MIT Supply Chain Frontiers
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Thought leadership on all things supply chain from the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics.
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The State of AI in Warehousing and Omnichannel
AI is “not optional anymore” in large-scale warehouses and omnichannel operations, as it’s becoming foundational to how they function at scale. In this episode, we explore key findings from the State…
Decarbonizing Supply Chains with C.H. Robinson
As climate-related disruptions and regulatory pressures intensify, corporate sustainability is a core strategic necessity for all operations of global firms. In this episode, we discuss how companies…
Beyond the Hype: Decoding AI in Supply Chains
Artificial Intelligence is frequently hailed as a transformative force for global supply chains, yet the gap between technological promise and operational reality remains a central challenge for…
Why So Much Food is Lost: Inside Global Food Supply Chains
Global food systems produce more than enough to feed the world—yet nearly one-third of all food is lost or wasted. Much of that loss happens far upstream, driven by perishability, cold chain…
Weaponized Supply Chains: U.S.-China Trade and National Security
Rising geopolitical tensions and global trade volatility have revealed a key power struggle: supply chains are a matter of national security. This year’s annual report from the congressional…
Sustainability Still Matters
As global supply chains face new waves of political uncertainty, regulatory change, and economic pressure, one thing remains clear: sustainability still matters. The latest State of Supply Chain…
What Coffee, Cobalt, and Mangoes Have in Common: Introducing the Emerging Market Economies Logistics Lab
Emerging markets play an essential role in global supply chains, providing much of the food, raw materials, and labor that keep the world running. But they also face unique challenges: fragmented…
The Road to Vehicle Automation: How Far Are We?
Self-driving cars have been heralded by many as the future of transportation—promising safer roads, reduced traffic, and greater mobility for all. Yet despite rapid advancements in technology and a…
The State of Sustainability
Sustainability has become an imperative for many companies—but in the face of regulatory rollbacks and budget cuts, are those goals here to stay? In this episode, we explore how companies can…
The Role of Online Education in Upskilling the Workforce
In recent years, online education has come to the forefront as an alternative to traditional education programs. Its increasing prominence reflects its adaptability, flexibility, affordability, and…
Smarter Warehouses: AI & Robotics at the Forefront of Logistics Innovation
In this episode we sit down with Dr. Matthias Winkenbach, Director of Research at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, Alejandro González, Software Business Unit Director at Mecalux,…
Vehicle Routing in the Age of AI
Vehicle routing is one of the most well-understood, extensively studied problems in both history and academia—it's been studied by academics since the early 1800s. Yet 200 years later, optimal…
Empowering Micro Retailers in Emerging Markets
In this episode, we sit down with members of the MIT Low Income Firms Transformation (LIFT) Lab: Director Josué Velázquez Martínez, Postdoctoral Researcher Sreedevi Rajagopalan, and Doctoral Student…
The Warehouse of the Future
Warehouses are undergoing a fundamental transformation—in response to the explosion of growth in the e-commerce space and worldwide large-scale supply chain disruptions, warehouses have gone from…
Innovation in Motion: Shaping the Next 50 Years of Supply Chain
On this episode, we're joined by Melanie Nuce-Hilton, SVP for Innovation and Partnerships at GS1 US, a nonprofit standards organization best known for administering the Universal Product Code (UPC)…
Sustainability Contains Multitudes
MIT CTL Research Scientist David Correll joins us to share findings from the State of Supply Chain Sustainability 2023. Pressure on firms to make their supply chains more sustainable has increased…
The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the Future of Work
In this episode, MIT CTL Director Yossi Sheffi, an expert with nearly five decades of experience in the supply chain and logistics areas, sits down with Susan Lacefield, Executive Editor of Supply…
Blue Sky, Gray Sky – Part 2
"Hope is not a strategy." In this episode, we are joined by Kathy Fulton, Executive Director of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN), who discusses her work connecting private-sector resources…
Blue Sky, Gray Sky – Part 1
In the wake of a disaster, restoring supply chains can be critical in assuring that the most vital needs of affected communities are met. In this episode, Tim Russell and Lauren Finegan of the MIT…
The New Competitive Edge: Analytics-Driven Supply Chain Design for Value Creation
Supply chain design has traditionally been conducted with only one dimension in mind: cost minimization. The conventions of supply chain design date largely from the 1990s. But major technological…
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MIT Supply Chain Frontiers has published 41 episodes since April 2020, covering topics in Business, Education.
MIT Supply Chain Frontiers is currently active with new episodes every 2 months. Average episode length is 35m.
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