MIT-CTL Crossroads Symposium Mulls Effects of Avian Flu; Results Demonstrated with Ground Breaking White Paper & Podcast ''Highlight Reels''.WASHINGTON -- When unexpected disaster strikes a company, decision makers often find themselves at a crossroads, where supply chain and emergency response intersect. Without a well-prepared roadmap in hand, the supply chain -- and by extension, the company -- can indeed fall to its knees. That was the overriding message at a recent supply chain disruption simulation, conducted by the MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL See control key. 1. CTL - Checkout Test language. 2. CTL - Compiler Target Language. 3. CTL - Computational Tree Logic )(http://ctl.mit.edu/). Dubbed "At the Crossroads of Supply Chain and Strategy," (or "Crossroads 2006" for short), the one-day symposium in Cambridge, Mass. was attended by major corporate leaders looking to learn the most effective methods for protecting their supply chains from unforeseen catastrophe. The day focused on two principal stories of disaster recovery in the face of disruption. The first story was a simulation of a bird flu bird flu: see influenza. bird flu or avian influenza viral respiratory disease, mainly of birds including poultry and waterbirds but also transmissible to humans. pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. used to illustrate procedures for coping with emergencies. Immersion in this "experimental theater" dominated much of the symposium. The second story delved into the real-life response of Procter & Gamble (P&G) to Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , at the company's large coffee processing
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