MIT FreightLab
Driving Innovation within the Transportation Industry
What is the MIT FreightLab?
The MIT FreightLab mission is to drive innovation into the freight transportation industry in order to reduce cost, minimize risk, and increase the level of service. Freight transportation is subject to highly volatile demand and costs that are typically outside of a firm’s ability to control or even influence. This is compounded by a dominant design in terms of how freight is historically procured and managed. FreightLab research focuses on working with companies to develop and implement real-world solutions to these challenges.
FreightLab objectives are to develop innovations in freight transportation planning and operations and drive them into practice. Recently, we have developed methods for forecasting both short term spot-market rates and longer-term contract rates. We are exploring alternative contract forms between shippers and carriers that increase the level of trust in the relationship and yield better results for both parties. Working with a wide range of shippers, carriers, and third-party providers, the freight lab team develops and delivers better ways to design, procure, and manage large-scale freight transportation systems.
Our Research
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Our Team
Dr. Chris Caplice
Co-Director
Dr. Jarrod Goentzel
Principal Research Scientist
Dr. Angi Acocella
Research Scientist
Dr. Josué Velázquez Martínez
Research Scientist
Updates from the Lab
Forecasting Freight Transportation Rates
The U.S. DOT Volpe Center welcomed Chris Caplice, PhD, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL), as the second speaker in the Transportation in the Age of Artificial...
An Introduction to Scenario Planning Video
This animated video can be used to help an audience understand what Scenario Planning is. It complements (and can replace) the Introduction to Scenario Planning PPT.
MIT FreightLab with Chris Caplice
In 2008, CTL launched the MIT FreightLab to drive innovation in the freight transportation industry. CTL believes that tackling large-scale complex systems will lead to breakthrough developments in a domain that has traditionally been...
Get In Touch
Interested in collaborating with us? Do you have a research idea?
Send us a note at freightlab@mit.edu to set up a time to discuss your ideas, questions, and transportation goals.