The MIT Global SCALE Network

MIT-SCALE brings students, researchers, and companies together to solve supply chain problems

Supply Chain Education and Research on a Global Scale

The MIT Global SCALE Network is an international alliance of leading research and education centers dedicated to supply chain and logistics excellence through innovation.
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Research

The Global SCALE Network allows faculty, researchers, students, and partner companies from our six Centers of Excellence enters to pool their expertise and collaborate on research projects that will create supply chain and logistics innovations with global, real-world applications, and help companies worldwide to compete in an increasingly complex business environment. 

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Education

With six learning hubs on four continents teaching a common MIT SCALE supply chain management master's curriculum, our global network unites bold thinkers from industry and academia to pool their knowledge and learn from one another. Immersed in this rich environment, our students graduate as thought leaders ready to engage in an international, highly competitive marketplace.

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Engagement

Our international alliance of centers is uniquely positioned to deliver the knowledge companies need to transform their supply chains from business function to competitive advantage. Organizations that partner with us gain access to unrivaled expertise, world-leading research, and a singular forum for knowledge exchange, while our centers and students benefit from rich industry engagement.

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Apply for the Class of 2025

There's never been a better time to work in Supply Chain Management. Talent is in high demand, and the vital technical and intrapersonal skills needed to be successful continue to evolve. We welcome you to apply your experience and talents to this vital mission.

Latest Updates

Event

2024 SCM Capstone Symposium

Royal Sonesta, Cambridge, 40 Edwin H Land Blvd, Cambridge, MA 02142, United States

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Register here.

SCM Research Symposium provides a unique overview of supply chain research projects conducted by MIT SCM graduate students working in partnership with project-sponsor companies. Research Symposium showcases students’ future-forward research on a range of supply chain and operations areas including Sustainability, Inventory Management, Transportation, Data Analytics, Risk Management, Supply Chain Strategy, and many more.

The MIT Supply Chain Management department will be hosting a reception upon the conclusion of the Symposium, providing students, guests, and

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Crossroads 2024: How Will AI Impact Our Jobs and Work?

MIT Wong Auditorium, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

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Discover how emerging innovations intersect with supply chain management. Since 2014, Crossroads has been offering a unique learning opportunity for participants by connecting experts from MIT, the world’s foremost center for technological innovation, with the foremost business & management industry leaders, and researchers from the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, the global leader in supply chain education and research.

Crossroads 2024 speakers will include:

  • Dr. Ben Armstrong, Executive Director, Industrial Performance Center, and Co-Lead, Work of the Future
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2023-24 POMS and MIT–SCALE Latin America & Caribbean Conference

Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

- We are excited to announce that the MIT–SCALE Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will merge with the POMS LAC Conference! The event will be hosted by a consortium consisting of LOGYCA, Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar, and Universidad del Norte on March 16–19, 2024. It will be a hybrid virtual/in-person event. Join us in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, or from anywhere in the world! Review presentations from top academics and practitioners, who are developing high-impact research projects for the region and participate in keynote plenary sessions and networking events.
Event

16th Annual SCALE Expo

MIT Samberg Conference Center

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The MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network Expo provides a unique opportunity to preview nearly 100 industry-sponsored research projects conducted by MIT SCALE graduate students. Research Expo is by invitation only.*

Students have been working on year-long industry-sponsored projects to address real-world problems, gaining invaluable business insights in the process. The Expo will showcase this research-in-progress on a broad range of future-forward topics, and will provide an exclusive glimpse at what the final findings will reveal later in the year.

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Retail Supply Chains: A Global Perspective on Nanostores and Small-Organized Stores

Online webinar

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Join researchers from across the MIT Global SCALE Network along with industry guests for an interactive discussion. 

Abstract

Retail is one of the most dynamic industries worldwide, given its importance in bringing goods to millions of households in growing urban metropolitan areas. In developing countries, its importance is even greater considering the convenience, affordable prices, and socioeconomic impact in the community they provide through small formats such as small, family-owned retailers and nanostores (Fransoo, Blanco, and Mejia-Argueta, 2017). Despite the high market share