Supply chains

The MITx "United Nations" team pose with Connor Makowski of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (far left). Left to right: Makowski, Carlos Mira, Ivan Rogério Gameiro Roumeliotis, Andrea Tretti, and Aaron Ramos Reyes.

A truly global supply chain of knowledge

After only online collaborations, four MicroMasters students meet in person for the first time — and go on to win a worldwide competition.

October 6, 2017

Erica James, associate professor of medical anthropology and urban studies in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, co-presents with Dennis McLaughlin, H.M. King Bhumibol Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (not pictured) on the results of their research project, Leverage Points: Opportunities for Increasing Food Production in Developing Countries, funded by ...

Projects make inroads on global food and water challenges

MIT researchers supported by J-WAFS present results of their work on food and water security.

September 21, 2017

Mark Brennan (left) and Prithvi Sundar are graduate students working with MIT’s Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation to better understand and evaluate the food aid supply chain.

Researchers identify opportunities to improve quality, reduce cost of global food assistance delivery

Research from MIT's CITE program leverages a procurement process to identify opportunities for improving food aid supply chains.

September 13, 2017

MIT researchers have developed a system that enables small, safe, aerial drones to read RFID tags in large warehouses at a distance of several meters, while identifying the tags’ locations with an average error of about 19 centimeters.

Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control

System could save retailers billions lost through faulty inventory records.

August 25, 2017

MIT’s inaugural MicroMasters program in supply chain management drew more than 180,000 learners of all ages, from around the world. More than 1,100 learners finished all five of the courses required to earn the MicroMasters credential.

MIT’s first MicroMasters learners earn credentials

More than 1,100 learners finish online course series; 622 pass final exam that offers opportunity to apply for hybrid master’s.

June 20, 2017

Internet of things: Let the avatars talk to each other

Sanjay Sarma has focused his research on new uses for RFID and security for the internet of things.

May 30, 2017

In Haiti, Makilene Velnis stands with her family in front of the home she bought with money she earned working at the Apparent Project, a nonprofit artisans’ guild. The documentary "Poverty, Inc.," co-produced by MIT grad student Mark Weber, explores how the foreign aid and charity industry may be doing more harm than good.

Q&A: When is giving to charity the wrong thing to do?

MBA student and film producer Mark Weber describes how the foreign aid and charity industries may be holding developing countries down.

May 15, 2017

For their 2017 J-WAFS Seed Grant project, MIT professors Stephen Graves and Bishwapriya Sanyal will analyze irrigation practice, supply chain design, and extension services in Senegal. Their goal is to understand how policy and market conditions influence the availability of irrigation technologies in developing countries. Seen here: Irrigated rice cultivation in the Senegal River Valley.

J-WAFS awards $1.4 million in third round of seed grant funding

Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $200,000 per year for two years, overhead free, for innovative research on food and water challenges.

May 10, 2017

2017 MIT supply chain management graduates pose in front of the MIT dome.

MIT master’s program in supply chain management ranked No. 1 in the world

Program earns top accolade for a second time from global ratings agency Eduniversal.

April 25, 2017

MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub Executive Director Jeremy Gregory (far left) welcomes the Panamanian U.S. Trade and Development Agency Global Procurement Initiative delegation from Panama.

Concrete Sustainability Hub welcomes Panamanian government officials

Panamanian delegates participating in the U.S. Trade and Development Agency Global Procurement Initiative visited MIT to learn about life-cycle cost analysis models.

February 10, 2017