SCALE Network Event Highlights

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

🚀 Unlock the Power of AI in Supply Chain and Logistics Management!

This immersive summer program is your gateway to the cutting edge of Artificial Intelligence in supply chain and logistics management.

Designed for advanced undergraduates, recent graduates, postgraduate and graduate students, this data science course combines machine learning and deep learning with real-world applications in supply chains. Utilizing Python and industry-standard AI tools, you'll gain hands-on experience us while exploring topics like:

• Data handling and visualization
• Predictive modeling for regression...

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April 1, 2025
8am ET / 12pm UTC / 1pm BST / 2pm CEST / 8pm CST

In an era of escalating uncertainty, supply chains must rapidly adapt to geopolitical tensions, economic shifts, and evolving risks. This MIT Global SCALE Network webinar will explore how supply chains respond to global uncertainty through three key lenses: managing risk and resilience in logistics, navigating shifts from global to regional supply chains, and leveraging data-driven decision-making for crisis response. Expert speakers will share insights from their research and real-world applications, drawing on...

The MIT GCLOG invites you to join a distinguished panel of alumni & faculty from the program as they share their insights about how the program has impacted their lives.

POMS Chapter for the Caribbean and Latin America + MIT–SCALE Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean = one major conference for the region

We are excited to announce that the MIT–SCALE Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will merge with the 2023 POMS LAC Conference! The event will be hosted by a consortium consisting of LOGYCA, Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar, and Universidad del Norte on March 16–19, 2024. It will be a hybrid virtual/in-person event. Join us in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, or from anywhere in the world! Review presentations from top academics and...

We are excited to announce that the MIT–SCALE Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) will merge with the 2023 POMS LAC Conference! The event will be hosted by a consortium consisting of LOGYCA, Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar, and Universidad del Norte on March 16–19, 2024. It will be a hybrid virtual/in-person event. Join us in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, or from anywhere in the world! Review presentations from top academics and practitioners, who are developing high-impact research projects for the region and participate in keynote plenary sessions and networking events.

The MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network Expo provides a unique opportunity to preview nearly 100 industry-sponsored research projects conducted by MIT SCALE graduate students. Research Expo is by invitation only.*

Students have been working on year-long industry-sponsored projects to address real-world problems, gaining invaluable business insights in the process. The Expo will showcase this research-in-progress on a broad range of future-forward topics, and will provide an exclusive glimpse at what the final findings will reveal later in the year.

Expo...

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Join researchers from across the MIT Global SCALE Network along with industry guests for an interactive discussion. 

Abstract

Retail is one of the most dynamic industries worldwide, given its importance in bringing goods to millions of households in growing urban metropolitan areas. In developing countries, its importance is even greater considering the convenience, affordable prices, and socioeconomic impact in the community they provide through small formats such as small, family-owned retailers and nanostores (Fransoo, Blanco, and Mejia-Argueta, 2017). Despite the high...