Logistics

Helping companies navigate Covid-19

Professor Yossi Sheffi's latest book, “The New (Ab)Normal,” offers a key supply chain perspective on the pandemic.

October 1, 2020

Three workers in a warehouse wearing protective face masks

3 Questions: Frank Levy and Arshia Mehta on warehousing and trucking in response to Covid-19

Work of the Future research brief looks at changes in two supply-chain industries in the wake of the pandemic.

September 11, 2020

Philip Kuai of the Dada Group rings the NASDAQ opening bell.

Crowdsourced grocery delivery service thrives despite pandemic woes

Philip Kuai MNG '07 leads first fully virtual investor roadshow to bring his company, Dada Group, to an initial public offering in New York.

August 12, 2020

A suburban warehouse hub common to food supply chains in the United States

Near real-time, peer-reviewed hypothesis verification informs FEMA on Covid-19 supply chain risks

The MIT Humanitarian Supply Chain Lab implements a rapid assessment process to inform policy.

June 18, 2020

“Most manufacturing companies will keep about two weeks of inventory,” says David Simchi-Levi, who is a professor of engineering systems in the School of Engineering and in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society within the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. "That means they were able to cover demand for the first two weeks of March. After that, [given] no more supplies, ther...

Supply chain outlook: The timing of the slowdown

MIT Professor David Simchi-Levi forecast the mid-March manufacturing pause. Now he looks ahead.

March 25, 2020

“People are worried about the food supply chain,” says MIT supply chain expert Yossi Sheffi, who is the Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, a professor in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. “However, the U.S. food supply chain is very robust.”

Supply chain outlook: Why the situation varies by industry

MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi describes the supply chain landscape in the U.S., from food security to concerns about medical supplies.

March 25, 2020

MIT expands global supply chain research with opening of new facilities in Ningbo, China

Incoming director Jay Guo commits to educating individuals and supporting industry at the Supply Chain Innovation Institute.

October 18, 2019

Chris Caplice (right) receives the MITx Prize for Teaching and Learning with MOOCs from Krishna Rajagopal in 2018.

Chris Caplice appointed MIT senior research scientist

Executive director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics is recognized for his commitment to research and education in supply chain management.

August 27, 2019

Ebola-response supplies bound for Liberia

Launching a vital link in the Ebola-response effort

With help from MIT Humanitarian Response Lab, a cargo flight carries much-needed supplies to support health systems and Ebola-response operations in Liberia.

January 13, 2015