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The Logistics Matters podcast: David Correll of MIT on supply chain sustainability | Season 5 Episode 15

Each year, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics produce a State of Supply Chain Sustainability report. Correll, the project lead, shares the progress being made toward sustainability. Also: Women truckers head to Washington; what happened to Yellow Corp.?

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By DC Velocity StaffApr 19, 2024
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About this week's guest
David Correll

David Correll, PhD, is a lecturer and a research scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, where he also serves as co-director of the MIT FreightLab and project lead for the annual State of Supply Chain Sustainability report. On campus, Correll teaches SCM.260, Logistics Systems, which acquaints students with the fundamental analytic tools, approaches, and techniques used in the design of integrated supply chains; and SCM.291, Procurement Fundamentals, which introduces students to the legacy of strategic thought when a company looks upstream.




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