SCALE Network Event Highlights

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

May 17, 2024 at 8:00AM - May 17, 2024 at 5:00PM

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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...

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

Mar 26, 2024 at 8:30AM - Mar 26, 2024 at 5:00PM

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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...

Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

Mar 16, 2024 at 8:00AM - Mar 19, 2024 at 6:00PM
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.

MIT Samberg Conference Center

Jan 25, 2024 at 4:00PM - Jan 25, 2024 at 7:00PM

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.

Expo...

Online webinar

Dec 12, 2023 at 8:00AM - Dec 12, 2023 at 9:30AM

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...

Online webinar.

Feb 15, 2023 at 11:15AM - Feb 15, 2023 at 12:30PM

The impact of Covid-19 has disrupted the balance of global supply chains. Inventory management, as one of the core components of operations management, is crucial to the operation of enterprises. Therefore, it is extremely important to know how to apply new concepts, new technologies, and new methods to inventory management and establish safety stock.

This MIT SCALE Network webinar, hosted by Ningbo China Institute for Supply Chain Innovation (NISCI), will focus mainly on inventory management during and after the pandemic, discussing the pain points and solutions of inventory management at...

MIT Samberg Conference Center

Jan 26, 2023 at 4:00PM - Jan 26, 2023 at 8:00PM

Our annual SCALE student Expo previews nearly 100 industry-sponsored research projects conducted by supply chain students at MIT CTL and the international centers in the global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) network. The Expo showcases this research-in-progress on a broad range of future-forward topics and provides an exclusive glimpse at what the final findings will reveal in May.

MIT Wong Auditorium

Jan 26, 2023 at 2:00PM - Jan 26, 2023 at 3:00PM
Join Professor Yossi Sheffi and FedEx Executive Chairman, Fred Smith, to kick off a year of celebration. In the fireside chat, we'll hear viewpoints on supply chain management from two industry veterans. Learn how the industry has changed over the years and discover where we're headed. This event kicks off MIT CTL's 50 years of supply chain innovation celebration to last throughout 2023 as part of our 50th anniversary.
Oct 19, 2022 at 9:00AM - Oct 19, 2022 at 10:15AM

Environmental awareness, Covid-19, the rise of digitization, the e-commerce boom, and the energy prices rise due to the war in Ukraine are essential drivers boosting innovation in mobility. Digitization evolves with and also fosters four major ongoing techno-economic developments in logistics: automation, connectivity, electrification, and shared ownership. This digital transformation does not only involve hard factors but also requires soft approaches.

This webinar will cover the following emerging trends in mobility:

  1. Data and digitalization
  2. Net-zero technologies
  3. New business models...
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LUX - On-campus at Luxembourg Center for Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Jun 16, 2022 at 9:00AM - Jun 16, 2022 at 5:00PM

Learn to leverage digital procurement solutions that empower the procurement profession. Speakers Jacob Gorm Larsen and Nico Bac will cover the impact of digital in the sourcing area, the procurement area as well as in the payment area, and will discuss the exponential technologies which are changing and will change our profession for the better. We will deep dive into e-bidding and e-auctioning strategies and new approaches, and discuss how to drive adoption and change management of the digital tools and how to formulate your digital procurement strategy and get buy-in from your company...