Past Events Archive

Executive Education – Supply Chains: Driving Strategic Advantage

Jun 07, 2022 at 8:00AM - Jun 10, 2022 at 5:00PM

MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, 1 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA, USA

This is event is planned on-campus at MIT.

Cultivate your talents with MIT CTL Executive Education. To harness the power of the supply chain as a strategic resource, executive leadership needs to cultivate teams that exhibit a unique combination of both analytical and interpersonal capabilities. Our faculty and instructors include some of the world’s most prominent thought leaders across these disciplines. 

The Impact of the War in Ukraine on Global Supply Chains

Jun 01, 2022 at 10:00AM - Jun 01, 2022 at 11:30AM

This is a free, public, open-access webinar. Registration is required.

An expert panel will discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on Global Supply Chains. More information to follow.

SCM Research Fest 2022

May 13, 2022 at 8:00AM - May 20, 2022 at 5:30PM

Registration for the in-person event on MIT's campus is now closed. 

SCM Research Fest provides a unique overview of supply chain research projects conducted by MIT SCM graduate students working in partnership with project-sponsor companies. Research Fest showcases students’ future-forward research on a range of supply chain and operations areas including Sustainability, Digital SC Transformation, Omnichannel, Humanitarian Logistics, Network Design, Urban Logistics, and more. CTL Supply Chain Exchange partners, project sponsors, and affiliate audiences are invited to attend student presentations in person on May 13, 2022, at MIT. Registration is required to attend in person. Please note that live student presentations will not be broadcast to remote audiences.

Leveraging Freight Market Uncertainty to Improve Transportation Procurement

May 06, 2022 at 11:00AM - May 06, 2022 at 12:30PM

This event is open to Supply Chain Exchange members and current SCM students and invited guests. Register with your work email domain to verify.

Freight transportation has made headlines in recent years as a major supply chain bottleneck and source of unanticipated costs. In this talk, I’ll discuss how such constrained capacity in over-the-road transportation is a cyclical occurrence, its impacts on both shippers and carriers, and what we can learn from it.

The Paradox of Digital - people, processes, and technology in SCM

Apr 19, 2022 at 11:00AM - Apr 19, 2022 at 12:00PM

Join us to learn about the paradox of digital with Adam James, Vice President, North America Surface Transportation at C.H. Robinson. Mr. James brings more than 20 years of experience and aims to help us unpack some of the complexities he encounters working with people, data, and technology in the logistics industry.

Hosted by MITx MicroMasters Program in SCM course leads Laura Allegue and Kellen Betts, the discussion focuses on the difficulties bridging the functional and tactical to the strategic.

View the recording here: https://youtu.be/K2GeTB74Zhc

Circular Supply Chains – Challenges and Opportunities

Apr 01, 2022 at 11:00AM - Apr 01, 2022 at 12:30PM

This event is open to Supply Chain Exchange members and current SCM students and invited guests. Register with your work email domain to verify.

Circular supply chains are designed to eliminate waste and recover value in products and materials. In this talk, Dr. Eva Ponce will present insights from companies that are integrating circular thinking into the management of their supply chain and the role the supply chain plays in a circular economy.

MIT FreightLab Quarterly Update and Discussion: What works and what doesn’t at truckload pickup and delivery appointments?

Mar 25, 2022 at 12:30PM - Mar 25, 2022 at 2:00PM Ongoing MIT FreightLab research into the underutilization of American truck drivers has lead us to focus on inefficiencies in the scheduling and processing of trucks for their freight pickup and delivery appointments. This roundtable discussion will invite a variety of perspectives on what goes wrong – and sometimes right – at these appointments. The MIT FreightLab team will facilitate the discussion, and also share pre-event survey results and other relevant results from ongoing research efforts.

Evolve or Perish: A Journey in Supply Chain Agility and Applied Analytics

Mar 11, 2022 at 11:00AM - Mar 11, 2022 at 12:00PM

This event is open to Supply Chain Exchange members and current SCM students and invited guests. Register with your work email domain to verify.

In this talk, Dr. Chris Mejía and Dr. Edgar Gutiérrez-Franco discuss insights that are important to build resilient and efficient supply chains under uncertain environments. Speakers will elaborate on how understanding business characteristics, and using quantitative approaches may help map leverage points, understand challenges and gain flexibility in supply chains. Attendees will learn innovative strategies to support their decision-making processes to create proactive, adaptable business models through the use of data analytics while reducing costs and expanding their market share without compromising their long-term financial sustainability.

The Covid Pandemic and Global Supply Chains: Lessons from the MIT SCALE Network

Mar 09, 2022 at 8:00AM - Mar 09, 2022 at 9:30AM

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, in all its variants, has rattled global supply chains for two years now with shockwave disruptions up, down, and sideways along the chains in a phenomenon known as the Bullwhip Effect. The mounting challenges range from shortages of essential parts and components, to sky-rocketing freight rates and wholesale and consumer price levels, to lengthy delays at ports and inventory out-of-stocks.

Is it time to upend the textbook prescriptions? In this MIT SCALE-wide panel, the directors of the five network centers worldwide will discuss their views and experiences on...

Creating customer value using SCM retail technologies and systems

Mar 03, 2022 at 11:00AM - Mar 03, 2022 at 12:00PM

Webinar - registration required

Learn how retail companies and supply chain professionals can leverage supply chain systems and technology to meet changing customer demand. Amit Kulkarni, Divisional Vice President of Supply Chain, Merchandising & Co-op Brands Technology at REI joins us for an interactive discussion. Mr. Kulkarni has over 20 years of experience in information technology and will share recent insights from REI.

Join Laura Allegue, course lead for Supply Chain Design, and Kellen Betts, course lead for Supply Chain Technology and Systems, for an in-depth conversation about how REI uses its supply chain...