MIT Supply Chain

APRIL 3, 2014

Logistics on the move. The logistics role is changing according to John Wiehoff, CEO of C. The logistics business has changed dramatically over the last 20 years. Robinson (CHR), the world’s largest provider of truckload transportation services, visited MIT CTL recently to give his view of the changing face of logistics.

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Negotiating Skills Logistics Network Optimization Software Price Reduction Expense Reduction 105

BlueYonder

MARCH 10, 2016

2016 looks to be a year of great opportunity for logistics service providers (LSPs). That view is confirmed by new industry research from Eye For Transport (EFT) that shows that LSP customers are looking to gain more value from their service providers and, in fact, want to engage with their LSPs more strategically than ever before.

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Logistics Network Optimization Software Report Global Logistics 40

Supply Chain Movement

MARCH 6, 2013

The success of the third-party logistics industry is evident in the generally high marks given to 3PLs by respondents to a survey as part of the 2013 17th Annual Third Party Logistics Study, which identifies trends and explores how both 3PLs and shippers are using these relationships to improve and enhance their businesses and supply chains.

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Supply Chain View from the Field

SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Our program engages our 20 top corporate partners to develop projects across a wide variety of different areas, including market intelligence, logistics, inventory, value stream mapping, cost management, supply management, transportation, performance metrics, and others (see Project Breakdown ,).

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Gartner Supply Chain Talent Management Supply Chain S&OP 92

Supply Chain Matters

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

One prominent speaker was MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics , who specifically addressed advanced AI’s impacts on supply chain processes and future decision-making. He described a good news situation where supply chain graduates are garnering multiple job offers right now.

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Conference Agile and Lean Supply Chain Supply Chain Planning Software Supply Chain Software 105

Supply Chain View from the Field

MAY 31, 2013

In the supply chain area, we are certainly seeing a strong need for analytics in areas like collaborative forecasting, inventory management, production planning, and logistics network design. There is also a huge need for analytics in the area of talent management for supply chain and manufacturing.

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Analytics Software Supply Chain Design Software Supply Chain Planning Software Analytics 74

Supply Chain Matters

JUNE 15, 2022

Many of the panelists discussed the ongoing talent management or brain drain challenges of supply chain management. Technology can assist in such efforts in providing the ability to generate different planning scenarios weighted for different levels of service or cost risk, as well as impact to business financial metrics.

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