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Optimization-based Evaluation of USAID/OFDA Global Logistics Capacity

Post-Hurricane Supply Chain Adaptability Study

Alternatives for FEMA Disaster-Related Housing Assistance

Feed the Future Uganda: Market Systems Monitoring

Models and Metrics for Humanitarian Response Capacity

Ebola Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Standards

Food Aid Packaging Evaluation

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Post-harvest storage in Uganda

A Framework for Assessing Disaster Response Capacity

Understanding the Preferences of Private Sector Supply Chain Agents in Making Decisions to Stock Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria

Assessing Novel Data Sources for Post-Disaster Information Gathering

A Low-Income Country’s Homegrown Solution to Clean Water

Transportation Corridor Capacity in Ethiopia

Optimizing a WFP warehouse in Ethiopia

Nigeria Center of Excellence in Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Analytics at Addis Ababa University’s School of Pharmacy

Decision Support for Post-Harvest Loss in Tanzania

Ebola Response in Liberia

Outbreak and Epidemic Prevention in Liberia

Private Supply Chains in Disaster Response

Human and Modeling Approaches to Transportation Planning in Emergency Response

Humanitarian Logistics Performance Measurement and Management

Cost Drivers in Food Aid Transportation

Baseline Measurements in Disaster Relief

Forecasting Demand for Partners in Health

Understanding Needs after the Haiti Earthquake

Supply Chain Modeling for Cash and Voucher Programs in Darfur

Humanitarian Aid in Less Secure Regions

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• Russell, T., Boutilier, J., Kleinmann, S., and Goentzel, J. “Actionable Analysis: Simulating and Visualizing Fuel Distribution During Disasters,” Report for the National Academy of Sciences Project 2000009447, May 2020.
• Janjevic, M., Goentzel, J., and Winkenbach, M. “Time to modernize supply chain design,” Supply Chain Management Review, Volume 24, Issue 1, Pages 6-8, January/February 2020.
• Boutilier, J., Goentzel, J., and Windle, M. “Disaster Supply Chains: Moving from Situational Awareness to Actionable Analysis,” Report for the National Academy of Sciences Project 2000009447, May 2019.
• Brennan, M., Sundar, P., Goentzel, J., Frey, D., and Mathias, J. “One More Tool for the Food Assistance Toolbox? Experimental Evidence on Food Assistance Packaging.” Food Policy , In Press (Available Online), 2019.
• Moline, J., Goentzel, J., Gralla, E. “Models for Locating and Staffing FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Centers.” Decision Sciences , In Press (Available Online), 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12359
• Castañeda, J.A., Brennan, M., and Goentzel, J. “A behavioral investigation of supply chain contracts for a newsvendor problem in a developing economy.” International Journal of Production Economics , Volume 210, pages 72-83, April 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.12.024
• Carland, C., Goentzel, J., and Montibeller, G. “Modeling the values of private sector agents in multi-echelon humanitarian supply chains.” European Journal of Operational Research . Volume 269, Issue 2, pages 532-543, September 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.010
• Gralla, E. and Goentzel, J. “Humanitarian transportation planning: Evaluation of practice-based heuristics and recommendations for improvement.” European Journal of Operational Research , Volume 269, Issue 2, pages 436-450, September 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.012
• Veatch, M. and Goentzel, J. “Feeding the bottleneck: airport congestion during relief operations.” Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management . Vol. 8 Issue: 4, pages 430-446, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-01-2018-0006
• McQuilkin, Patricia A., Michelle Niescierenko, Ann Marie Beddoe, Jarrod Goentzel, Elinor A. Graham, Patricia C. Henwood, Lise Rehwaldt, Sisay Teklu, Janis Tupesis, and Roseda Marshall. “Academic Medical Support to the Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Liberia.” Academic Medicine , Volume 92, Issue 12, pages 1674-1679, December 2017.
• Brennan, M., Goentzel, J., Gooding, E., Green J., and Spielberg, J. “ Scaling Adoption of Hermetic Post-harvest Storage Technologies in Uganda ”, MIT Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation, February 2017.
• Chastain, Parker, and Hasselberg, Erin. “ Supply Chain management Degree and Certificate Programs: A Landscape Analysis of African-base Offerings “. November 2016.
• Carland, Corinne, and Goentzel, Jarrod. “ Evaluating Business Criteria for Scaling Stock of Malaria Rapid Diagnostics ”, MIT Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation, October 2016.
• Acimovic, Jason, and Goentzel, Jarrod. “ Models and metrics to assess humanitarian response capacity “, Journal of Operations Management, Volume 45, Pages 11 – 29, July 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2016.05.003
• Gralla, E., Goentzel, J. and Fine, C. “Problem formulation and solution mechanisms: a behavioral study of humanitarian transportation planning.” Production and Operations Management , Volume 25, Issue 1, pages 22–35, January 2016.  https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12496
• Sundararaman, P., Brennan, M.E., Goentzel, J., and Frey, D.D. “Development of Experimental Design for the Evaluation of Food Aid Packaging.” Procedia Engineering , Volume 159, pages 222–229, 2016.  https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.166
• Haavisto, I, and Goentzel, J. “Measuring humanitarian supply chain performance in a multi-goal context.” Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Volume 5 Issue 3, pages 300-324, October 2015. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12110
