MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network

The MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network is an international alliance of leading-edge research and education centers, dedicated to the development and dissemination of global innovation in supply chain and logistics.

The Global SCALE Network allows faculty, researchers, students, and affiliated companies from all six centers around the world to pool their expertise and collaborate on projects that will create supply chain and logistics innovations with global applications.

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  • System Pathways Measurement Toolkit 

    Gralla, Erica; Downing, Tristan; Blair, Courtney; Goentzel, Jarrod; Russell, Timothy Edward; e.a. (2022-05-25)
    This toolkit’s purpose is to support the measurement of system status and change in systems-oriented development projects. Measuring change in a market system (or another complex development system) is challenging because ...

  • The Value of Demand Forecasting in Stochastic Last-Mile Fleet Sizing and Composition Planning 

    Zinnenlauf, Philipp; Pina-Pardo, Juan C; Winkenbach, Matthias (2024-07-03)
    Customer demand constitutes a crucial source of uncertainty in designing and operating complex and costly urban last-mile distribution operations. To mitigate associated risks, companies are diversifying their last-mile ...

  • Scaling Post-Disaster Housing Capacity: Roundtable Report 

    Finegan, Lauren; Goentzel, Jarrod; Reisman, Erin; Russell, Timothy Edward; Story, Drew (2024-07-25)
    In January 2024, the MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab held a roundtable on the theme of scaling construction capacity after disasters. The roundtable convened participants from academia, non-profit organizations, and both ...

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