Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 A conference organized by the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for this October will focus on managing global transportation networks. The one-day Managing Global Supply Chains conference will explore how shippers design, procure, and manage their global transportation networks. Attendees will discuss...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 The Global Supply Chain SumMIT, the first event organized by the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI), took place July 19, 2011, and was a major success with more than 400 attendees. The conference was held in the Shah Alam Convention Center, Shah Alam...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 The MIT Humanitarian Response Lab has been launched with a mission to meet human needs with more efficient public, non-profit and private supply chains capable of responding to unexpected, large-scale demand. Dr. Jarrod Goentzel is Director of the Lab, which resides within the MIT Center...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 Developing a talent pipeline to meet the profession’s current and future needs is one of the most pressing challenges facing supply chain management. Nowhere is this challenge more visible than in Asia. Led by organizations such as the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (MISI)...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 In 2010 the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) entered into an alliance with the MIT NextLab to develop innovative mobile technologies for managing supply chains in emerging countries. The partnership now has an impressive slate of research projects. “Logistics is one of the areas...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 Supply Chain and Finance are usually seen as separate and conflicting disciplines. In a retailing or manufacturing company, key performance indicators (KPIs) are typically set by the COO to maintain high customer service levels by keeping inventories high. At the same time, the CFO pushes...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 A number of staff changes have taken place at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL). Dr. Mahender Singh, former leader of the Center’s SC2020 Research Project, has moved to Malaysia where he is Rector of the international MIT SCALE Network Center, the...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 CLI Andrés Baquero y Rene Suárez “A Foresight Approach to Reshaping the Actions in the Food Supply and Security Master Plan of Bogota,” Latino and Ibero American Congress of Technology Management (ALTEC 2011), Lima, Peru, October 19 – 21. Julián Lasso and Jhonatan Rotberg “Virtual...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #42 The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) has established the Supply Chain & Finance Institute (SFI) to promote the study of the interrelationship between supply chain and finance. The global financial crisis and its aftermath have highlighted the importance of this interrelationship. In addition, bringing more financial...
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...
