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Scenario Planning for Logistics: An Experts’ View for 2025
Presentation by Dr. Heiko A. von der Gracht, Centre for Futures Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Supply Management Institute (SMI), European Business School (EBS), Final BESTUFS Conference “Cities of Tomorrow” Athens, 12 June 2008.
Supply Chain Management and Logistics: Space Supply Chain Infographic
Improving organizations' performance and maximizing customer value in a highly competitive marketplace has turned supply chain management and logistics into a highly essential component to global business operations.
Mapping the Logistics of Megacities
Megacities – cities with a population of at least 10 million people – are increasing in both number and size, and their share of world GDP is expected to grow from about 14% to over 20% in a decade. Most of the 23 megacities that currently exist are located in emerging markets.
Space: The Final (Logistics & Supply Chain) Frontier?
The primary goal of the Interplanetary Supply Chain Management and Logistics Architectures (IPSCM&LA) project is to develop a comprehensive SCM framework and planning tool for space logistics.
A Textbook Transformation: How Biogen Idec Overhauled its Supply Chain
The management team at Biogen Idec knew they had to transform the supply chain to cope with increasing volume and complexity at this biotech company. Beginning with a detailed gap analysis, they launched a comprehensive transformation program that addressed factors as varied as vendor continuity and purchase order processing times, drawing from sourcing best practices. The overhaul to date has proved to be a resounding success.
Making the Right Decisions to Strengthen Supply Chain Operations Performance
Research study conducted with PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests performance indicators dropped by 3 percent or more because of supply chain disruptions.
Supply Chain and Risk Management
The MIT Forum for Supply Innovation has released a report in collaboration with PwC, based on the results of its 2013 Global Supply Chain and Risk Management Survey.
Embracing Global Logistics Complexity to Drive Market Advantage
This study is a reliable source of information for the review of current planning priorities, future strategic plans, benchmarking, gap analysis, and a basis for dialogue and discussion in the logistics community.
Washington University in St. Louis Master of Science in Supply Chain Management
EXCEPTIONAL MANAGEMENT of the production and delivery of a firm’s products and services – its supply chain – is absolutely critical, especially in today’s challenging economic environment. Manufacturing and service organizations alike compete, in part, on the strength of their supply chain.
Walden University’s Guide for Information Systems and Technology Careers
Rapid advances in technology are creating new and exciting career opportunities for professionals with strong technical, analytical, management, and leadership skills. Because technology is one of the fastest-growing occupations in the U.S. economy, these professionals are in high demand.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Supply Chain Management & Operations
Your business needs aren't one-size-fits-all, neither is the Wisconsin MBA. Our graduates in supply chain management work with complex global supply chains to create value in the design and delivery of products and services.
University of Washington Industry Advocacy a Boost to New Online Master’s Degree
The University of Washington online Master of Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics (SCTL) program prepares you to take a leadership role in the end-to-end management of transportation in a global supply chain, an increasingly critical capability for companies that want to prosper in today's world of heightened international competition.
University of North Texas Logistics & Supply Chain Management Program
The researchers at UNT possess a unique combination of research competencies to address transportation topics. The university’s Complex Logistics Systems research cluster and the Center for Logistics Education and Research bring together researchers from across the university.
University of San Francisco Supply Chain Management Online Programs
The University of San Francisco gives professionals the tools and training required to lead a successful supply chain organization with its Advanced Professional Supply Chain Management Certificate program and Advanced Professional Sustainable Supply Chain Management Certificate program.
University of San Diego School of Business Administration MS in Supply Chain Management
Given the significant investment of resources and sacrifices that our students make to earn their master’s degrees, we work diligently to ensure that the education they receive is a transformative one. Successful students are those who learn as much about themselves while enrolled in the program as they do about the principles and practices of supply chain management.
University of Michigan Ross School of Business - What is Leadership?
This story personifies leadership concept clutter. There are millions of articles about the topic and few barriers to entry to publish your (or our) point of view. This clutter of “leadership
signage” calls out to leaders to take care of yourself, be authentic, exercise judgment, build on your strengths, and so on. The problem with this signage is that much of it is piecemeal and some it is completely nonsense.
University of Maryland Smith School of Business Executive MBA Program
With a unique focus on executive leadership development, the Smith EMBA is an intense, fast-paced program that will challenge and push you in every way. Typical MBA programs prepare students with functional knowledge of an organization.
University of Denver Intermodal Transportation Institute Executive Masters Program
Intermodal transportation moves people and goods efficiently, economically, safely, and in an environmentally benign manner by means of an integrated, seamless, ethical transportation system that uses the strengths of all modes and minimizes their weaknesses.
University of Arkansas Walton College of Business Supply Chain Management Research Center
Perhaps one of the most exciting announcements on campus this year, and even in the larger academic world of supply chain management, occurred at the opening of our annual spring conference when University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart and Walton College Dean Dan Worrell announced the formation of a new stand-alone Department of Supply Chain Management.
Texas A&M University Mays Business School Road to Success
This latest ranking recognizes those core strengths of our program.” Kelli Kilpatrick, director of the Full-Time MBA Program, says several factors attract students to the program and contribute to their satisfaction: aspects such as a strong alumni network, small class sizes taught by dynamic faculty, and exceptional career opportunities after graduation.
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The Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management (MSGSCM) builds upon Purdue’s core strength in operations, supply chain management, and business analytics to provide skills that will well position you for a career in managing global supply chains.
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Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew…
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University of San Diego School of Business Administration
The Supply Chain Management Institute, directed by Joel Sutherland, was created in 1999 and today has a rightly deserved reputation for supporting the development of exceptional professionals who are sought after by industry and the public sector alike. The SCMI Advisory…
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Supply Chain Resource Cooperative
The Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) is a unique, industry-university partnership dedicated to advancing the supply chain industry and the professionalism of its practitioners. Based in the Poole College of Management at NC State University in North Carolina’s dynamic…
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University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is one of the world’s leading private research universities. An anchor institution in Los Angeles, a global center for arts, technology and international trade, USC enrolls more international students than any other U.S.…
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Georgia Tech Supply Chain and Logistics Institute
The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute (SCL) at Georgia Tech provides global leadership for research and education in supply chain engineering. We define “Supply Chain Engineering” as the application of scientific principles to optimize the design and integration of supply…
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Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is committed to sharing its intellectual capital through Knowledge@Wharton, the school’s online business analysis journal. Launched in 1999, Knowledge@Wharton has grown into a network of sites that includes a global…
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The University of St. Gallen (in German: Universität St. Gallen) is a research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Established in 1898, it is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs. The University of St.…
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Washington University Olin Business School
Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis is an institution of leaders: distinguished research faculty…exhilarated, brilliant students…and successful, energized alumni. Its mission, which has guided the business school since its founding in 1917, is to Create knowledge�…
Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Over the past 60 years, the Kellogg School has prepared generations of experienced managers for greater leadership responsibilities and helped hundreds of organizations transform their strategies and operations. During that time, we’ve honed a unique educational philosophy and approach to…
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