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Dr. David Correll discusses the annual State of Supply Chain Sustainability Report, coming out in July 2022. The report, which provides a snapshot of how supply chain and logistics professionals prioritize and implement their supply chain sustainability efforts every year, is a co-presentation of MIT CTL and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
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In this virtual Q2 2022 Research Update and Discussion, approximately 70 friends of the FreightLab joined MIT CTL researchers to share experiences and insights related to “Improving the Sustainability of Truckload Transportation.” This off-the-record conversation offered both context for, and concern about, shippers’ and receivers’ readiness to be carbon net-zero by mid-century.
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Dave Correll reviews Platform Revolution by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Choudary – a guided look under the hood of a new engine technology. A new engine tech that is quietly, and reliably, powering many aspects of our daily lives – internet platform companies.
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In MIT CTL’s latest Friday Research Briefing Dr. Chris Caplice discusses the lab’s latest projects and research findings.
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The latest Outbound Magazine focuses on the trucking industry; the changes in the market, infrastructure plans, and newly proposed legislation. Dr. David Correll spoke with the magazine to give an overview of his research on the trucking industry. You can view the full PDF here.
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Q: “Two quasi-experiments”? To start, can you explain what this means? Firstly, it’s two experiments because there were two phenomena of interest. First, drivers quitting, and second, tight markets. We wondered, what’s different in the ELD data between a driver about to quit and one who isn’t; and secondly, what’s different in the ELD data […]
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Reviewed by David HC Correll To me, Shane Hamilton’s book, Trucking Country: The Road to America’s Wal-Mart Economy reads like watching a classic horror movie. Before you even begin, you know that the titular monster is coming. And as the movie progresses, you meet new characters and you laugh with them, and you start to […]
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By Chris Caplice, Ken Cotrill and David Correll When a shipper and a trucking company contract to transport goods at a given time and rate, there is no guarantee they will meet the agreement’s terms. The loads may never materialize or the carrier may not have the capacity in the right place at the needed […]
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PhD Candidate Angela Acocella in conversation with MIT FreightLab Co-Director David Correll about her recently published paper, “Elephants or Goldfish: Carrier Reciprocity in Dynamic Freight Markets“. Who are “elephants” and who are “goldfish” in your research? We’re studying long-term interactions between firms, so elephants are those that have long memories; they remember their history. In […]
