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A hyper-connected network of logistics clusters could play a key role in achieving the European Union’s goal of creating a sustainable, more efficient freight transportation system. An EU-backed research initiative called Clusters 2.0 is laying the groundwork for such a network by developing ways to link freight hubs via the...
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On Wednesday, January 24, 2018, the MIT SCALE Global Network hosted the 10th Annual SCALE Connect Conference Research Expo. Over 200 supply chain master's students presented digital posters of their research projects to more than 200 visiting supply chain professionals and influencers. On display were presentations from the MIT SCALE...
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Enterprises engaged in using waste products as raw materials for bio-commodities help companies and countries to meet their sustainability goals. But to be successful they also must be commercially viable. A new research project backed by the European Commission takes a novel approach to evaluating these enterprises, by analyzing the...
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Las empresas dedicadas al uso de productos de desecho como materia prima para los productos biológicos ayudan a las empresas y los países a alcanzar sus objetivos de sostenibilidad. Aunque para tener éxito también deben ser comercialmente viables. Un nuevo proyecto de investigación financiado por la Comisión Europea adopta un...
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Ecuador has launched a national initiative to develop an integrated strategy for improving the efficiency and sustainability of freight and passenger flows in large urban centers. The Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) in Bogotá, Colombia, is coordinating one of the projects in collaboration with several institutions including Polytechnic University...
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Ecuador ha puesto en marcha una iniciativa a nivel nacional con el fin de desarrollar una estrategia integrada de mejora en la eficiencia y sostenibilidad de los flujos de mercancías y pasajeros en los grandes núcleos urbanos. El Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística (CLI) de Bogotá, Colombia, coordina uno...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 59. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Las empresas colaboran a menudo con proveedores y clientes para reducir la huella de carbono de las operaciones de transporte de mercancías. El fabricante colombiano Corona y el Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística (CLI), con sede en...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #59 Companies often collaborate with suppliers and customers to reduce the carbon footprint of their freight operations. Colombian manufacturer Corona and the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI), based in Bogotá, Colombia, have teamed up with another important logistics player to lower carbon emissions: the truck...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #55 A European Commission (EC) initiative called Horizon 2020 - 2105 Smart, Green and Integrated Transport will facilitate collaboration between logistics clusters on developing supply chain solutions, particularly projects that promote environmental sustainability. In addition to helping companies bring new ideas to fruition, the initiative gives...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 55. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Una iniciativa de la Comisión Europea (CE) llamada Horizonte 2020 - 2105, Transporte inteligente, ecológico e integrado facilitará la colaboración entre los clústeres logísticos en el desarrollo de soluciones de la cadena de suministro, sobre todo, proyectos que...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue n.º 53. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Junto con otras 50 entidades, el Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) ha sido seleccionado por el CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial) para dar apoyo a la participación de las empresas en Horizonte 2020, el nuevo programa marco...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #53 The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), Zaragoza, Spain, has been selected along with 50 other entities by CDTI (the Center for Industrial Technological Development) to support the participation of companies in the Horizon 2020, the European Commission’s new research and innovation framework program. CDTI is a...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51 MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Implementing Resilient Risk Management,” CSCMP Annual Conference, Denver, CO, US, October 21. Edgar Blanco “Carbon Efficiency of Humanitarian Supply Chains: Evidence from French Red Cross Operations,” Logistics Management 2013, Bremen, Germany, September 11-13. With P. Oberhofer and A. Craig. "The Environmental...
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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 Logistics...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #47. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), situado en Zaragoza (España), acogió la reunión de lanzamiento del proyecto europeo WINN (que procede de: European Platform Driving Knowledge to Innovations in Freight Logistics) en octubre de 2012. A ella asistieron representantes de...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 The first Future Freight Flows (FFF) Workshop took place on November 4, 2010, at the headquarters of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), in Philadelphia, PA. The event was a resounding success. The project team will now take the workshop on the road in...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 As the field of supply chain management evolves, managers are constantly confronted with an increasing menu of practices. The importance of selecting the “right” set of supply chain practices has been recognized by academics and practitioners as fundamental to improving long-term supply chain performance. But...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Con la evolución de la gestión de la cadena de suministro, los gestores se enfrentan constantemente a una variedad cada vez mayor de posibilidades. Académicos y profesionales coinciden en la importancia fundamental de seleccionar el método “correcto” en la...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El primer taller de flujos futuros de transporte de mercancías (Future Freight Flows, FFF) tuvo lugar el 4 de noviembre de 2010 en la sede central de la Comisión de Planificación Regional del Valle de Delaware (Delaware Valley Regional...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37 The future rarely moves in predictable, incremental ways. Often, seemingly small changes in technology, demographics, regulations, economics, or a myriad of other factors have dramatic and unintended consequences for how companies source, manufacture, distribute, and operate in general. The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #37. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. El futuro muy raramente se mueve de maneras predecibles o incrementables. Con frecuencia, los aparentemente pequeños cambios en tecnología, demografía, regulaciones, economía o la combinación de diferentes factores tienen consecuencias dramáticas y no intencionadas sobre cómo las empresas se...
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Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #28. Read all articles in this issue The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) will give a number of presentations on a wide range of topics at this year’s Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Annual Global Conference 2008, Denver, CO, October 5...
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Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #27. Read all articles in this issue How to compete in an uncertain business environment will be the central theme of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) Major Session and Hot Topics session on October 7, 2008 at the Council of Supply Chain...
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Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #24. Read all articles in this issue MIT-CTL is planning to re-launch Sensors Watch, the Supply Chain 2020 (SC2020) blog, in order to incorporate some new functionality. The re-launch is scheduled for February 2008. SC2020 is a multi-year research program to identify and analyze the factors...
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Supply Chain Frontiers issue #23. Read all articles in this issue The wisdom of hindsight is more impressive if it’s based on observations you originally predicted. In 2004 the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT-CTL) launched the Supply Chain 2020 research program to identify and analyze the factors that...