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.