Wolfgang Partsch
Dr Chris Caplice
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Wolfgang Partsch
Thought Leader and Senior Executive Advisor in SCM
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Dr Chris Caplice
Freight Academic ,
MIT
Dr Chris Caplice is a pioneering freight academic at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MIT ), where he has established a reputation as one of the world ’ s foremost authorities on logistics .
Dr Caplice founded and co-directed MIT FreightLab , a position he has held for 15 years . The purpose of the FreightLab is to drive innovation in freight transportation planning and operations , and then drive them into practice . The ultimate goal is to reduce cost , minimise risk and increase service levels .
Keith Oliver is widely held to have introduced the world to the term ‘ supply chain ’, but he wasn ’ t the mind that formulated the ideas behind it – that honour goes to thought leader Wolfgang Partsch , whose LinkedIn profile has him as the ‘ Inventor of Supply Chain Management ( SCM )’. Partsch first discussed SCM as an approach in the German business magazine , Wirtschaftswoche , in 1982 , yet his thinking has never held more sway .
“ My vision was to break up information silos ,” he says . Sound familiar ? supplychaindigital . com 145