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Can the U.S. reshore its way to stability and security? How will AI reshape the workforce and higher education? Professor Yossi Sheffi, Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, weighs in on supply chains, AI, and manufacturing. Listen to Harvards' Managing the Future of Work Podcast now!

A book titled “The Magic Conveyor Belt” does an exceptionally good job of explaining the supply chain. Until a few years ago, explaining your role as a supply chain management professional was probably not a great conversation starter at parties. But when the pandemic began in 2020, suddenly the entire world at least had a cursory understanding of what the industry was about.

Read more for an academic book review of The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, AI, and the Future of Work. The book's authors show how scenario planning methodology brings flexibility and pragmatism to the table that makes it a valuable interventional choice for any industry. Through case studies and shared artifacts, this book illustrates well the value of scenario planning to supply chain strategy. Useful terminology from both scenario planning and SCM can be learned from the book, bolstered by supplementary materials.

The book’s author, Dr. Yoshi Sheffi, is an expert in systems optimization, risk analysis, and supply chain management, which are deeply technical subjects, but this book is targeted to a much broader audience than just researchers in his field. 

ASCM Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Rennie recently had the opportunity to interview Sheffi, ahead of his keynote address at ASCM CONNECT 2023: North America, September 11-13, in Louisville, Kentucky. Learn more and register for the premier supply chain event of the year.

Listen in as Yossi Sheffi discusses his new book, The Magic Conveyor Belt, and the state of supply chain management. On this episode of The Rebound, MIT professor and author Yossi Sheffi talks about his latest book and what supply chain leaders learned from the pandemic that’s making supply chains better than ever. ASCM (www.ascm.org) CEO Abe Eshkenazi and SCMR Editor Bob Trebilcock host.

Many industries are implementing various forms of generative artificial intelligence in the workplace. Experts differ on whether the technology will cause mass unemployment.

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Supply chains have faced several challenges over the last few years, and there is no end in sight. They have overcome the danger of food shortages and PPE scarcity and are now bracing for the impact of driverless vehicles and omnipresent AI. There is never a dull moment when you work in supply chain. professor Sheffi gets an interview from Supply Chain Now podcast hosts. 

Professor Sheffi has shared his knowledge through his books, including his latest, “The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the Future of Work.” He has been one of the leaders in the field at educating and sharing with the general public the wonders of supply chain logistics. Listen into this interview between Sheffi and host, Radu Palamariu. 

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AI is automating knowledge work, and the implications for the half of the U.S. workforce who are employed in such jobs are profound. It’s true that these white-collar jobs have been evolving for decades as technology has improved, but the elimination of middle-skilled jobs seems set to accelerate as AI is institutionalized in the workplace.