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This episode of The Logistics Tribe is hosted by Marco Prüglmeier, with guest Dr. Yossi Sheffi, and covers a wide spectrum of topics: the Semiconductor shortage, supply chain disruptions during COVID, climate change, globalization and the role technology can play to tackle all of those issues.

Adrian and Devin, co-hosts of The Black Agenda podcast, speak with Professor Yossi Sheffi of MIT about the supply chain and what we can expect to see this Holiday Season. Sit back and listen well.

Peggy and Yossi Sheffi, professor, MIT, talk about the supply chain difficulties today and his most recent book The New (Ab)Normal. He says the experience of writing the book was weird—like writing a history book while history is unfolding.

They discuss:

• The biggest problem with the supply chain today that needs to be solved.
• Why demand is high and supply can’t catch up.
• The bullwhip effect on the supply chain and how to address it.

We learn about about the development of successful Covid-19 vaccines in record time — including the science behind them and the supply chains that enabled them. Our guest is Dr. Yossi Sheffi, a professor of engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. (Podcast)

Renowned MIT Professor and supply chain management expert Yossi Sheffi recently released his 6th book, titled ‘A Shot in the Arm: How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World’.

This week on Hubwonk, Joe Selvaggi talks with global supply chain expert, MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi about the unprecedented global supply and demand shocks created by the Covid-19 pandemic and how effective supply chain managers in an integrated world economy adapted to provide consumers with food, goods, and vaccines in record time.
 

According to Yosi Sheffi, the director of MIT's Center for Transportation and Logistics, "The underlying cause of all of this is actually a huge increase in demand. … People did not spend during the pandemic. And then, all the government help came; trillions of dollars went to households. So, they order stuff. They order more and more stuff. And the whole global markets were not ready for this." So, wait: There's plenty of goods, and plenty of people who want to buy them – so, where's the problem? Here's a hint: Trucks.

Driven by the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic, companies have created “corporate immune systems” to recognize and manage large-scale disruptions quickly, according to a new book from Yossi Sheffi, a supply chain professor at the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT).

Mecalux sat down with professor Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, to talk about how Covid-19 is reshaping businesses and supply chains – and what’s coming next. Covid-19 has taught us several things about supply chains. First of all, we learned that the general media — including major publications in the U.S. and Europe — know very little about supply chains. The media tend to catastrophize everything..

Professor Yossi Sheffi of MIT University is a scholar in the field of ESG. I asked him, who wrote a book called Balancing Green on a related topic, 'the proper way to practice ESG.' He emphasized the importance of consumer awareness. Businesses and governments can take meaningful action only when consumers recognize the impact of their consumption on the environment and change their behavior.