Designing AI Systems With Human-Machine Teams

Apr 28, 2020 | News, Research

By Maria Jesus Saenz, Elena Revilla, and Cristina Simon The greatest potential from artificial intelligence will come from tapping into the opportunities for mutual learning between people and machines. Artificial intelligence promises to augment human capabilities...

Executive Education on Digital Supply Chain Transformation

Mar 9, 2020 | Education

We have customized courses for companies in this area, which includes relevant case studies of digitally transformed supply chains, presentations, simulations, and team-based micro-projects. Our approach is based on the applied research that we conduct with companies....

MIT SCM students presented their studies at the Research Expo

Feb 28, 2020 | News

The MIT Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network organized a Research Expo at the end of January. At the Expo, the students have presented their research projects that they have been conducting during their studies in the Supply Chain Management...

Intelligent Demand Planning

Feb 28, 2020 | Projects

A human-robot dance duet. Source: TED Talk ted.com The research project analyzes different human (demand planners) and machine (machine learning forecasting algorithms) decision-making structures: full-human to AI delegation, hybrid AI-to-human or human-to-AI, and...

Dell’s Digital Supply Chain Transformation

Feb 28, 2020 | Projects

Before “digital transformation” became a strategic pillar for Dell Global Operations in 2017, some digital solutions were already being explored and used along with its supply chain functions. The case study presents, on the one hand, the main vision of Dell’s supply...

Dealing with Complexities in Digital Supply Chain

Feb 28, 2020 | Projects

The high-tech industry is rapidly evolving, putting greater pressure on the suppliers for adapting to the dynamic demands of the buyers, which leads to more complex inventory and tertiary vendor management. Focusing on the cloud computing industry, this study...

How Blockchain Transactions Transform SC Relationships

Feb 28, 2020 | Projects

The benefit of blockchain implementations in business settings is currently being questioned. The technology is often misunderstood and it is still at the early stages, its potential is often misunderstood, agreements about data standards are not easy to reach,...

FrAImework Research

Nov 15, 2019 | Projects, Research

Effective Human-Machine Teaming in Artificial Intelligence-Driven Supply Chains Summary: The MIT Digital SC Transformation research group is currently pursuing a research project on  “Human-Machine Teaming in Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven Supply Chains”...