• Carland, C., Goentzel, J., Streat, E., and Montibeller, G. “Scaling up Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests in Private Sector Supply Chains in Uganda: Adapting Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis as a Methodology to Understand Decision-making and Preferences,” The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 93, Issue 4 Supplement, Page 27, October 2015.
• Gralla, E, Goentzel, J., and Van de Walle, B. “Understanding the information needs of field-based decision-makers in humanitarian response to sudden onset disasters.” Proceedings of the ISCRAM 2015 Conference, Palen, Buscher, Comes and Hughes, eds. Kristiansand, Norway, May 24-27, 2015.
• Gralla, E., Goentzel, J., and Chomilier, B. “Case Study of a Humanitarian Logistics Simulation Exercise and Insights for Training Design.” Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Volume 5 Issue 1, pages 113–138, January 2015. https://doi.org/10.1108/JHLSCM-01-2014-0001
• Jahre, M., Ergun, O., and Goentzel, J. “One Size Fits All? Using Standard Global Tools in Humanitarian Logistics.” Procedia Engineering, Volume 107, pages 18–26, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2015.06.054
• Carland, C., Frey, D., Goentzel, J., Graves, S., Green J., Murcott, S., Sanyal, B., and Spielberg, J.  “ Household Water Filter Evaluation – Ahmedabad, India ”, MIT Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation, Fall 2015.
• Goentzel, Jarrod, and Heigh, Ian. “ Supply Chains in Crisis .” Inside Logistics, Pages 16 – 18. July 2015.
• Gralla, E., Goentzel, J., and Chomilier, B. “ Case Study of a Humanitarian Logistics Simulation Exercise and Insights for Training Design .” Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (JHLSCM). Accepted January 2015.
• Carland, C., Frey, D., Goentzel, J., Graves, S., Green J., Montgomery, B., Sanyal, B., Spielberg, J., and de Weck, O. “ Experimentation in Product Evaluation: The Case of Solar Lanterns in Uganda, Africa ”, MIT Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation, January 2015.
• Rancourt, M., F. Bellavance and J. Goentzel.   “Market analysis and transportation procurement for food aid in Ethiopia.”   Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Volume 48, Issue 3, pages 198–219, September 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seps.2014.07.001
• Juan, A., Goentzel, J. and Bektas, T.   “Routing Fleets with Multiple Driving Ranges: is it possible to use greener fleet configurations?”   Applied Soft Computing, Volume 21, pages 84–94, August 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2014.03.012
• Gralla, E., Goentzel, J. and Fine, C.   “Assessing Trade-offs among Multiple Objectives for Humanitarian Aid Delivery Using Expert Preferences.” Production and Operations Management, Volume 23, Issue 6, pages 978–989, June 2014. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12110
• Zissman, M. A., Evans, J. E., Holcomb, K. T., Jones, D. A., Kercher, M. R., Mineweaser, J. L., Schiff, A.C., Shattuck, M. M., Gralla, E. L., Goentzel, J., Heatherly, C., Czarnik, J., Rodgers, A., Wooten, A., Brennan, M., Mach, O., Cleaves, A., Hartnett, G., Simon, G., Ivers, L.C. “ Development and Use of a Comprehensive Humanitarian Assessment Tool in Post-Earthquake Haiti. ” Procedia Engineering, 78, pages 10-21, 2014. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.proeng.2014.07.033
• Sullivan, E., Goentzel, J., and Weintraub, R. “ The Global Health Supply Chain .” Concept Note GHD-C01, Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston. April 2012.
• Goentzel, J., and Spens, K. “Humanitarian Logistics in the United States: Supply Chain Systems for Responding to Domestic Disasters.” Chapter in Humanitarian Logistics: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing for and Responding to Disasters. Eds. Martin Christopher and Peter Tatham, Kogan Page, London, 2011.
• Goentzel, J., Cottray, O., and Verjee, F. “Geographic Information Systems in Humanitarian Supply Chains.” Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chains: Case Studies and Research Issues. Ed. Dave Goldsman. Routledge, New York, 2011.
• Allain, L., Goentzel, J., Bates, J. and Durgavich, J.   “Reengineering Public Health Supply Chains for Improved Performance: Guide for Applying Supply Chain Segmentation Framework.”   Arlington, Va.: USAID | DELIVER PROJECT, Task Order 1, 2010.
• Budhiraj, Karn and Gabriel de la Torre Castro.   “Suggested Strategies and Best Practices in Private Supply Chain Disaster Response.”   Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2010.
• Kim, Sujin and Javed Singha.   “WFP Supply Chain Capacity in Ethiopia: An Analysis of its Sufficiency, Constraints & Impact.”   Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2010.
• Heberley, Christine and Matthew Hoover.   “Managing Growth of a Non-Profit Healthcare Supply Chain in Haiti.”   Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2010.
• Chander, Vidya and Lauren Shear.   “Humanitarian Aid in Less Secure Regions: An Analysis of World Food Programme Operations in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.”   Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2009.
• Malaver, Gina and Colin Regnier.   “Structuring Strategic Decisions Through the Analytic Hierarchy Process: A Case Study in the Selection of Warehouse Location for WFP in Ethiopia.”   Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2009.
• Appling, William. “Making the Business Case for Technology in the Humanitarian Relief Sector.” Master of Engineering Thesis, Zaragoza Logistics Center, May 2006.
• Akkihal, A.   “Inventory Pre-Positioning for Humanitarian Logistics.”   Master of Engineering in Logistics Thesis, MIT 2006.
• Davidson, A.   “Key Performance Indicators in Humanitarian Logistics.”   Master of Engineering in Logistics Thesis, MIT 2006.
