SCALE Network Event Highlights

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...

This is a free, public, open-access webinar. Registration is required.

Researchers from across the MIT Global SCALE Network will discuss the impact of the war on different areas, including the humanitarian consequences, regional implications in Europe, China & Latin America, and the effects on the food supply chain. Jim Rice moderates the Impact of the War in Ukraine on Global Supply Chains.

In this MIT SCALE-wide panel, the directors of the five network centers worldwide will discuss the mounting challenges of Covid-19 disruptions and share their views and experiences on the evolution of global supply chains, while addressing questions such as: Is it time to shore-up and shorten supply chains? Are global supply chains decoupling? Is this the end of lean and start of just-in-case? Register on Zoom

The MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network Research Expo provides a unique opportunity to preview ~100 supply chain research projects conducted by MIT SCALE graduate students in partnership with project-sponsor companies and MIT SCALE researchers. The Expo offers a glimpse of what the students' research will reveal in May-June when final projects are presented. Research Expo 2022 is fully online. Review project materials, comment and vote for best project presentations, between January 20-27, 2022.

ZLC will participate in the next edition of SIL Barcelona as speakers and exhibitors within the Aragón Logistics Platform. 

ZLC invites you to this Virtual Info Session on Wednesday, May 26th at 5pm (CEST) about the Full-Time Master of Engineering in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (ZLOG), the Blended Master of Engineering in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (ZLOGb), as well as Dual Degrees with International Business Schools (MBA + ZLOG). There's still time to apply for programs starting mid/late August 2021. Learn more and Register on ZLC's site.

Free, online event in Spanish, taking place in Zaragoza time. Learn more and register...

We’re excited to announce that the MIT SCALE Latin America Conference will be held virtually in 2021. Now, you can join from anywhere in the world to review over 100 presentations from top academics from across Latin America and the Caribbean and participate in three keynote virtual plenary sessions. 

The MIT Latin American SCALE Network is an alliance of leading-edge research, education, and outreach organizations dedicated to the development and dissemination of innovative supply chain and logistics research in Latin America. The network helps companies, governments, and organizations to...

This (virtual) gathering provides a vital forum for researchers and students in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to share in high-impact research and educational approaches within logistics and supply chain management. 

Meri Stevens, Worldwide Vice President Supply Chain – Consumer Health and Deliver at Johnson & Johnson, in conversation with Yossi Sheffi, the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics and the MIT Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Global Network.