Global Strategy
Monitoring the COVID-19 Crisis From Space
What leaders can learn from near-real-time disaster monitoring data.
Supply Chains & Logistics
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Supply Chains & Logistics
Three Scenarios to Guide Your Global Supply Chain Recovery
The business climate remains unpredictable, but supply chain leaders should plot their comebacks.
Financial Management & Risk
Help Yourself to Research and Ideas You Can Use
The MIT SMR site is open to all through March 26 so readers can learn about crisis management.
Supply Chains & Logistics
Is It Time to Rethink Globalized Supply Chains?
The COVID-19 pandemic underscores why disaster preparedness is vital for supply chain resilience.
Supply Chains & Logistics
Managing in the Location-Tracking Era
To make the most of location-tracking technologies, adjust for agility.
Quality & Service
You Can’t Afford to Please Everyone
Giving customers what they want quickly is a worthy goal. Businesses can’t always afford to do it.
Supply Chains & Logistics
‘Just Enough’ Piracy Can Be a Good Thing
Small-scale piracy sometimes offers surprising benefits for IP rights holders.
Supply Chains & Logistics
Transforming Manufacturing and Supply Chains With 4D Printing
The next transformative emerging technology could be 4D printing.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Amazon Raised Its Minimum Wage — Will Its Rivals Do the Same?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines whether Amazon’s new $15 per hour minimum wage for workers will force rivals to follow suit.
Automation
Why Supply Chains Must Pivot
In an uncertain world, supply chains must adopt flexibility and automation to gain sustainable advantage.
Marketing Strategy
Beyond the Speed-Price Trade-Off
Advances in inventory and sales analytics make it possible to deliver products both cheaply and quickly.
Quality & Service
Can Your Supply Chain Hear Me Now?
Conversational commerce has the potential to transform the business supply chain.
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: Beyond Manufacturing
Summary of the discussion on digital operations management in our eight-part Digital Thread video series.
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: The Digital Thread Takes Flight
In part 8 of our eight-part video series, we explore the potential future applications of the digital thread.
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: How the Digital Thread Weaves Its Way Through the Business
In Part 7 of our eight-part video series, we synthesize the steps of the digital thread.
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: Testing and Validation
Part 6 of our eight-part video series looks at quality assurance in additive manufacturing.
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: Fabricating Within the Digital Thread
Part 5 of our eight-part video series looks at digital additive manufacturing systems.
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: A Digital Safety Net
Part 4 of our eight-part video series looks at how digital simulation makes product testing more efficient.
New Product Development
Following the Digital Thread: Augmenting Part Design With Topology Optimization
In Part 3 of our eight-part video series, we examine how topology optimization makes design more cost-effective.
Collaboration
Following the Digital Thread: Creating a Smart Part and Managing Its Life Cycle
Part 2 of our eight-part video series explores design as the starting point for digital production.