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Dr. Yossi Sheffi, at MIT, weighs in on supply chain shortages caused by COVID-19 and what we can expect moving forward.

Once pandemic ends, businesses may take 6 months to get up and running normally, says CFO survey. The biggest task facing the world right now is stopping the spread of the coronavirus. But even when the global public health crisis is under control and global supply chain disruptions caused by COVID-19 end, many large companies expect that business will not return to normal for between three to six months.

During this coronavirus outbreak, industries must find ways to make better use of idle resources to fight the virus, says the Financial Times’ Tim Harford.

The Covid-19 crisis has reminded many in the U.S. of the dark days after Sept. 11. It is swiftly coming to resemble those after Pearl Harbor, when a Japanese attack drove a reluctant nation into World War II.

"What’d You Miss This Week" goes through a financial market week for the history books. 

MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi speaks to Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Romaine Bostick on the virus's effect on supply chains. 

As countries shut down, stock markets crumble and economic activity slows to a crawl, it is hard to believe that in a few months the coronavirus crisis may be over.

Events like the COVID-19 pandemic upend global supply chains and leave companies scrambling. From internal decisions to how to work with suppliers and customers, here’s what to do now.

A 3-part Webinar; MIT Industrial Liaison Program with professors Yossi Sheffi, Alex Pentland, and Andrew Lo for a special webinar highlighting the impacts of COVID-19 on business.

Now that many employers, schools and governments are instituting "social distancing" to try and slow the spread of the coronavirus, the disruption to supply chains is likely to get much worse before it gets better, said Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics.