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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.

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.

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. 

Previously hosted on LinkedIn Live. 

In this episode, Professor Sheffi shares highlights and research from his latest book: The Magic Conveyor Belt, Supply Chains, A.I. and the Future of Work. Our podcast discussion focuses on the key challenges and opportunities provided to industry supply chain teams in the current fourth industrialization context of the book, along with the future of supply chains and the people who run them. Further explored are future notions of descriptive and normative applications software and how they impact current and future supply chain focused decision-making.

In advance of Professor Yossi Sheffi's keynote address for the Vision Spectra Conference, editor-in-chief Michael Wheeler sat down with Sheffi for an exclusive interview.

Professor Yossi Sheffi appears on the Supply Chain Brain podcast. Is artificial intelligence the technology that will finally make humans obsolete?

Every technological innovation throughout history has been accompanied by doomsayers who predict that it will eliminate the need for human labor. Artificial intelligence (and its most recent manifestation, ChatGPT) is no exception. Will this powerful tool finally fulfill a vision of machines taking over our work — specifically, in the area of supply chain management?