Risk and Resilience

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

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. 

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.

Airfreight demand was down YoY for all of 2019 and the full impact of the COVID-19 outbreak won't show up until the February numbers are released next month, IATA said.

Research Scientist and course lead for MITx Supply Chain Dynamics - mit.ctl.sc3x, Alexis Bateman hosts MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi for an interview to uncover some of the pending supply chain impacts to be expected resulting from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Clarksons Platou Securities and Windward suggest volume at Chinese ports are beginning to trend toward normalcy.Figures from Clarksons Platou Securities, a maritime brokerage, suggest port calls have already surpassed 2019 levels...