SCALE Network Event Highlights

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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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...

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 these...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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
4. Mu...

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...