• Russell, Tim.   “The Humanitarian Relief Supply Chain: Analysis of the 2004 South East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami.”   Master of Engineering in Logistics Thesis, MIT 2005 (related  MIT News article ).
• Wiseman, M. “An Analysis of Household Characteristics Impacting Food Security and Market Participation in Rural Uganda,” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2019.
• Rains, R. “Demand Forecasting for Ebola Responses,” Master of Applied Science Capstone, MIT, May 2019.
• Picchione, K. “Dynamics of agribusiness decision making in Uganda,” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2018.
• García Castillo, J. “Effects and mitigation of natural hazards in retail networks,” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2018.
• Turner, B. “Toward Effective Common Operating Policies for Medical Items in Ongoing Humanitarian Operations – The Science and Art of Segmentation – A Case Study,” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2018
• Zhang, M. and Zhang, Q. “Unlocking value in healthcare delivery channels,” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2017.
• Breitbach, T. “Supply Chain Financing in Developing Countries,” Doctoral Thesis, MIT, May 2017.
• Zielske, I. “A mixed methods approach to modeling personal protective equipment supply chains for infectious disease outbreak response,” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2016.
• Gooding, E. “A mixed methods approach to modeling personal protective equipment supply chains for infectious disease outbreak response,” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2016.
• Brennan, M. “Experimentation with procurement to design and model supply chains in developing economies,” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2016.
• Seelbach, L. “Stochastic modeling to allocate and assess disaster response capacity in logistics networks,” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2015.
• Carland, C. “Using multi-criteria decision analysis to assess private sector agents’ preferences and priorities in stocking malaria rapid diagnostic test kits in Uganda,” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2015.
• Dokmo, C. and Patel, N. “Financing Medicine’s Last Mile in Uganda: Exploring Linkages between Patient Access to Medicine and Supply Chain Access to Finance,” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2015.
• Zhang, B. “Decision analysis of novel point-of-care diagnostics for Pediatric Pneumonia: implementation in Developing countries with tiered healthcare systems,” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2015.
• Moline, Julia. “Data-Driven Resource Allocation Decisions: FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Centers.” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2014.
• Ghersa, Ricardo and Chelsey Graham. “Increasing Access to Medicines in Southern Africa.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2014.
• Marcil, Thomas Henry. “Performance Measurement and Signaling in the Humanitarian Marketplace.” Master of Science Thesis, MIT, May 2013.
• Nishimura, Kathryn K. and Jian Wang. “Calculating Humanitarian Response Capacity.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2013
• Bhatia, Anand and Brittany G. Johnson. “Increasing Access to Medicines in the Private Sector in Zambia and Zimbabwe.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2013.
• Gralla, Erica. “Human and Modeling Approaches for Humanitarian Transportation Planning.” Doctoral Thesis, MIT, May 2012.
• Krishnamurthy, Prashanth and Amit Prasad. “Inventory Strategies for Patented and Generic Products for a Pharmaceutical Supply Chain.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2012.
• Knight, Ariahna N. “Creating a Framework for a Humanitarian Response Capacity Index.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2012.
• Alexander, Scott C. “Supply Chain Strategy in Post-Earthquake Haiti.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2011.
• Kim, Sujin and Javed Singha. “WFP Supply Chain Capacity in Ethiopia: An Analysis of its Sufficiency, Constraints & Impact.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2010.
• Heberley, Christine and Matthew Hoover. “Managing Growth of a Non-Profit Healthcare Supply Chain in Haiti.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2010.
• Chander, Vidya and Lauren Shear. “Humanitarian Aid in Less Secure Regions: An Analysis of World Food Programme Operations in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2009.
• Malaver, Gina and Colin Regnier. “Structuring Strategic Decisions Through the Analytic Hierarchy Process:  A Case Study in the Selection of Warehouse Location for WFP in Ethiopia.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2009.
• Shah, Jeet N. and Trevor N. Thomas. “Costs of Multiplicity in Public Health Supply Chains in Burundi.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2009.
• Lai, Chiamin and Michael Laverty. “Improving Global Health Impact through Tailored Supply Chains: A Case Study of Ghana.” Master of Engineering Thesis, Zaragoza Logistics Center, May 2008.
• González, Rafael and Siddharth Srivastava. “Price Sensitivity in Global Supply Chains.” Master of Engineering Thesis, Zaragoza Logistics Center, May 2007.
• Walsh, Kathleen. “Shelter Procurement Strategies for Humanitarian Organizations: Global vs. Local.” Master of Engineering Thesis, Zaragoza Logistics Center, May 2007.
• Zayas-Ortiz, Zarina. “The Emerging Paradigm Shift Within Humanitarian Logistics: An Examination of the Alternatives for Vehicle Sourcing Strategy and Fleet Management.” Master of Engineering Thesis, Zaragoza Logistics Center, May 2007.
• Russell, Tim. “The Humanitarian Relief Supply Chain: Analysis of the 2004 South East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami.” Master of Engineering Thesis, MIT, May 2005.

