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Dr. Yossi Sheffi speaks with Dave Sobel on The Business of Tech Podcast. Intro and will this destroy jobs or create more? (07:19) Microsoft’s branding (08:16) Where are the obvious places to help customers? (10:09) What skills should we help customers learn? (14:41) What can smaller organizations do to get ready? (16:34) About The Magic Conveyor Belt

Author Yossi Sheffi offers some key takeaways from his book, The Magic Conveyor Belt.

Throughout human history, people have worried about technology taking away their jobs. From the automated textile looms and “horseless carriages” of the past to the package-handling robots and driverless vehicles of today, automation has elicited fear and resentment toward job-stealing machines. This is understandable, as during the series of industrial revolutions, many jobs were diminished or replaced by machines. Yet other jobs were created over time. Professor Yossi Sheffi contributes material from his new book to help the world of airfreight look towards the future. 

Chain Store Age recently spoke with Dr. Yossi Sheffi, a global supply chain expert who is director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation & Logistics, about how retailers can leverage AI to prevent and mitigate supply chain disruption, among other uses

The Magic Conveyor Belt explains the foundations for understanding supply chains, the important role they continue to play in our global economy, their intrinsic and growing complexity, and the impact of digital technologies and automation on the evolution of global supply chains. Mr. Wladawsky-Berger reviews Professor Yossi Sheffi's latest book.. 

Yossi Sheffi, Elisha Grey II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and LinkedIn's Top Voice, spoke to Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, about the role of AI in supply chains, its impact on international trade and finance and his latest book: The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the

WBZ-TV's Paula Ebben interviewed MIT professor and author Yossi Sheffi, Ph.D., on the possible impacts artificial intelligence could have on the workforce.

Professor Yossi Sheffi talks to CBS Boston about his latest book and how the future of work with AI is looking. He gives his thoughts based on his global expertise in supply chain. 

Before the release of his new book ‘The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, AI and the Future of Work‘, Dr. Yossi Sheffi, director of the Center for Transport and Logistics at MIT, discusses the application of artificial intelligence in global commerce, how leaders could implement this technology, how governments could regulate it and how workers could protect their livelihoods in changing workplaces.

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David Maloney recently had the opportunity to interview Dr. Sheffi to discuss why distribution networks need to be redesigned, the impending robot apocalypse in warehousing and transportation jobs and how to create the talent pool to serve supply chains of the future.