The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events Specialist
November 16, 2023
6 Weeks, Online
4–5 hours per week
Our participants tell us that taking this program together with their colleagues helps to share common language and accelerate impact.
We hope you find the same. Special pricing is available for groups.
The benefit of learning together with your friend is that you keep each other accountable and have meaningful discussions about what you're learning.
Courtlyn
Promotion and Events SpecialistSupply chain professionals and business leaders realize that they need to become more flexible, collaborative, and resilient. But what does the strategy and implementation look like for digital supply chain transformation? It turns out that there is a formula for success.
Dr. Maria Jesús Saénz, Director of the Digital Supply Chain Transformation Lab at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, offers up a proven framework that thrives at the intersection of four key elements: strategy, technology, operations, and organizations.
Transforming the supply chain digitally can lead to a 50% reduction in process costs and an increase in revenue by 20%.
By 2025, the supply chain's underlying architecture will have changed, and operations will no longer be the same. To become more agile and robust, processes will need to be digitally enabled from start to finish.
A survey of global supply chain leaders performed in 2021 reveals that the digital transformation of supply chains has raised the requirement for digital skills, yet just 1% of organizations have the necessary competence.
This six-week program is designed for professionals across the following roles:
Over the course of this six-week program, you will examine the key capabilities needed to create and execute digital transformations within your organization and within your broader ecosystem of vertical and horizontal partners.
Special faculty session on why digital supply chains fail
Insights from renowned MIT faculty and experts
Case studies, discussions, and application exercises offer multiple pathways to learning
A comprehensive overview of supply chain digitalization, which can create your competitive advantage
Observe successful examples of digital transformation in supply chains driving growth and efficiency
Earn a certificate from MIT xPRO to recognize your skills and success
Build your understanding of modern supply chain management practices and learn about the various drivers and capabilities needed to build a resilient supply chain.
The Digital Supply Chain Framework, created by Professor Saénz, helps us create a road map for reaching our digitalization goals. The DSC Framework guides us away from common pitfalls and toward solutions that balance the trade-offs between strategy, technology, processes, and organizational needs.
E2E supply chain visibility is a critical success factor for achieving supply chain excellence, allowing businesses to communicate, solve problems, and provide service to partners and customers along the entire chain of events.
Draw on the many analytic tools that maximize data ROI for supply chains and explore supply chain applications for three different types of machine learning.
Deploying AI-centric solutions successfully requires distinct capabilities within the organization and the realization that AI is dynamic and still evolving.
Gain insights into why digital supply chain strategies fail and gather future-ready strategies for creating a flexible, agile, and resilient supply chain ecosystem that endows your competitive advantage.
Build your understanding of modern supply chain management practices and learn about the various drivers and capabilities needed to build a resilient supply chain.
Draw on the many analytic tools that maximize data ROI for supply chains and explore supply chain applications for three different types of machine learning.
The Digital Supply Chain Framework, created by Professor Saénz, helps us create a road map for reaching our digitalization goals. The DSC Framework guides us away from common pitfalls and toward solutions that balance the trade-offs between strategy, technology, processes, and organizational needs.
Deploying AI-centric solutions successfully requires distinct capabilities within the organization and the realization that AI is dynamic and still evolving.
E2E supply chain visibility is a critical success factor for achieving supply chain excellence, allowing businesses to communicate, solve problems, and provide service to partners and customers along the entire chain of events.
Gain insights into why digital supply chain strategies fail and gather future-ready strategies for creating a flexible, agile, and resilient supply chain ecosystem that endows your competitive advantage.
Maria Jesús Saénz
Executive Director, MIT SCM Masters Programs, Director, MIT Digital Supply Chain Transformation
Dr. Maria Jesús Saénz is the Director of the Digital Supply Chain Transformation Lab at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and a Research Scientist. The primary research examines new collaborative paradigms that arise while implementing new digital technologies in supply chains. Her research domains are multidimensional collaboration, digital supply chain capabilities, and AI in supply chains. The Lab applies quantitative research methodologies in order to assess how data-driven ecosystems create value. Dr. Saenz also serves as the Executive Director of the MIT Supply Chain Management Master Programs.
Dr. Saenz teaches courses across all levels on digital transformation, supply chain management, collaboration, risks, resilience, and project management. Dr. Saenz is certified in Participant-Centered Learning by Harvard Business School. She received the Outstanding Doctoral Award for her Ph.D. in Manufacturing and Design Engineering from the University of Zaragoza, where she had previously obtained her M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering.
Dr. Saenz has also led various international research projects for the European Commission, as well as supply chain management innovation projects for companies including Coca-Cola Femsa, P&G, Carrefour, Clariant, Dell, DHL, and Caterpillar. She is co-author of more than 100 publications, including books and articles in leading international journals including MIT Sloan Management Review, Forbes, Financial Times, and Supply Chain Management Review. Her knowledge transfer work has received 15 awards and her research was cited in the media
Get recognized! Upon successful completion of this program, MIT xPRO grants a certificate of completion to participants and 4 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). This program is graded pass or fail; participants must receive 75% to pass and obtain the certificate of completion.
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Each program includes an estimated learner effort per week. This is referenced at the top of the program landing page under the Duration section, as well as in the program brochure, which you can obtain by submitting the short form at the top of this web page.
We have designed this program to fit into your current working life as efficiently as possible. Time will be spent among a variety of activities including:
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More than 300,000 learners across 200 countries have chosen to advance their skills with Emeritus and its educational learning partners. In fact, 90 percent of the respondents of a recent survey across all our programs said that their learning outcomes were met or exceeded.
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