Supply Chain - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Dec 2023
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Six Reasons Why Global Supply Chains Are Shifting

24 May 2021
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The Challenge of Rebuilding U.S. Domestic Supply Chains

14 Nov 2013
Working Paper Summaries

What Shapes the Gatekeepers? Evidence from Global Supply Chain Auditors

Keywords: by Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel & Andrea Hugill; Financial Services; Legal Services

December 2019
Case

modum.io: Funding a Blockchain-Based Start-Up's Supply Chain Solution

By: Laura Huang, Dominik Roeck, Alex Murray and Erik Hofmann

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29 Jun 2020
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COVID Lockdown: How India's Food Supply Chain First Tightened and then Recovered

09 Aug 2023
Podcast

Complex systems: From supply chains to artificial intelligence

Can the U.S. reshore its way to stability and security? How will AI reshape the workforce and higher education? Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, on supply chains, AI, and manufacturing. View Details

Awards

Professor Jo Van Nunen Award

By: Christian Kaps

Winner of the 2017 Jo Van Nunen Award in Supply Chain Management from Rotterdam School of Management for his thesis “Towards Better Warehouse Efficiency Distinction through Cross-Efficiency Measurement.“ View Details

2021
Working Paper

Pricing and Supply Chain Transparency to Conscientious Consumers

By: Marco Bertini, Stefan Buehler and Daniel Halbheer

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March 2013
Supplement

Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain

By: Willy C. Shih and Margaret Pierson

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April 2007
Teaching Note

McDonald's Corporation: Managing a Sustainable Supply Chain (TN)

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Jessica Droste Yagan

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Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Manufacturing: The Supply Chain Goes High Tech

supply chain. Nothing defines manufacturing more than the supply chain, and digitalization has allowed manufacturers to bring in inputs—both raw materials and finished products—from around the world and... View Details

Keywords: Jerry Jasinowski (AMP 97, 1985), former president and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers

Research Summary

The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services

By: Karen Mills

An active debate has centered on the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper offers an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and services (the “supply chain economy”) in national performance. We... View Details

June 2022 (Revised October 2022)
Background Note

Digital Commerce and Delivery: Preparing Food and Retail Value Chains for a 50-50 World

By: William R. Kerr, Daniel O'Connor, Paige Boehmcke and Will Ensor

Increasing digitalization of grocery retail and quick commerce reveals insights about managing complex supply chains at scale and shifting revenue streams from product sales to data monetization. How are the roles of retailers changing? What happens if marginal cost... View Details

Keywords: Grocery Delivery; Grocery; Digitalization; Fulfillment; Delivery; Supply Chain; Disruption; Food; Supply Chain Management; Market Design; Trends; Value Creation; Goods and Commodities; Customer Value and Value Chain; Digital Transformation; Retail Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; China

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2010
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The New Science of Retailing: How Analytics Are Transforming the Supply Chain and Improving Performance

By: Marshall Fisher and Ananth Raman

Retailers today are drowning in data but lacking in insight: They have huge volumes of information at their disposal. But they're unsure of how to sort through it and use it to make smart decisions. The result? They're struggling with profit-sapping supply chain... View Details

Keywords: Profit; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Logistics; Supply Chain Management; Mathematical Methods; Retail Industry

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26 Sep 2023
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Mexico and Vietnam’s Role in Global Supply Chain Reshuffle

18 Jul 2016
Working Paper Summaries

Beyond Symbolic Responses to Private Politics: Examining Labor Standards Improvement in Global Supply Chains

Keywords: by Andrea R. Hugill, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel; Manufacturing

August 2020
Article

Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design

By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill

Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led many transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance. Drawing on thousands of audits conducted by a major social auditor, we identify structural... View Details