Center for Transportation & Logistics
For more than 30 years, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) has been a world leader in supply chain management and transportation education and research. Along with contributions to the understanding of transportation system planning, operations, and management, its efforts include contributions to logistics modeling and supply chain management for shippers; technology and policy analysis for government; and management, planning, and operations for trucking, railroad, air, and ocean carriers.
More than 75 faculty and research staff from a wide range of academic disciplines collaborate with researchers from affiliate organizations around the world to engage in MIT CTL’s three main research programs:
Supply Chain Management and Logistics
MIT CTL has made major knowledge contributions and helped numerous companies gain competitive advantage through its research in supply chain management and logistics. Research projects include:
- Carbon efficient supply chains
- Demand management
- Freight transportation management
- Healthcare supply chain
- Scenario planning
- Strategy alignment
- Supply chain 2020: the future of the supply chain
- Supply chain innovation in emerging markets
- Supply chain security
- Supply chain network risk management
Transportation
MIT CTL research spans all aspects and modes of transportation. Research projects include:
- New England University Transportation Center
- MIT/transit professional development program
- MIT program in intelligent transportation systems
- National Center of Excellence for Aviation Operations Research
The AgeLab
The AgeLab brings together a multidisciplinary team from across MIT and around the world to conduct research on health and wellness, transportation, and longevity planning to develop new ideas and technologies that improve the quality of life for older adults and those who care for them.