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MIT SCALE Supply Chain Management 10-Month Master's

Learn to lead the supply chain, logistics, and operations critical to all industries., start on a fast, focused path to advance your career..

Join the # 1 Ranked global graduate program in Supply Chain Management  offered by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT SCM program in partnership with our Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network centers worldwide. We help you.

• Apply without a GRE/GMAT*
• Turn your passions into actions with a STEM engineering degree
• Network with the leading supply chain professionals from across industries

MIT SCALE supply chain management master's programs prepare you for top SCM jobs.

• Demand for supply chain and logistics talent is growing. Be first in line for these high-income roles .
• The supply chain is the heart of business operations. Empower companies to gain a competitive edge globally .
• Supply chains are global. Study on-campus at MIT SCALE Centers in the USA, Spain, Luxembourg, or China.* *

MIT SCALE alums work worldwide, helping businesses and organizations respond, recover, and retool.

Now more than ever, global companies need supply chain leaders like you with the practical skills and technical knowledge to make data-driven decisions and develop creative solutions to global logistics and operations challenges., in just ten months, you can:.

• Gain the practical skills  all industries demand to remain nimble and competitive.
• Practice what you learn  through company-sponsored master's capstone projects.
• Learn from world-class, systems-thinking researchers , faculty, and professionals.
• Apply your analytical skills  to your passions: humanitarian response, sustainability, policy, security, strategy, and more.
• Prepare to lead resilient teams with an end-to-end understanding of supply chain management.
• Get heavily recruited  by the world’s top companies.
• Network for life  with over 1500 MIT SCALE supply chain management and logistics alumni working worldwide.
• Boost your salary  - our recent classes have improved their outgoing salaries by an average of 70%.

...all in  half the time, at  half the cost  of a traditional top-tier MBA program.

*Some of our master's programs accept the successful completion of MITx MicroMasters - Supply Chain Analytics - SC0x instead of a GMAT or GRE score.

