Plotting the complex path of products
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 06:00
in Mathematics & Economics
In March 2011, Leonardo Bonanni '03, SM '05, PhD '12 was preparing to defend his PhD thesis on Sourcemap, software that lets consumers map every connection of a product supply chain on a digital map, when tragedy struck in Japan. Although the deadly earthquake and tsunami occurred half a world away, the events had an unexpected impact on Bonanni and Sourcemap.