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Chainalytics’ Operations Diagnostic and Design service determines the optimal warehouse/distribution center layout, optimizes processes to increase efficiency, capacity and operational performance and identifies opportunities to reduce the cost to serve your customers. Learn more ➜
Chainalytics’ 3PL Selection and Advisory services help organizations to determine if their distribution operations should be outsourced, how to select the right partner for their business and ensure that their 3PL partner is performing in accordance with contractual requirements – with a goal of maximizing service and minimizing cost to the organization. Learn more ➜
Our Technology Selection & Implementation service helps you to choose the right technology to support your company’s day-to-day operations. Learn more ➜
Many organizations find themselves focused on product sales, often overlooking the high costs associated with the post-sales support of those products – i.e. returns, repairs and warranty operations. Learn more ➜
Managing your customer orders and accounts receivable can prove both challenging and time consuming. Learn more ➜
Our Procure-to-Pay service is designed to identify solutions that provide organizations with improved control and visibility over the entire lifecycle of a transaction – from the way an item is ordered to the way that the final invoice is processed – providing full insight into cash-flow and financial commitments. Learn more ➜
Recognizing the need for a paradigm shift produces additional questions and concerns that must be addressed when considering which aspects of your operations benefit most from transformation. Learn more ➜
The team routinely develops solutions for the challenging questions facing our clients, including:
Our practitioners provide fact-based analysis and pragmatic delivery of a leaner and more flexible operation that reduces waste and minimizes risks across your supply chain.
Chainalytics’ Supply Chain Operations services include:
Chris concurrently serves as Chief Scientist for Chainalytics and the Executive Director of MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics. At Chainalytics, Chris pioneered the Freight Market Intelligence Consortium which he presently co-leads.
In his role as Executive Director of the Center for Transportation & Logistics (CTL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is responsible for the planning and management of the research, education, and corporate outreach programs for the center to include the Supply Chain Exchange and the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) graduate program. He is also the founder of the MIT FreightLab – a research initiative that focuses on improving the way freight transportation is designed, procured, and managed. Prior to joining MIT, Chris held senior management positions in supply chain consulting, product development, and professional services at several companies, including Logistics.com, SABRE, and PTCG.
Chris holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Transportation and Logistics Systems, a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
Inam leads the global Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC) at Chainalytics. In this role, he develops intelligence solutions for the transportation market using machine learning and data visualization techniques. FMIC offers unparalleled visibility to transportation rates and market data across the globe, making it the most powerful and trusted source of freight market intelligence.
Prior to joining Chainalytics, Inam led the engineering team at Transplace, a third party logistics provider, where he developed and innovated such service offerings as network optimization, site selection, procurement, and transportation optimization. These services helped many shippers balance the cost and service trade-offs across their large, complex networks.
Inam holds a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in Applied Operations Research, a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University.