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DC Velocity

October 16, 2020

DC VELOCITY's new podcast is designed to help you keep up with what’s happening in this fast-changing industry. Each week, the editors of DC VELOCITY discuss the latest news and developing trends we all need to know about to keep ahead of the competition. We also talk to industry experts and practitioners in the logistics field. Professor Sheffi joins the podcast on October 16th.

Pandemic could level the playing field between small and large companies

CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly

October 8, 2020

Driven by the chaos of the coronavirus pandemic, companies have created “corporate immune systems” to recognize and manage large-scale disruptions quickly, according to a new book from Yossi Sheffi, a supply chain professor at the Massachusetts Institute of technology (MIT).

Time to Turn the Corner

Supply Chain Management Review: 2020 Virtual Summit

October 6, 2020

Our team has programmed sessions that put some of today’s game-changing strategies and digital solutions into perspective and offer practical tips for evaluating, implementing and leveraging today’s new thinking to build resilience into our supply chain operations through recovery—and beyond.

Watch the Summit here.

The Real Inconvenient Truth

November 01, 2020

Management Business Review

Consumers choose economic development over serious climate initiatives. Corporations don't invest in meaningful change, because consumers won't pay for it. And governments cannot lead if citizens won't follow. The battle to prevent climate change through behavior modification, regulation, or personal deprivation has already been lost. Yossi Sheffi explains why the solution is collaborative investment in developing technologies that can reverse climate change.

Book from MIT’s Sheffi Helps Companies Navigate the Pandemic Today and Tomorrow

Supply Chain Management Review

October 1, 2020

In his new book The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19, published today, MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi explains how companies grappled with the chaos of the Covid-19 pandemic and how they can survive and thrive as the crisis subsides. Sheffi pays particular attention to supply chain’s role in helping companies manage and recover from the pandemic.

Trust is Hard to Develop Online

ITB Asia

{Originally posted to LinkedIn} COVID-19’s lockdowns have required people to replace much of the in-person communication they conducted at work -- as well as with customers and suppliers -- with virtual meetings on platforms such as Zoom, Teams, and Hangout. When the coronavirus crisis subsides, will people return to physical meeting places or cling to the virtual equivalents they have become familiar with?

Baystate Business: Hurricane Laura and Supply Chains (Radio)

Bloomberg

August 26, 2020

Bloomberg Baystate Business for Wednesday August 26th, 2020. Hear from Professor Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, on global supply chain concerns, as well as other professionals on various current business topics.

Aligning Purchasing Power with Sustainable Production and Consumption

July 27, 2020

One Earth

Governments and corporations have an opportunity to lead the transition toward sustainable consumption and production by shifting their purchasing power toward environmentally responsible supply networks. But this will require reliable information on complex global supply networks. What information and decision-support tools do governments and corporations need to galvanize this transition?

Trust is Hard to Develop Online

LinkedIn Influencer

June 19, 2020

COVID-19’s lockdowns have required people to replace much of the in-person communication they conducted at work -- as well as with customers and suppliers -- with virtual meetings on platforms such as Zoom, Teams, and Hangout. When the coronavirus crisis subsides, will people return to physical meeting places or cling to the virtual equivalents they have become familiar with?

US Companies Unlikely to Remove China from Supply Chains

ICIS

June 11, 2020

Speculations that US companies will cut China out by reshoring supply chains seem unlikely and expensive, a university professor said on Thursday.

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