Supply Chain Frontiers Issue #60

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THE LEADING EDGE

SCALE Network Expands With Centers in Luxembourg and China
Two new centers in Luxembourg and China extend the SCALE Network’s global reach and its value as a resource for companies worldwide.

Stock Markets Have Followed Oil Prices Off a Cliff. What’s Going On?
Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, explains why stock markets and oil prices went into rapid decline at the start of 2016, and the implications for the economic outlook this year.

Optimizing Omni-channel: Helping Retailers to Choose a Fulfillment Model
Researchers at the Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation have identified the best fulfillment options for a pharmaceutical retailer that is migrating to an omni-channel business model.

Delivering Safer Mail Systems
The Zaragoza Logistics Center is one of the organizations participating in SAFEPOST, a European project to identify and mitigate threats to national postal systems as well as private package delivery services.

Risk Management in Value Networks: A Case Study in Colombia
A risk management model developed by the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation is helping two companies to quantitatively evaluate supply chain risks and develop more effective management strategies.

UPDATES

Crossroads 2016: Take Your Seat for a Preview of the Future
Master’s Students Honored on SCALE Expo Night
SCALE Lat Am Event Set for March
Time to Register for MIT CTL’s Summer Exec Ed Course

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Supply Chain Frontiers #60 Presentations 2016
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MIT SUPPLY CHAIN FRONTIERS Issue #60, Winter 2016
Editor: Ken Cottrill