Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Leadership in supply chain management has become a hot topic over the last few years. Many supply chain executives visit the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) for recruiting, executive education, and other reasons, and it is a rare meeting where the topic...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Companies can reap multiple benefits when they include suppliers in the new product development (NPD) process. A study by Fabrizio Salvador, IE Business School and MIT-Zaragoza Logistics Center, and Veronica Villena, IE Business School, shows that leveraging suppliers’ expertise in this way is particularly effective...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40 Many technologies that are still under development have the potential to redefine supply chains. To help companies keep abreast of these potential breakthroughs, MIT CTL is presenting a number of innovations at its 2011 Crossroads conference this June, and is publishing a series of papers...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto El pasado 14 de diciembre se formalizó la alianza entre la Universidad Andrés Bello, a través del departamento de Ciencias de la Ingeniería, y el Centro Latinoamericano de Innovación en Logística –CLI, de LOGyCA, que da origen a CLI...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto El programa MIT NextLab se ha asociado con la Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá para ejecutar el curso que se realizará en el campus de la Universidad, durante el primer semestre de 2011. El curso NextLab @ Javeriana comenzó...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto La conferencia anual del Centro de Transporte y Logística del MIT (MIT CTL), Crossroads, se llevará a cabo en el campus del MIT el 16 de junio de 2011. El tema del evento de este año serán las tecnologías...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Muchas tecnologías que todavía están en fase de desarrollo tienen el potencial para redefinir las cadenas de abastecimiento. Para ayudar a las empresas a estar al día en estos avances potenciales, el MIT CTL presentará algunas de estas innovaciones...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Gobiernos estatales y municipales brasileños utilizan los incentivos tributarios para atraer empresas a sus regiones en un esfuerzo por estimular el crecimiento económico y promover el desarrollo tecnológico. De hecho, la intensa competencia entre estas entidades para ofrecer condiciones...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Los parques logísticos se han convertido en un componente clave de las redes de distribución global, a medida que las empresas buscan hacer sus cadenas de abastecimiento más ágiles con el fin de permanecer competitivas en el mercado. Sin...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto. Las compañías pueden obtener múltiples beneficios cuando incluyen a los proveedores en el proceso de Desarrollo de Nuevos Productos (NPD) - por sus siglas en inglés. Un estudio realizado por Fabrizio Salvador (IE Business School y el MIT-Zaragoza Logistics...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto ¿Cómo distribuir alimentos de forma segura y eficiente en una gran ciudad en un país en desarrollo, a una población de más de 7 millones de personas? Bogotá, capital de Colombia, está resolviendo está pregunta mediante un proyecto único...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto Países en desarrollo – incluso aquellos que han firmado y ratificado el Protocolo de Kyoto – parecen tener poco incentivo para medir las huellas de carbono de sus cadenas de abastecimiento. Sin embargo, la investigación desarrollada en el Centro...
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 #40. Lea todos artículos en este asunto . El liderazgo en la gerencia de la cadena de abastecimiento se ha convertido en un tema candente en los últimos años. Muchos ejecutivos de la cadena de abastecimiento visitan el Centro de Transporte y Logística de MIT (MIT...
I recently wrote a column on Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) for a special CPFR issue of the Journal of Business Forecasting (Winter 2010-2011). In writing the piece, I came to realize the profound effect that the CPFR phenomena has had on my career. This column reflects many of...
In the fall of 2009 MIT CTL conducted a global survey of supply chain risk experiences, attitudes, and risk management practices. Over 1400 supply chain professionals from 70 countries participated. The survey asked business and supply chain managers their opinions about the importance of risk prevention compared to response preparedness...
In the fall of 2009 MIT CTL conducted a global survey of supply chain risk experiences, attitudes, and risk management practices. Over 1400 supply chain professionals from 70 countries participated. Respondents rated the frequency of internal risks (caused by their own business practices and business partners) and external risks (caused...
In the fall of 2009 MIT CTL conducted a global survey of supply chain risk experiences, attitudes, and risk management practices. Over 1400 supply chain professionals from 70 countries participated. Supply chain risk management, resilience and business continuity planning have been talked about for the last 10 years. Some progress...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 A web-based communications platform called the Collaborative Platform for Transport that cuts truck transportation costs and eliminates costly freight delays in Colombia will enter the implementation phase in December 2010. In addition to making the country’s supply chains more efficient, the project offers valuable lessons...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 Greenhouse gas emissions trading systems might seem far removed from the everyday challenges of managing supply chains, but the integrity of these markets influences the actions that companies take to make their operations more environmentally sustainable. A research project headed by Dr. Youyi Feng, a...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 Almost two decades after integrated demand signals (IDS) technology was introduced to improve supply chain performance, is the process finally on the brink of realizing its full potential? The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL), and the Pennsylvania State University Center for Supply...
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...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 The Center for Latin American Logistics Innovation (CLI) has a new strategic partner: Carvajal, Colombia’s leading international business group. Founded in 1904, the organization makes and distributes products in a number of sectors including paper, school and office supplies, packaging, furniture, publishing, printing, process outsourcing...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 CLI Isabel Agudelo "Global Trends for the Development of Sustainable Transportation Services," Third National Meeting of Transportation, ENATRANS 2010, Santiago de Chile, Chile. November 3. Andrés Baquero "Reflections on the Development of Logistics Platforms for Fruits and Vegetables Supply Chain in Bogota." CODATU, Buenos Aires...
Supply Chain Frontiers issue #39 ZLC David Gonsalvez "Reinvigorating Your Supply Chain," article published in DILF Orientering, Journal of Danish Logistics and Purchasing Forum, October.