**All centers offer our ten-month residential master's program. Learners who complete the online MITx MicroMaster's Credential in SCM can apply for Blended master's programs at MIT and ZLC (Spain).

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Learn why EdUniversal ranked our programs the  #1 global supply chain management and logistics master's degree worldwide for four consecutive years and why QS named MIT's SCM program the best in the world in 2021, 2022, and 2023.

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The Supply Chain Management Program (SCM) prepares graduates for logistics and supply chain management careers in manufacturing, distribution, retail, transportation, logistics, consulting, and software development organizations. This engineering-focused professional degree program, offered through the  Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) , is designed for early and mid-career professionals in supply chain, operations, and industrial engineering roles to step out of the workforce for a short period, receive intense, practical training in supply chain fundamentals and leadership skills, and then return to the workforce at a higher level of responsibility. The program provides organizations of all kinds with supply chain professionals who are highly trained in both analytical problem solving and transformational leadership.

The SCM program leads to one of two degrees:

• The Master of Engineering (MEng) in Supply Chain Management is appropriate for students who wish to continue on in research or who plan to pursue a PhD.
• The Master of Applied Science (MASc) in Supply Chain Management is appropriate for students who wish to pursue a career in either industry or consulting.

Details on the subject requirements for each degree can be found on the SCM degree charts page .

The SCM program consists of two different cohorts of students each year. The "residential" students (SCMr) spend ten months from August through May on the MIT campus in Cambridge. The "blended" students (SCMb) have already earned the MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management through edX and thus spend only five months on MIT’s campus from January through May. In each case, during their time on campus, students take specialized subjects taught by leading logistics and supply chain professionals in areas such as logistics systems, supply chain design, inventory planning, transportation management, analytical methods, data science, and machine learning. Students also take subjects in leadership, business writing, public speaking, and strategy. During the January Independent Activities Period (IAP), students participate on teams with their peers from the MIT Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network centers in Spain, Malaysia, Luxembourg, China, and Latin America. Each student writes either a master’s thesis (MEng degree) or a capstone report (MASc degree) based on a real-world project sponsored by a participating company, agency, or nongovernmental organization. SCM students also participate in week-long study treks to domestic and international locations to expand their education and see supply chain in action.

Both cohorts are primarily for students with industry experience but are open to anyone who can meet the admission requirements. Applicants should have a background in college-level calculus, economics, probability, and statistics. SCMr applicants must take either the GRE or GMAT exam, or the first online MicroMasters subject in analytics. SCMb applicants are required to have the MicroMasters Credential in Supply Chain Management and do not take the GRE or GMAT test. Applicants whose first language is not English must take the IELTS or TOEFL exam or receive a waiver. The admission rounds for both SCM cohorts are in the late fall and early spring.

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MIT PhD Opportunities in Logistics and Supply Chain

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MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) researchers advise select students in the  Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Transportation  led by MIT’s Mobility Initiative, a cross-disciplinary graduate program in transportation which provides graduate degrees for students interested in transportation studies and research. 

The Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Transportation provides a structured and follow-on doctoral program for students. The interdepartmental structure of the degree allows students flexibility in developing individually tailored paths of study that cross both disciplinary and departmental lines. The student’s research is performed at, and is supervised by faculty at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. Detailed requirements for the program can be found  here .

Additionally,  The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)  and  The Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS)  offer PhD research opportunities in Logistics and Supply Chain as a part of their degree programs.

Students are encouraged to apply to the  Interdepartmental Program  or may apply directly to the CEE or IDSS departments and indicate on their application their interest in pursuing research in Logistics and Supply Chain. Students must apply through either CEE or IDSS and indicate on their application their interest in pursuing research in Logistics and Supply Chain. Students would then develop an  interdisciplinary degree proposal  with their department committee and submit to the Office of Graduate Education for approval.

Application deadlines to doctoral programs vary by department.

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This full-time program follows the highest international quality standards for doctoral studies, from the intensive admissions process to the comprehensive exam and thesis defense. Students in their second year can spend a semester or longer at MIT and have the opportunity to study at other leading business and engineering schools. The ZLC PhD degree and MIT-Zaragoza certificate enable graduates to take faculty positions at leading universities around the world or to become innovation leaders for international companies.

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When a commercial ship travels from the port of Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia to Tokyo Bay, it’s not only carrying cargo; it’s also transporting millions of data points across a wide array of partners and complex technology systems.

