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MIT SCM Symposium 2024
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Welcome to the MIT SCM Research Symposium 2024 and thank you for joining us! We hope you find the day exciting and informative. To enhance your experience, we are utilizing this platform in order to help identify projects of top interest to you. Below you will find not only the schedule, but also the abstracts and attached executive summaries of each project. Additionally, you can better acquaint yourself with the student presenters and advisors through their profiles. Thank you again and we look forward to hosting you.
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Friday, May 17 • 9:00am - 9:30am
Truckload Procurement: From State-of-the-Practice to State-of-the-Art

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Truckload procurement practices vary widely across industry and firm spend levels. This research utilizes a framework to identify shipper behaviors that represent state-of-the-practice in truckload procurement while also highlighting shipper behaviors that represent state-of-the-art. The presented anlaysis uses data collected from 1) a survey of 300 shippers and 2) semi-structured interviews with nearly 50 shippers. Is your firm with the herd or on the cutting edge of practices in truckload procurement?
Student Presenters
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Chris Caplice

Executive Director, MIT CTL
Dr. Caplice serves as the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) where he is responsible for the planning and management of the research, education, and corporate outreach programs for the center. He created... Read More →

Friday May 17, 2024 9:00am - 9:30am EDT
Longfellow C 40 Edwin Land Blvd, Cambridge MA 02142, USA
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