Supply Chains & Logistics

Strategy experts weigh in on what COVID-19 means for business strategy.

New research has identified the factors in supply chains that drive suppliers to divert orders to subcontractors.

Increasing visibility into supply chain practices takes work but can lead to new market opportunities.

Retailers should analyze customers’ preferences before deciding how to optimize their delivery networks.

The U.S.’s approach to its Strategic National Stockpile needs to be overhauled before the next pandemic. Here’s how.

Understanding patterns of demand across your customer base can help smooth out costly spikes and slumps.

Three trends are reshaping global strategy and operations for the world’s largest companies.

Karen Zheng, an associate professor of operations at the MIT Sloan School of Management, outlines how some companies have made their supply chain operations more transparent.

A new year is dawning. Do you know the state of your company’s alliances?

In this webinar, Jeffrey D. Camm and Thomas H. Davenport explain how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the practice of data analytics.

MIT SMR’s winter issue looks at why teams work (or don’t), plus innovation, supply chains, and data for AI.

The pandemic has demonstrated the potential of self-sufficient production. Is this the future?

Learn how to navigate post-pandemic supply chains in this recent webinar with MIT professor Yossi Sheffi.

Companies can use data and collaborative scenario plans to enhance supply chain responsiveness.

Walmart’s Prakhar Mehrotra discusses leading AI teams and workstreams in this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast.

The pandemic has shown how both speed and agility can help drive global business during a crisis.

Digitalization can’t deliver agility or reliability unless you first determine data access, quality, and lineage.

Pivoting in the pandemic, assessing supplier diversity initiatives, and creating a framework for discussing race.

Often dismissed as a “feel good” option, B2B supplier diversity initiatives can reap financial rewards.

Identifying postcrisis opportunities, marketing to nonbinary genders, and prioritizing during supply chain disruption.