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The Trump administration’s aggressive stance toward China has compounded uncertainty on U.S.-China trade relations. In considering how the presidential elections may affect the flow of international trade, companies should avoid the accepted wisdom.

Yossi Sheffi, Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems & Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, discusses his new book, "The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19."

Dr. Yossi Sheffi, the Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics chats with FreightWaves CEO and Founder Craig Fuller. For more content like this head to TV.freightwaves.com 

DC VELOCITY's new podcast is designed to help you keep up with what’s happening in this fast-changing industry. Each week, the editors of DC VELOCITY discuss the latest news and developing trends we all need to know about to keep ahead of the competition. We also talk to industry experts and practitioners in the logistics field. Professor Sheffi joins the podcast on October 16th. 

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).

Our team has programmed sessions that put some of today’s game-changing strategies and digital solutions into perspective and offer practical tips for evaluating, implementing and leveraging today’s new thinking to build resilience into our supply chain operations through recovery—and beyond.

Watch the Summit here. 

In his new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19, published today, MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi explains how companies grappled with the chaos of the Covid-19 pandemic and how they can survive and thrive as the crisis subsides. Sheffi pays particular attention to supply chain’s role in helping companies manage and recover from the pandemic.

Bloomberg Baystate Business for Wednesday August 26th, 2020. Hear from Professor Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, on global supply chain concerns, as well as other professionals on various current business topics. 

COVID-19’s lockdowns have required people to replace much of the in-person communication they conducted at work -- as well as with customers and suppliers -- with virtual meetings on platforms such as Zoom, Teams, and Hangout. When the coronavirus crisis subsides, will people return to physical meeting places or cling to the virtual equivalents they have become familiar with?

Speculations that US companies will cut China out by reshoring supply chains seem unlikely and expensive, a university professor said on Thursday.