Jan 13 2025
Best-selling author, entrepreneur, and MIT Professor Dr. Yossi Sheffi is a keynote speaker with expertise in systems optimization, risk analysis, and supply chain management.
Dr. Yossi Sheffi is a keynote speaker and expert in systems optimization, risk analysis, and supply chain management. Dr. Sheffi holds a diverse set of distinguished academic positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Principally, he is the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT.
He is also a best-selling author of nine award-winning books and is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, Bloomberg, Sloan Management Review, and Supply Chain Management Review, and many others. His latest book is The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the Future of Work (April 2023). He also authored books on business resilience, sustainability, clustering, and other topics.
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In 1975, Yossi Sheffi obtained his Bachelor of Science from the Technion in Israel. He obtained his Master of Science and PhD from MIT in 1977 and 1978 respectively.
Today he resides in Boston, Massachusetts, and holds several directorial positions at MIT.
Dr. Sheffi is Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL), and Director and Founder of the Master of Engineering in Logistics Program. He is the director and founder of the Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) network of six academic centers around the world.
He is a faculty member of the MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, as well as the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
Under his leadership, the MIT CTL has launched many educational, research, and industry/government outreach programs. Notably, he led the launch of the MIT online MITx MicroMasters program in supply chain management. Launched in 2016, it enrolled its 1 millionth (!) registrant in November 2022, attracting learners from 196 countries.
He is a global expert in systems optimization, risk analysis, supply chain management, and the usage and impacts of advanced technologies, subjects that he researches, teaches, and writes about.
Dr. Sheffi has consulted with numerous governments and leading manufacturing, retail, and transportation enterprises all over the world. He has also founded or co-founded five successful companies:
Dr. Sheffi has been recognized in numerous ways in academic and industry forums, including the 1997 Distinguished Service Award, the highest award given by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, and many others. In addition, he is a life fellow of Cambridge University’s Clare Hall College, and an honorary doctor of science of the University of Zaragoza in Spain.
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Dr. Yossi Sheffi is a highly sought-after keynote speaker who specializes in trending topics such as supply chain and risk management.
The Capabilities of Automation
Based on his book: The Magic Conveyor Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the Future of Work (April 2023), Professor Sheffi analyzes past technological changes and what the future workplace will look like. He will also outline the roles of individuals, companies, and governments in preparing for the future. In this speech, Professor Sheffi addresses the following questions:
The essence of prevention, detection, and response.
Companies’ fortunes in the face of disruption depend more on the choices made before the shock than actions taken in the midst of it. The interconnectedness of the global economy today means that unexpected events in one corner of the globe can ripple through the world’s supply chain and affect customers everywhere. This presentation includes examples of Yossi Sheffi’s extensive experience working with companies before, during, and after major disruptions. Furthermore, Professor Sheffi will cover:
The New (AB)NORMAL
In this presentation, Professor Sheffi discusses the impact of the pandemic, as well as current events, on the structure of future supply chains. Sheffi conducted research with multiple companies during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, he wrote two books concerning the pandemic, “The New (AB)NORMAL)” and “A Shot In The Arm,” that were widely acclaimed by academics and business leaders. In this presentation, Professor Sheffi will cover topics such as:
Handling Growth & Environmental Sustainability
For companies, sustainability is not a simple case of “profits versus planet.” Businesses face natural resource costs, public relations problems, regulatory burdens, and a green consumer segment. In this presentation, Professor Sheffi sheds light on:
Delivering Value and Driving Growth
Yossi Sheffi based this groundbreaking presentation on his research that addresses unexplained business trends that are rooted in logistics clusters – geographically concentrated sets of logistics related business activity. Professor Sheffi covers:
Dr. Sheffi did a fabulous job and we had nothing but positive feedback from attendees as well as BNSF folks. – BNSF Railway
Dr. Sheffi was able to showcase the magnitude of this growing industry and all the opportunities it brings. – Thania Ríos, Associate Dean of Miami Dade College School of Business
This book explores the vital role of global supply chains in the modern economy, and how they have been impacted by the societal and economic spasms of the early 2020s. Divided into four parts, it covers the history of supply chain management, the complexities of meeting growing consumer demands for fast delivery services, the impact of technology, and how people can succeed in an increasingly complex and automated future.
Presents a process to create scenarios, illustrating it with in-depth cases of the three types of organizations
Provides guidelines for assessing the strategic decision-making process described in the book
Explains how to answer the question “did scenario planning work” in a particular process
MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi recounts the vaccine’s world-changing journey from scientific breakthrough, to coronavirus antidote, to mass vaccination. And he explores how the mission could transform how the world combats other global-scale challenges.
In this book, MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi maps the advance of the Covid-19 pandemic and the critical role played by supply chains in helping people, governments, and businesses to manage the crisis. Expanding on themes from his previous books, "The Resilient Enterprise" (MIT Press, 2005) and "The Power of Resilience" (MIT Press 2015), Sheffi draws on executive interviews, pandemic media coverage, historical analyses, and his own experience to paint a detailed picture of how the Covid-19 virus is changing many facets of human life and what our post-pandemic world might look like.
The demands and stresses on companies only grow as executives face a multitude of competing business goals. Their stakeholders are interested in corporate profits, jobs, business growth, and environmental sustainability. In this book, business strategy expert Yossi Sheffi offers a pragmatic take on how businesses of all sizes—from Coca Cola and Siemens to Dr. Bronner’s Magical Soaps and Patagonia—navigate these competing goals.
A catastrophic earthquake is followed by a tsunami that inundates the coastline, and around the globe manufacturing comes to a standstill. State-of-the-art passenger jets are grounded because of a malfunctioning part. A strike halts shipments through a major port. A new digital device decimates the sales of other brands and sends established firms to the brink of bankruptcy. The interconnectedness of the global economy today means that unexpected events in one corner of the globe can ripple through the world's supply chain and affect customers everywhere.
