2005 Supply Chain Summit

 

Beyond Offshoring: The Road to Globalization

The 2005 Zaragoza Supply Chain Summit maps the future of offshore manufacturing and globalization.

Speakers include:

• David Abney, President, UPS International
• Edouard Michelin, CEO, Michelin
• John Allan, CEO, Exel
• B.G. Srinivas, Head of Infosys, Europe
• Nicky Hartery, VP of Manufacturing (EMEA), Dell
• Lou Manzione, Executive Director, Bell Labs Ireland
• Yossi Sheffi, CTL Director, MIT
• Janice Hammond, Sr. Assoc. Dean, Harvard Bus. School
• Thomas Malone, Sloan School of Management, MIT
• Panel of journalists from Dow Jones, Financial Times, The Economist, Politika, & Harvard Business School Publishing

Issues on the agenda include:

• The economics of offshore manufacturing
• Managerial challenges of outsourcing
• The impact of more demanding consumer markets
• Government responses to the growth of global trade
• Optimizing and coordinating global logistics networks
• Supply chain resilience and security

The Zaragoza Supply Chain Summit is an annual event organized by the Center for Transportation & Logistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Zaragoza Logistics Center, a research institute associated with the University of Zaragoza. It brings together thought leaders from around the world to discuss supply chain issues that shape business strategy and public policy.