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President Joe Biden met with CEOs of different grocers and major retailers on the supply chain and inflation issues during holiday shopping. “The business leaders gathered here today represent a broad swath of American shopping,” Biden said. Companies like Best Buy, Food Lion, Samsung, Kroger, Walmart and more were there.

“Companies have their own interests in making the supply chain work because otherwise, they’ve got nothing to sell,” MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Director Yossi Sheffi said.

Most of us know that the COVID vaccines from Moderna, Pfizer and J&J were developed, approved and rolled out to the public in record time, and on a global basis. But few of us understand the heroic effort that happened behind the scenes to make this a reality.

As the tumult of 2020 continues into 2021, people are looking for illumination. How is COVID-19 reshaping supply chains, and what can we learn from the vaccine rollout? What will work look like going forward, and how can we succeed while working remotely?

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.

Consumers strategically making their lists and hitting the malls a month ahead of time are hopeful to avoid an expected shortfall of gift options. “If you don’t order stuff ahead of time, you may not have it,” Yossi Sheffi, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation and Logistics, says in a Consumer Reports article titled “Experts Agree: Get Your Holiday Shopping Done ASAP.” “We always see those pictures of people who are going tw

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.

The race to deliver a Covid-19 vaccine has been likened to a moonshot, but in several ways landing a man on the moon was easier. In his new book “A SHOT IN THE ARM: How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World,” MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi recounts the vaccine’s extraordinary journey from scientific breakthroughs to coronavirus antidote and mass vaccination. And he explores how the mission could transform the fight against deadly diseases and other global-scale challenges. 

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’.