Tailored Practices for Supply Chain Management,” International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 33 No. 8, 2013, pp.1040-1074. With A. C. Barros and A. P. Barbosa-Pvoa. “Estimating the CO2 Intensity of Intermodal Transportation,” Transportation Research Part D: Transport...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Supply Chain Frontiers , n.º 51: Presentaciones MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen «Implementing Resilient Risk Management», Conferencia anual CSCMP, Denver, Colorado (EUA), 21 de octubre. Edgar Blanco «Carbon Efficiency of Humanitarian Supply Chains: Evidence from French Red Cross Operations», Proceedings...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #33. Read all articles in this issue. An unwillingness to share sensitive commercial information often prevents companies from entering into high-level collaborative relationships with trading partners. Now a consortium of academic institutions — including the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) in Zaragoza, Spain — is developing a...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #33. Read all articles in this issue. The most extensive non-formal education program of its kind in Latin America, the Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (GC-LOG), started in July 2009, and will continue in the United States in 2010. Fifteen students from Mexico...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #33. Read all articles in this issue. Global technology company Hewlett-Packard (HP) has become a member of the MIT CTL Supply Chain Exchange. HP offers the world’s broadest range of IT products, with revenues in excess of US$120 billion and business operations in more than 170...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #33. Read all articles in this issue. Tara Faulkner has joined MIT CTL as Director of Communications, with full responsibility for all aspects of the center’s communications with corporate and research partners, industry contacts, the media, and the MIT community. Tara comes to the center from...
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 #33. Read all articles in this issue. A major logistics hub is taking shape in Latin America. Panama has embarked upon a far-reaching development plan, and is widening its famous canal to keep pace with the growth in international trade. Students from a new logistics program...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #33. Read all articles in this issue. The sheer complexity of an international supply network makes it vulnerable to a wide range of disruption risks. But this weakness can be turned into a competitive advantage if managers know how to marshal the supply chain’s considerable resources...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #32. Read all articles in this issue. When it comes to stimulating economic growth, the key to future expansion can sometimes be found in the past. Earlier this decade, the government of Aragón in northern Spain realized that its economy had become too reliant on a...
Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #24. Read all articles in this issue What is the difference between short-term and long-term? At a December retreat, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics’ (MIT-CTL) Demand Management Interest Group (DMIG) considered the difference not as a philosophical question but in the context of demand...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #16. Read all articles in this issue. The 2006-2007 academic year is off to a flying start. The 2007 classes for the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Program at MIT and the Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management (ZLOG) Program at the...
