Prepared by Dr. Josué C. Velázquez Martínez from MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, Dr. Laura Palacios-Argüello, and Prof. Joachim Arts from Luxembourg Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Revolutionize Southern California’s transport...
The Circular Supply Chain Initiative in MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics envisions and explores how companies can leverage supply chain circularity to contribute to their sustainability goals, with a special focus on waste. We help identify and assess...
Dr. Fabiola Vásquez Garcia The impact of replenishment strategies for basket-of-goods consumers to reduce GHG emissions associated to food waste. Food waste is a global problem that occur through all the supply chain nonetheless the largest amount wasted occur...
Green Vehicle Routing ‘In Green Logistics, a shorter distance does not necessarily mean less CO2 emissions.’ We conducted a case study evaluating a distribution center in Mexico. Most systems take into consideration delivery date, weight of the products,...
We evaluated the environmental sustainability of the fashion industry business models to learn what is the most sustainable option to buy clothing. We compared the environmental impact of a monthly rental subscription model (ie. Rent the Runway), to a peer-to-peer...
Want to join STEC? Click here! Companies have become proficient at calculating direct emissions (Scope 1) as well as those from purchased utilities (Scope 2). However, Scope 3 emissions, which include indirect emissions from a company’s value chain and...
Andrés Muñoz-Villamizar, Josue C. Velazquez-Martínez, and Sergio Caballero-Caballero from MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. E-commerce’s rapid growth, combined with customer demand for fast shipping, has significantly escalated last-mile...
Full Book Chapter on Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Emerging MarketsBy Josué C. Velázquez Martínez, Hugo Tsugunobu Yoshida Yoshizaki, Christopher Mejía ArguetaWithin a variety of countries considered emerging economies, Latin America has received special...
Full Book Chapter on Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Emerging MarketsBy J. C. Velázquez-Martínez, C. TayaksiDue to MSEs’ lack of productivity, only a fraction of them survive and thus contribute to Latin America’s economic growth. In this chapter,...
Drivers play a leading role in the determination of fuel efficiency. Therefore this research aims to diagnose the key factors that influence the fuel consumption in heavy duty fleet. This project considers factors such as driver’s behavior, driving errors, driver’s...
This study presents a methodology to face the challenges that cities face in selecting sustainable and cost-effective transportation modes, helping planners make choices that can be expressed not only in monetary terms but also in environmental benefits associated with...
