Trump Tariffs to Present Supply Chain Challenges

President-elect Donald Trump has made promises to impose raised tariffs on all imports, to widespread confusion and alarm. To help make sense of this pending change in US trade policy, Metropolitan College Associate Professor Canan Gunes Corlu, who coordinates MET’s Supply Chain Management programs, spoke with Manufacturing Dive. One means by which manufacturers might seek […]

MET Online Master’s Programs Climb U.S. News & World Report Poll for 2024, with 3 Top-10 Placements

For the 11th straight year, Metropolitan College online master’s degree programs have been deemed among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. This year, three graduate programs netted top-10 ratings, with each climbing above last year’s rankings.

DSLab Researchers Active at INFORMS 2022

Three MET Decision Sciences Research Laboratory (DSLab) researchers accompanied Professors Canan Gunes Corlu and John Maleyeff to the annual INFORMS conference held in Indianapolis, Indiana on October 16-20, 2022. Claire Ding presented a poster and made a presentation concerning her MBTA winter storm planning project (with co-authors Danielle Song and David Kuo, who were unable […]

Supply Chain Management Students Capstone Projects

Pictured: Watts Water Technologies capstone project team with Watts supply chain managers. The supply chain management (SCM) capstone course in Spring 2022 included four projects and 23 students. These projects are required in the course AD 804, which combines online and on-campus students who work in teams to solve real-world problems. The following projects were […]

MET Decision Sciences Lab (DSLab) researchers visit the new MBTA Green Line extension project.

  Danielle Song, Chloe Peng, and Claire Ding (pictured, with MBTA project contact Frans Valk), along with Professor John Maleyeff (co-director of the Decision Sciences Lab [DSLab]) visited the Somerville headquarters of the MBTA Green Line extension project on December 6. This project will enable 80% of Somerville residents to live within walking distance of […]

Six Sigma Green Belt Awarded to 24 MET Students

Pictured: Pennart Klanwari (Left) and Ben Torruella (Right) receive their Green Belt in Six Sigma from Prof. John Maleyeff. Pennart Klanwari and Ben Torruella (both MS candidates in Supply Chain Management) were among the 24 students who earned their Six Sigma Green Belt in December 2021. The green belt designation is awarded to students who […]