Top Companies Partner with MLOG Students for Research

A record number of companies are lining up to work with MLOG students at MIT on a variety of supply chain research projects.  This year, 18 companies, including industry leaders like CVS, General Mills, Procter & Gamble, Pfizer and more, are partnering with MLOG students for research in areas such as supply chain risk, global S&OP, and transportation management, just to name a few.

Each year MLOG students and companies are paired up through the Supply Chain Education Partners Program at the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL).  The companies define the research projects, MLOG students select projects that fit their interests, then CTL brings the two sides together.   In past years, MLOG students have worked with an average of 6 different companies – now the MLOG class of 2007 has seen this number triple.

Companies working with MLOG 2007 students include: Adidas, Shell, Boston Scientific, General Mills, Pfizer, WR Grace, EMC, Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, CVS Stores, Schwan Foods, Dunkin Brands, Unilever, Chiquita, Syngenta, Solutia, Cardinal Healthcare, and Tyco Healthcare.

This research project fulfills the thesis requirement for the MLOG students.  While the thesis can be an individual project, students are encouraged to work directly with companies to increase the relevancy of their research.

Research topics being explored with partner companies this year include:

• Analysis of Supply Chain Risk
• Demand & Supply Synchronization
• Designing a Global S&OP Process
• Developing High Velocity Supply Chains
• Development of a Bio-Fuel Supply Chain
• Developing Optimal Segmentation Inventory Policies
• Distribution Strategies for Highly Perishable Products
• Estimation of Transportation Management Costs
• Optimizing the Medication Management Process
• Optimal Use of Dedicated & For-Hire Transportation
• Quantifying the Value of Customer Service
• Rapid Response to a Humanitarian Disaster
• Using SPC to Reduce the Bullwhip Effect
• Shipment Frequency versus Responsiveness
• Value of Logistics Operations in the Pharmaceuticals Industry
• What is the Value of Direct Store Delivery? Analysis of Supply Chain Risk

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