Supply chains

A suburban warehouse hub common to food supply chains in the United States

Near real-time, peer-reviewed hypothesis verification informs FEMA on Covid-19 supply chain risks

The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab implements a rapid assessment process to inform policy.

June 18, 2020

MIT D-Lab collaborates with artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Colombia. The program has pivoted to assess the impact of Covid-19 on the community and provide virtual workshops to address identified needs. Pictured is a D-Lab Creative Capacity Building Training of Trainers in Santa Rita, Colombia in January 2020.

Helping artisanal miners in Colombia face the Covid-19 crisis

MIT D-Lab and local community partners to deliver virtual trainings on making masks, hand sanitizer, vertical gardens, and portable chicken coops.

May 18, 2020

Valerie Karplus, an assistant professor of global economics and management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is one of several MIT faculty who have played an organizing role in an effort focused on delivering masks, gloves, and gowns, all critical items worn by front-line health care workers during the Covid-19 emergency.

MIT team draws on supply chain expertise to help protect health workers from Covid-19

The group is working to increase availability of personal protective equipment during the pandemic.

April 21, 2020

“Most manufacturing companies will keep about two weeks of inventory,” says David Simchi-Levi, who is a professor of engineering systems in the School of Engineering and in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society within the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. "That means they were able to cover demand for the first two weeks of March. After that, [given] no more supplies, ther...

Supply chain outlook: The timing of the slowdown

MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi forecast the mid-March manufacturing pause. Now he looks ahead.

March 25, 2020

“People are worried about the food supply chain,” says MIT supply chain expert Yossi Sheffi, who is the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, a professor in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. “However, the U.S. food supply chain is very robust.”

Supply chain outlook: Why the situation varies by industry

MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi describes the supply chain landscape in the U.S., from food security to concerns about medical supplies.

March 25, 2020

MIT’s graduate program in engineering has again earned a No. 1 spot in U.S. News and World Report’s annual rankings, a place it has held since 1990, when the magazine first ranked such programs.

MIT graduate engineering, business programs ranked highly by U.S. News for 2021

Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5.

March 17, 2020

Alexander Rothkopf (front row, left) joins pharmacy students at Addis Ababa University for the in-person portion of their blended online course.

What pharmacy students in Ethiopia can do with supply chain education

The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain lab led a blended supply chain management course with Addis Ababa University.

February 19, 2020

Associate Professor Elsa Olivetti studies the huge quantities of industrial waste materials generated in the manufacturing industry, in hopes of finding useful ways to reconstitute and reuse this waste for building.

Making buildings from industrial waste

Following a successful project creating bricks from pulp plant waste in northern India, Elsa Olivetti is looking for ways to repurpose slag produced by the metals industry.

December 16, 2019

MIT expands global supply chain research with opening of new facilities in Ningbo, China

Incoming director Jay Guo commits to educating individuals and supporting industry at the Supply Chain Innovation Institute.

October 18, 2019

Chris Caplice (right) receives the MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning with MOOCs from Krishna Rajagopal in 2018.

Chris Caplice appointed MIT senior research scientist

Executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics is recognized for his commitment to research and education in supply chain management.

August 27, 2019