ATLANTA, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor today announced it donated software
licenses for Infor SCM Network Design, a supply chain planning and analysis
solution used by some of the world's most recognizable companies, to the MIT
Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL). MIT-CTL, recognized as an
international leader in supply chain education and research, will use Infor
SCM Network Design in its research on supply chain design, including how to
measure and reduce carbon emissions.
MIT's Center for Transportation & Logistics is part of the Engineering
Systems Division in the School of Engineering and contributes to the
understanding of supply chain network planning, operations and management. The
Center works with the private sector, industry groups and government on supply
chain modeling, planning and operations, technology, and policy analysis. The
Center offers a Masters of Engineering in Logistics, and has more than fifty
affiliated faculty and staff coordinating hundreds of research projects.
Earlier this year it launched the SCALE (Supply Chain & Logistics Excellence)
Network, an international alliance of research centers that spans Europe,
Latin America and the United States.
"Organizations seek more efficient and sustainable supply chains to
promote their environmental stewardship and to offset rising fuel costs. Our
research goals include understanding how to measure carbon as a variable in
the supply chain as well as identifying practices that improve overall
efficiency in supply chain design," said Dr. Edgar Blanco, research director,
Carbon-efficient Supply Chains Project, MI-CTL. "Technology will play a
pivotal role in helping us achieve sustainable supply chains, and we expect
Infor SCM Network Design to contribute to our research and curriculum in this
area."
Infor SCM Network Design is utilized by leading retailers, manufacturers,
distributors and third-party logistics providers to model their supply chains
to maximize efficiencies in costs, customer service and carbon impact. As
supply chains become larger and more complex, organizations must continually
evaluate their supply chains based on their strategic goals, as well as tune
their designs for dynamic events, such as rapidly fluctuating fuel costs.
Infor SCM Network Design allows companies to holistically factor
sustainability criteria, such as carbon emissions related to nodes, including
plants, warehouses and stores, as well as transport modes like rail, air,
trucking, and ocean freight into their supply chain decisions.
Infor SCM Network Design is used as a research and learning tool by more
than a dozen other universities around the world. For more information on
Infor SCM Network Design, visit http://snipr.com/networkdesign . To learn more
about the role of network design in implementing a sustainable supply chain,
download the report from Aberdeen Group, "Supply Chain Network Design:
Architecting a Green Future", at http://snipr.com/top5report .
About MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT-CTL)
MIT-CTL has been a world leader in supply chain management research and
education for more than three decades. The Center's world-renowned research
programs directly involve more than 75 faculty and research staff from a wide
range of academic disciplines, as well as researchers in various affiliate
organizations around the world. CTL collaborates with industry through its
Corporate Outreach Program, which turns the Center's innovative research into
market-winning commercial applications. And in education, MIT is consistently
ranked first among business programs in logistics and supply chain management.
Established in 1998, MIT-CTL's Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG)
program was the first program of its kind, offering an intensive supply chain
and logistics degree in just nine months.
About Infor
Infor acquires and develops functionally rich software backed by thousands
of domain experts and then makes it better through continuous innovation,
faster implementation options, global enablement, and flexible buying options.
In a few short years, Infor has become one of the largest providers of
business software in the world. For additional information, visit
www.infor.com .
For more information:
Wade Coleman Justin Siefert
Infor Wunderkind Public Relations
(678) 319-8748 (404) 601-3660 ext. 113
wade.coleman@infor.com jsiefert@wunderkindpr.com
SOURCE Infor