Past Events Archive

Annual Talent Management Roundtable for SC & HR Executives (January 2013)

MIT Faculty Club

View a post-session blog on Logility.com about this event.

On Thursday, January 17, 2013, the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics will host the Annual SC Talent Management Forum for SC and HR Executives at the MIT Faculty Club on the MIT campus. This is the first of a two-session day, this being immediately followed by the MIT SCM/SCALE Network Poster Session. You may register for both events at the event registration page by clicking both boxes.

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How Can HR team up with their Supply Chain partners to meet the Talent Management demands of 2013...

MIT CTL Global Leadership Lecture Series - "Logistics Parks: Driving Economic Growth" - Sheffi & Allen (1/15)

MIT Campus
E25-111

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Please join the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and The MIT Center for Real Estate Tuesday January 15 as we present two dynamic speakers for the CTL Global Leadership Lecture Series.

Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Director MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and Richard Allen, CEO, The Allen Group

"Logistics Parks: Driving Economic Growth"

Two thought leaders will give different perspectives on the role of logistics parks. Professor Sheffi will start with an overview of the evolution of logistics clusters and how they have become critical parts of global supply chains. Mr. Allen will...

Executive Education - Supply Chain Management (January 2013)

MIT Faculty Club (Campus Map)

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I want to register for the January 2013 course (January 8-11, 2013)
Registration Fee: $4,495

I want to register for the June 2013 course (June 11-14, 2013)
Registration Fee: $4,495

Are You Ready for the Next Level of Supply Chain Leadership?

Let MIT Take You There

Today’s companies are realizing the importance of the supply chain as a revenue generator— it's not just a cost of doing business. In order to remain competitive in the global marketplace, senior executives must completely transform their business approach and conventional supply chain practices, and...

Logistics Clusters: Book Launch & Signing

Location: MIT Media Lab, (bldg. E14-633) 6th Floor*
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

*Reception with light refreshments and book signing to follow talk.

Logistics Clusters: Delivering Value and Driving Growth

Join Dr Yossi Sheffi for an informative talk about how logistics clusters drive growth and employment in multiple sectors

When: Tuesday December 4, 2012, 5:30 - 7:00PM

Where: MIT Media Lab, (bldg. E14-633) 6th Floor*

Who: Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.

In this book Dr Sheffi argues for the most important advantage offered by logistics clusters in today's recession-plagued economy: jobs, many of them open to low-skilled workers...

Megacity Logistics Workshop @ São Paulo

Megacities: the Supply Chain Frontier

Megacities – cities with a population of at least 10 million people – are increasing in both number and size, and their share of world GDP is expected to grow from about 14% to over 20% in a decade. Most of the 23 megacities that currently exist are located in emerging markets.

Up until now research on the megacity phenomenon has centered on the urban landscape, people mobility and managing traffic congestion. MIT CTL’s Megacity Logistics Lab research project focuses on the special supply chain demands of these sprawling urban centers.

This is the last of...

Global Ocean Transportation Roundtable

MIT Faculty Club (Campus Map)

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Virtually all supply chains are global to some degree. Whether your firm is focused on importing finished goods from the Pacific Rim, exporting agriculture products to Europe, or anything in between – you are most likely managing a complicated transportation network that crosses several borders, uses multiple modes, and involves a variety of third party companies.

As part of this one-day conference we will present results from the MIT Global Transportation Reliability Initiative. Additionally, we will build on last year's roundtable discussion and discuss how shippers currently do and, more...

MIT CTL Advances in Supply Chain Management Webinar Series: Rethinking Supply Chain Strategy in Complex Markets

Register: https://mitweb.webex.com/mitweb/onstage/g.php?d=648474937&t=a

Event number: 648 474 937
Event password: CTL

In today's complex world supply chain strategy (SCS) has to keep pace with ever-changing markets. This is no easy task. What elements should be considered? How do you identify the strengths and weaknesses of the existing strategy, and fix the flaws while preparing for an unpredictable future? Crucially, how do you implement the new SCS?

These questions had no clear answer - until now.

Following eight years of collaborative management research with partners as diverse as Fortune 100 companies, the US Government, and the United Nations, MIT's Supply Chain 2020 Project has developed a framework...

Distinguished Speaker Series - "Supply Chains: Where We've Been and Where We're Going " - Tom Linton (11/9)

Location: 35-225
Sloan Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A light lunch will be served.

Tom Linton
Chief Procurement Officer, Flextronics

Topic: Supply Chains: Where We've Been and Where We're Going

Time: Friday, November 9, 12:00 to 1:00pm. Lunch to be served shortly before noon.

Bio:
Tom Linton is the chief procurement officer for Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), a $30B, industry-leading, Fortune Global 500 electronics manufacturing services provider with more than 200,000 employees and operations in 30 countries. In the beginning of his career, Mr. Linton spent 20 years at IBM, developing and founding several world-wide Trading and Technical Centers. After leaving IBM, Mr. Linton...

MIT Humanitarian Speaker Series: José Holguín-Veras, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

MIT Room E62-687

On the Appropriate Objective Function for Post-Disaster Humanitarian Logistics Models: Social Cost and Deprivation Cost Functions

Q&A brownbag lunch, drinks and cookies provided

Abstract

There is an increasing body of research that suggests the existence of substantial differences between commercial and humanitarian logistics. In a previous publication, Holguín-Veras et al. (2012a) highlighted the importance of making a distinction between regular humanitarian logistics, e.g., the routing delivery of critical supplies to chronic crisis regions, and post-disaster humanitarian logistics that are...

Dr. Yossi Sheffi Keynote Speaker at Best Practices in Global Transportation & Logistics

Best Practices in Global Transportation & Logistics

Join us for a FREE Virtual Conference Event designed to help logistics and supply chain professionals better understand and overcome the mounting challenges of global transportation and logistics management.

Keynote: The Rise of Logistics Clusters

Presented by: Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Director,
MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics
Moderator: Frank Quinn, Editorial Director,
Supply Chain Management Review

Dr. Sheffi will discuss the emergence of logistics clusters — communities that bring together a broad range of supply chain services...