Supply Chain Strategy

F&L Philip Evans discusses managing the unexpected in the supply chain & logistics sector with Dr Yossi Sheffi, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (MIT CTL).

Smith, in discussion with Center for Transportation and Logistics Director Yossi Sheffi, reflects on 50 years in business and building for the future.

Supply chain bottlenecks that are disrupting deliveries to shoppers and businesses – while driving inflation to 40-year highs – mostly have been traced to pandemic-driven worker shortages at factories, ports and warehouses. But some top analysts say there’s a bigger culprit: You.

This week on Augmented Podcast, we are in conversation with Yossi Sheffi (@YossiSheffi), Director, MIT Center for Transporation and Logistics (@MITSupplyChain) He joins us for episode 68 of Season Two of Augmented Podcast. The topic is: Industrial Supply Chain Optimization. Augmented reveals the stories behind the new era of industrial operations, where technology will restore the agility of frontline workers. Technology is changing rapidly. What’s next in the digital factory?

Shelves at the pet food aisle are looking bare recently, leaving some pet owners scrambling to find the foods their animals need. It's a shortage issue that stems from the global supply chain woes that continues to affect nearly every industry, including pet products. "Demand for goods started going through the roof," noted Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics and a chain supply professor. Sheffi said the pandemic has led to an increase in pet adoptions, and therefore an increase in pet spending.