Past Appearances

Shelves at the pet food aisle are looking bare recently, leaving some pet owners scrambling to find the foods their animals need. It's a shortage issue that stems from the global supply chain woes that continues to affect nearly every industry, including pet products. "Demand for goods started going through the roof," noted Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and a chain supply professor.

Companies are realising the true potential of technology in managing supply chain disruptions. As a result, many have accelerated their digital transformation initiatives.

To find out what this entails, listen to our latest podcast featuring Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Professor of Engineering Systems and Head of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, and Scott Horn, VP of the Logistics and Services Platform at Maersk.

The MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics Executive Education intensive courses provide the resources you need to stay ahead of the latest developments in SCM. As a leading research and education center at the world-renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT CTL is uniquely positioned to deliver the knowledge you need to inform your strategy and practice. Professor Yossi Sheffi will be teaching a class and sharing his unique expert insight on supply chain with participants during the SCE Executive Education course. 

Join MIT Global SCALE Connect for an in-depth conversation with Paul Granadillo, SVP Global Supply Chain at Moderna. MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi will be speaking with Paul about how the pandemic response reshaped manufacturing, business, and supply chains at Moderna.

- All MIT Alum and Staff and their guests are welcome -

Professor Yossi Sheffi talks with MKTV host about supply chain, manufacturing, resiliency, and the affects of the COIVD-19 pandemic on the global ecosystem. 

Private Event

Private Event

The challenges of maintaining complex supply chains in a turbulent trading environment are well known to shipping and logistics executives. Yet in the last two years, years’ worth of change has taken place in mere months, digitizing the supply chain and adapting to supply chain shocks. With executives increasingly seeking greater efficiency through automation and artificial intelligence, and customers demanding personalized, bespoke supply chain management tools, can this technological leap solve multiple problems at once?

This hour we look at what’s going on, and how supply chain disruptions have impacted truck drivers and secondhand stores. Plus, why you don’t have to worry about maple syrup shortages any time soon, thanks to a Canadian maple syrup reserve.