MITx MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management for Business

What are Trucking Freight Futures and how can they help my business? Reserve your spot in this informative and complimentary webinar to learn more.The trucking industry is a $726B industry, which is 30% bigger than oil, natural gas and coal combined, and twice the size of the agricultural market. If a product is going somewhere in the U.S., 7 out of 10 times it is getting there on a truck. According to the American Trucking Associations, over 80% of the nation’s freight bill became revenue for the trucking industry - making trucking is one of the largest industries in the U.S.

Data management is collecting and using data to help make better decisions and give better direction now and in the future. Data Management's goal should be to help people, organizations, and connected entities optimize the use of data so that they can make decisions and take actions that benefit the entire Supply Chain(s).

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the perfect black swan event that has affected global supply chains with both economic and financial ramifications. In the medical domain, it has become evident that the unprecedented increase in the demand for patients with the virus and the corresponding acute supply shortages have led to new adaptive and constantly evolving supply chain tactics to meet demand. This talk would focus on how the crucial role of logistics services (both forward and reverse logistics) in facilitating dynamic operationalization of strategies to improve the effectiveness of the emergency supply chains. The key takeaways would include how new innovation and supply chain theories are shaping up to explain the resiliency and also what some of the interesting research questions to analyze in the future.

Third-party logistics (3PL) providers are becoming increasingly attractive investments for private equity firms. Supply chains are vital to the global economy, the market is extremely fragmented, and there is currently an inefficient use of technology assets, leaving a great deal of opportunity for potentially lucrative investments in 3PLs that serve middle-market customers given their potential for expansion within the industry.