In this article, Professor Yossi Sheffi explores New York City's congestion pricing plan, which launched on January 5, 2025, and has faced criticism for increasing business costs, particularly for freight companies. While the plan aims to reduce traffic and pollution, its success remains uncertain, drawing on mixed results from cities like London and Stockholm. Professor Sheffi examines whether the toll revenues will be reinvested in public transit and how businesses might absorb or pass on the added costs. Read on for more insights...
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THE MAGIC CONVEYOR BELT: Supply Chains, A.I. and the Future of Work
The latest book by MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi on global supply chains is an exploration of one of the most critical and complex systems of our modern economy. In The Magic Conveyor Belt, Professor Sheffi examines how supply chains have been affected by the societal and economic shocks of the early 2020s, demystifying their murky depths, twists, and turns. He also illustrates how supply chains actually worked well during the pandemic, why technology alone is not enough (despite being the key to sustainability), and how human and A.I. collaboration is the future.
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