If companies can find better ways to navigate the last mile in traffic-clogged big cities, they will open up new business opportunities in a vast and growing market. The MIT Megacity Logistics Lab is collaborating with leading enterprises to redesign last-mile logistics. Meanwhile, companies may not know it, but they...
Cuando las empresas consigan encontrar otras formas de recorrer hasta la última milla de las grandes ciudades congestionadas por el tráfico, surgirán nuevas oportunidades de negocio en un amplio y creciente mercado. El Megacity Logistics Lab (Laboratorio de Logística en Mega-ciudades) del MIT (Instituto tecnológico de Massachusetts) está colaborando con...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51 How do you put a value on avoiding a problem that seemingly no longer exists because you’ve already spent money on eliminating it? This is the classic Catch-22 dilemma faced by many corporate security managers when trying to justify further investments in steeling the supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #51. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. ¿Cómo se fija el valor de la prevención de un problema que parece que ya no existe porque ya se ha dedicado dinero a eliminarlo? Se trata del clásico dilema del callejón sin salida con el que se encuentran...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Los mercados en naciones emergentes se diferencian unos de otros en muchos aspectos, pero una característica que casi siempre tienen en común es un alto grado de fragmentación a lo largo de la cadena de abastecimiento. El negocio...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 Markets in emerging nations differ in many respects, but one characteristic that they generally have in common is a high degree of fragmentation across the supply chain. The pipes and fittings business in Brazil is a good example, and the way leading supplier Amanco Brasil...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 The stage is set for Southeast Asia to take its place as a world-leading trading power. In addition to benefiting from the growth of China and India, domestic markets are expanding and the region is forging stronger links with other developing economies. However, in order...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 Achieving sustainable growth requires new approaches to supply chain management, particularly where complex, international distribution networks are involved. But the complexity of these networks makes it difficult to assimilate the information and experience needed to develop appropriate solutions. The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), Zaragoza, Spain...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 The tsunami that devastated northern Japan and wreaked havoc on the world’s third-largest economy delivered a shocking reminder of the vulnerability of supply chains to catastrophic disruptions. Other recent examples of such calamities include the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010 and Hurricanes Katrina and...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC), Zaragoza, Spain, has entered into an agreement with Sabanci University School of Management, Istanbul, Turkey, to create a dual degree program. The new offering merges the Sabanci MBA program with the Master of Engineering in Logistics & Supply Chain Management...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) has published a series of four white papers describing technologies with the potential to shape future supply chains. The papers cover a new generation of sensor networks, innovative ways to forecast demand, developments in materials science...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 Dr. David Gonsalvez, Professor of the Practice in Supply Chain Management at the MIT-Zaragoza Program, Zaragoza, Spain, has been appointed as the new director of the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC). Prior to joining ZLC, Gonsalvez was Director, Global Supply Chain, at General Motors (GM), where...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 The Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI) will host its first global supply chain conference on July 19, 2011,in Shah Alam, Malaysia, near Kuala Lumpur. The Global Supply Chain SumMIT will bring together thought leaders from renowned research centers to discuss the region’s need...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 The TISAT Logistics Consortium was awarded the Leaders’ Value Network 2011 Prize by Bogotá, Colombia-based logistics research and education firm LOGyCA, at a special ceremony this past May. The award also marked the 10th anniversary of the prize. Created to recognize outstanding achievements in the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco Presentation at the International Sustainability and Carbon Footprint Forum, Cali, Colombia, June 22. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Current and Future State of Corporate Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM),” Supply Chain Council webinar, May 6, with John J. Brown, SC Risk Manager...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen & Jim Rice “Do You Have the Skills to Manage in a Crisis?” Supply Chain Management Review, Talent Strategies column, May/June 2011. Jarrod Goentzel “Getting Your Point Across Without Bullet Points,” Supply Chain Management Review, Talent Strategies column, July/August. Jim Rice...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41 What type of supply chain takes years to build and is dismantled just weeks after reaching its peak performance? The answer is one that supports major sporting events such as the 2014 World Cup. This unique breed of supply chain was explored at the Supply...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El maremoto que devastó el norte de Japón y causó estragos en la tercera economía del mundo, puso de manifiesto de forma espeluznante la vulnerabilidad de las cadenas de suministro ante las catástrofes. Otros ejemplos recientes de calamidades...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . ¿Qué tipo de cadena de suministro tarda años en ser construida para desmantelarse unas semanas después de llegar a su rendimiento máximo? La respuesta es una cadena que soporte grandes eventos deportivos como el Mundial Brasil 2014. Esta...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . Para conseguir un crecimiento sostenible hacen falta nuevas formas de enfocar la gestión de la cadena de suministro, sobre todo cuando están implicadas redes internacionales de distribución complejas. Pero la complejidad de estas redes dificulta la asimilación de...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Instituto para la Innovación de las Cadenas de Suministro de Malasia (MISI; Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI)) va a celebrar su primer congreso sobre la cadena de suministro global el 19 de julio del 2011...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) de Zaragoza (España) ha llegado a un acuerdo con la Facultad de Administración de Empresas de la Universidad de Sabanci (Estambul, Turquía) para crear un programa conducente a dos titulaciones máster. La nueva...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Dr. David Gonsalvez, Profesor de Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro en el Programa MIT-Zaragoza (Zaragoza, España) ha sido nombrado nuevo director del Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC). Antes de incorporarse al ZLC, Gonsalvez fue Director de Cadena...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El Centro para Transportes y Logística del MIT (MIT CTL) ha publicado una serie de informes (cuatro) donde se describen las tecnologías con el potencial necesario para dar forma a las cadenas de suministro del futuro. Los informes...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #41. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Supply Chain Frontiers nº 41 Ponencias 2011 CLI Vivian Rangel Castelblanco Ponencia en el Foro Internacional de Sostenibilidad y Huella de Carbono (Cali, Colombia) el 22 de junio. MIT CTL Bruce Arntzen “Current and Future State of Corporate Supply...
