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ONLINE LEARNING


TAPA Americas steps up its online continuing education program with ‘Digital Enablers for a More Resilient Supply Chain’ webinar


As part of TAPA Americas’ commitment to delivering professional continuing education, its informative season of webinars provides significant value to the Association’s members and wider supply chain community. During this time of meeting and conference cancellations to stem the spread of the coronavirus, TAPA Americas is increasing its number of web-based deliverables.


This month, its latest webinar discussed ‘Digital Enablers for a More Resilient Supply Chain: Introduction to the Interaction between Operations, Technology, and Processes.’


A time of rapid change


The presentation looked at how digitalization is revolutionizing many industries – and, notably, the exceptional transformation of supply chains. Across the globe, industries have changed rapidly due to multiple factors but especially under this unprecedented crisis due to COVID-19. Consequently, several lessons can be learned. The current disruptions highlight the relevance of supply chain agility and resilience in coping with all derived challenges.


This webinar analyzed the digital enablers that facilitate the development of crucial supply


chain resilient capabilities, such as visibility, agility, collaboration, or omnichannel. It also discussed the balance between digital technologies, supply chain processes, and organizations, and how these


dimensions have to be intertwined according to the idiosyncrasies of each supply chain.


The webinar was led by Dr. Maria Jesus Saenz (above), Director of the research area on Digital Supply Chain Transformation at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. She also serves as the Executive Director of


the MIT Supply Chain Management Blended Master Program. As an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of Zaragoza, she previously led the research institute MIT Zaragoza Logistics Center, as Executive Director. Dr. Saenz has researched for the European Commission, as well as for companies such as Dell, Lenovo, P&G, Carrefour, DHL, Leroy Merlin, and Caterpillar. She is co-author of more than 80 publications, including books and articles in leading international Journals.


Learning objectives


The webinar helped to give its participants a better understanding of the following objectives:


1. Identify the key digital supply chain capabilities


2. Identify which digital enablers are implemented in resilient supply chains


3. Understand the balance between technology, processes, and organizations


TAPA Americas members who missed the webinar can access it by logging into the webinar archive on the Association’s regional website.


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