MIT Center For Transportation And Logistics

Sink or swim: Decarbonizing the supply chain transportation network

Friday, May 12, 2023 · Jessica Yao Xiong and Nora Lestari MIT student researchers have studied supply chain emissions and found a nonlinear relationship between logistics spend and emissions, offering useful insights for future investment decisions.

LIFTing the life of the bottom billion

Friday, April 21, 2023 · Maria del Pilar Pardo Rodriguez and Elise Fredericks Understanding the competencies and practices that fuel growth could improve the success rate of micro and small business owners in Latin America.

Managing product variety: Supply chain segmentation for food and beverage retailers

Thursday, April 13, 2023 · Ibrahim AlArfaj and Yalcin Arslan Segmentation is a valuable tool for designing supply chain strategies for unique products, customers and distribution channels.

MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics hosting special Crossroads conference

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 · Brian Straight JB Hunt President Shelley Simpson and Procter & Gamble CEO Jon Moeller will be among top industry speakers participating in the upcoming MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Crossroads conference.

MIT’s CTL looking for supply chain professionals for sustainability survey

Wednesday, February 15, 2023 · Brian Straight Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics is once looking to identify the current status of sustainability inside the supply chain and is asking global professionals to participate in its 4th annual survey.

How can we drop the trailer without dropping the ball?

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 · Siqing Liu and Soon Kiat Ker The advantages of drop trailer service.

Where are you on the staircase to supply chain sustainability?

Thursday, September 1, 2022 · David Correll, Ph.D., Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics While the path to future frontiers will change as the relative importance of SCS dimensions change over time, it is important to keep in mind that the pressure to improve sustainability is consistent across all of the dimensions.

Supply chain synchronization: A choice that became a must

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 · Michelle Ramirez and Yulu Li Five main factors affect synchronization: cost, service level, lead time, flexibility and sustainability.

Going green: Managing cost, service and carbon trade-offs in transportation networks

Monday, May 9, 2022 · Namuun Purevdorj and Ars-Vita Alamsyah To meet global and corporate carbon-reduction targets, transporters will have to significantly invest in and transition into alternative fuel transportation.

Navigating complexity in the Great Lakes

Tuesday, March 15, 2022 · Yashar Ahmadov and Sena Perk An optimization model helps to minimize costs and unloaded vessel sailing time.

Unlocking the value of robots as team players

Monday, January 3, 2022 · Ken Cottrill, Editorial Director for MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics MIT researchers are using artificial intelligence and machine learning to give robots the ability to work in teams with humans and even identify ways to improve team performance.

Imaginnovate Enhances Fleet Enable to Take Guesswork Out of Final Mile

Monday, December 6, 2021 · SCMR Staff Logistics software creator Imaginnovate today introduced its third technology breakthrough for final-mile deliveries in 2021. The company said its new Predictive Scheduling feature would become part of recently released Fleet Enable to eliminate guesswork for white glove…

A Shot in the Arm

Thursday, December 2, 2021 · Yossi Sheffi How science, engineering and supply chains converged to vaccinate the world.

Challenge-based research can open new avenues of innovation

Thursday, November 11, 2021 · Matthias Winkenbach One of the most important advantages of public challenge-based research is that it generates a large number of rough and unpolished starting points for potentially fruitful future research avenues within a relatively short time period.

Driving Slow Doesn’t Always Mean Driving Safe

Wednesday, September 22, 2021 · Arturo Torres and Fernando González No one driving a truck in a last-mile logistics operation would start off their day with the aim of driving in an unsafe or inefficient way. Nevertheless, at the end of the day, the difference between the most efficient and the least efficient drivers, in terms of miles per…