About us
The UK Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Centre is the national hub for supply chain innovation, research, and education. Founded in 2024 by Loughborough University in partnership with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, we are part of the MIT Global SCALE Network – a unique international alliance advancing supply chain leadership across four continents.
Located in the heart of the UK’s manufacturing and logistics economy, the Centre brings together world-class expertise, real-world collaboration and global perspective to solve the most pressing supply chain challenges.
We are more than a research and education centre – we are a convener, catalyst, and community-builder. By combining cutting-edge research, applied innovation, and talent development, we help businesses, policymakers and future leaders to adapt, compete and thrive.
Our ambition is bold yet grounded: to be the UK’s leading centre for supply chain transformation, delivering smarter solutions and stronger futures for industry, society and people.
Why we’re here
Supply chains do more than move goods – they connect industries, people, economies and ideas. When they work well, everything moves forward.
But in today’s fast-changing, complex world, supply chains must do more: they must be resilient, responsive, and ready to power what’s next. That demands bolder thinking, deeper collaboration, and new kinds of capability.
That’s why the UK SCALE Centre exists. We are the UK’s national hub for supply chain transformation, driving forward smarter solutions that build stronger futures.
Our purpose
To reimagine and optimise the supply chains that connect and power our world.
Our mission
Empowering people and industry to adapt and succeed through knowledge, talent and innovation that solve complex challenges, unlock new pathways and deliver meaningful impact.
Our vision
A fairer, more prosperous and sustainable society powered by resilient supply chains, thriving industries and shared opportunity.
Our Global Network
The UK SCALE Centre is part of the MIT Global SCALE Network - a unique international alliance of six centres across four continents dedicated to advancing supply chain excellence. By combining global insight with national relevance, we connect world-class research with practical solutions that transform industries.