Consider, for example, Maersk. The global shipping container and logistics company has more than 100,000 employees, offices in 120 countries, and operates about 800 container ships that can each hold 18,000 tractor-trailer containers. From manufacture to delivery, the items within these containers carry hundreds or thousands of data points, highlighting the amount of supply chain data organizations manage on a daily basis.

Until recently, access to the bulk of an organizations’ supply chain data has been limited to specialists, distributed across myriad data systems. Constrained by traditional data warehouse limitations, maintaining the data requires considerable engineering effort; heavy oversight, and substantial financial commitment. Today, a huge amount of data—generated by an increasingly digital supply chain—languishes in data lakes without ever being made available to the business.

A 2023 Boston Consulting Group survey notes that 56% of managers say although investment in modernizing data architectures continues, managing data operating costs remains a major pain point. The consultancy also expects data deluge issues are likely to worsen as the volume of data generated grows at a rate of 21% from 2021 to 2024, to 149 zettabytes globally.

“Data is everywhere,” says Mark Sear, director of AI, data, and integration at Maersk. “Just consider the life of a product and what goes into transporting a computer mouse from China to the United Kingdom. You have to work out how you get it from the factory to the port, the port to the next port, the port to the warehouse, and the warehouse to the consumer. There are vast amounts of data points throughout that journey.”

Sear says organizations that manage to integrate these rich sets of data are poised to reap valuable business benefits. “Every single data point is an opportunity for improvement—to improve profitability, knowledge, our ability to price correctly, our ability to staff correctly, and to satisfy the customer,” he says.

Organizations like Maersk are increasingly turning to a data lakehouse architecture. By combining the cost-effective scale of a data lake with the capability and performance of a data warehouse, a data lakehouse promises to help companies unify disparate supply chain data and provide a larger group of users with access to data, including structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. Building analytics on top of the lakehouse not only allows this new architectural approach to advance supply chain efficiency with better performance and governance, but it can also support easy and immediate data analysis and help reduce operational costs.

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Jonathan Byrnes, MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics senior lecturer and visionary in supply chain management, dies at 75

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Jonathan L.S. Byrnes, a distinguished senior lecturer at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), passed away peacefully on May 7 after a long battle with cancer, leaving behind a legacy of profound contributions to supply chain education, industry, and the MIT community. He was 75 years old.

“Jonathan was not just a brilliant mind in supply chain management,” reflects Yossi Sheffi, director of CTL and the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems. “He was a cherished colleague who had been a part of CTL for over half its existence. His impact on our community and the field of logistics is immense.”

Byrnes dedicated over three decades to teaching and shaping the future leaders of supply chain management (SCM). He authored over 200 influential publications and guided thesis work for numerous students and researchers. In 2021, Byrnes endowed the  Jonathan Byrnes Prizes for Academic Distinction and Leadership , awarded each spring by CTL to a residential and a blended SCM master’s student who demonstrate, in Byrnes’s own words, "both a strong academic record (but not necessarily the strongest), linked with a strong contribution to student life."

Byrnes made a positive impact on countless MIT students. In 2019, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG)/SCM Program, several hundred alumni were asked to identify their most memorable class. Byrnes’s course, 1.261J - ESD.261J - 15.771J (Case Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management), was most frequently cited. Other anecdotal accounts and alumni surveys perennially note the course as their favorite and most highly recommended for its impact and influence on students’ careers.

Byrnes fostered a collaborative and discussion-oriented learning environment — a highly valued and sought-after experience of on-campus learning. “He was a gentle man, but was always so vigorous and energetic in class,” remembers Austin Saragih, MIT PhD student in transportation and a graduate research assistant at the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab, and a 2021 Byrnes Prize recipient.

Byrnes’s passion and influence extended beyond the realm of academia. He served on the boards of several companies, leaving an indelible mark on industry practices, and he co-founded Profit Isle Inc., revolutionizing profit analytics and acceleration.

Born in Lexington, Massachusetts, Byrnes earned his MBA from Columbia University in 1974 and his doctorate in business administration from Harvard University in 1980, where he served as president of the Harvard Alumni Association.

He is survived by his wife, Marsha (Feinman) Byrnes; sons Dan and Steve; daughter-in-law Nicole Ledoux; grandchildren Edison, George, and Adrian; and sister Pamela Byrnes and her husband Rick Jacobsen. He is predeceased by his daughter-in-law, Kristin Szatkiewicz Byrnes.

Remembrances may be made to Dana-Farber Cancer Center in gratitude to oncologist Toni Choueiri, or to  the Experimental Model of Human Sarcoma Fund .

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