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EXCHAiNGE The Supply Chainers’ Convention

Supply Chain Movement

The conference includes the exclusive presentation of a new risk management study. Professor David Simchi-Levi will unveil the findings of a study conducted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and PwC, complete with best practice examples from over 200 manufacturers around the world.

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New Balance Has Plans for Added U.S. Manufacturing

Supply Chain Matters

The company presently owns five manufacturing facilities in the U.S. In a prior Supply Chain Matters published commentary in May of last year , we highlighted the grand opening of the company’s fifth manufacturing facility located in Methuen, Massachusetts. and one in the United Kingdom , with a reported $5.3

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How to Learn About Supply Chain Research From Around the World in a Few Hours

MIT Supply Chain

On January 22, 2014, some 120 master’s students representing about 30 countries will gather at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge, USA to present 70 to 80 supply chain thesis research projects. Each project will be presented on electronic posters created by the students for the event. Here are some examples.

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Thanksgiving 2022

Enterra Insights

From a behavioral perspective, he was correct — society’s cumulative actions landed us in our present condition. ” That sad story begins several years before the Pilgrim’s landed in what is now Massachusetts. The late historian David McCullough, once said, “History is who we are and why we are the way we are.”

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Another Step Toward a 3D Printing Revolution?

MIT Supply Chain

A presentation titled The Future Shape of Manufacturing by MIT’s Dr. Suzanne Berger, Director of the MIT International Science & Technology Initiative, will draw on a groundbreaking research study completed recently at MIT. Find out about the supply chain possibilities by registering for Crossroads 2014 here.

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10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite books because most books present building block concept in supply chain management and citations usually appear in the literature review section. From the above chart, you can see that Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Michigan State University are on the chart.

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4 Underrated Benefits of Visualization

MIT Supply Chain

It’s easy to miss important patterns and anomalies when data is presented in a confusing way. Talent Mgmt A picture is worth a thousand words Decision making displaying data Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supply chain visualization' Can’t see the wood for the trees?