| Yossi
Sheffi
Elisha Gray II Professor of Engineering
Systems
Professor of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
Director, Engineering Systems Division
Director, Center
for Transportation and Logistics
Director and Founder, Master
of Engineering in Logistics Program
Dr. Yossi Sheffi became Director
of MIT's Engineering Systems Division, effective Nov. 15,
2007.
Dr. Sheffi holds a dual appointment
at MIT at the Civil and Environmental Engineering and at
the Engineering Systems Division. He also serves as Director
of the MIT
Center for Transportation and Logistics. He is an expert
in systems optimization, risk analysis and supply chain
management, which are the subjects he teaches and researches
at MIT. He is the author of dozens of scientific publications
and two books: a textbook
on transportation networks optimization and the recently
published business best-seller The
Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive
Advantage (MIT Press, October 2005). The Resilient Enterprise
got rave reviews from dozens of trade publications as well
as from the NYT, WSJ, and The Economist. The Financial Times
chose it as one of the best business books of 2005. It was
also awarded the “2005 Book of the Year” in
the category of Business and Economics by ForeWord Magazine.
Under his leadership, the Center
launched many new educational, research, and industry/government
outreach programs, leading to substantial growth. He is
the director of MIT's Master
of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) degree which he founded
and launched in 1998. In 2003 he launched the MIT-Zaragoza
program, building a new logistics university in Spain
based on a unique international academia, government and
industry partnership.
Outside the university Professor
Sheffi has consulted with numerous governments and leading
manufacturing, retail and transportation enterprises all
over the world. He is also an active entrepreneur,
having founded five successful companies, and a sought-after
speaker in corporate and professional events.
Dr. Sheffi was recognized
in numerous ways in academic and industry forums and was
on the cover of Purchasing
Magazine and Transportation
and Distribution Magazine. In 1997 he won the Distinguished
Service Award given by the Council of Supply Chain Management
Professionals. In 2002/03 he was on sabbatical in the Judge
Institute of Management in Cambridge University, UK. He
is also a life fellow of Cambridge University’s Clare
Hall College.
He obtained his B.Sc. from the
Technion in Israel in 1975, his S.M. from MIT in 1977, and
Ph.D. from MIT in 1978. He now resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
Updated November 2009
News
and announcements:
Books
Published by Yossi Sheffi
ESD
Director Yossi Sheffi appointed to Elisha Gray II Professorship
(October 20, 2009)
ESD
Director Yossi Sheffi accepts 2009 International Aragon
Prize on behalf of MIT (April 23, 2009)
Yossi
Sheffi on Navigating the Energy Crunch, ON Magazine
(.pdf) (October 3, 2008)
Prof.
Yossi Sheffi quoted in CIO magazine article about global
supply chain risks (October 1, 2008)
Prof.
Yossi Sheffi delivered the keynote address at The International
Society of Logistics annual conference in Orlando, Florida
(August 22, 2008)
Prof.
Yossi Sheffi quoted in Wall Street Journal story, “U.S.
Retools Economy, Curbing Thirst for Oil” (.pdf)
(August 13, 2008)
Prof.
Yossi Sheffi quoted in USA Today story about transportation
costs altering world trade (August 13, 2008)
Yossi
Sheffi on NBC Nightly News – easier for western states
to expand mass transit than eastern states (June
18, 2008)
Yossi
Sheffi in Sunday Morning Herald, Australia: What lies beneath
(May 30, 2008)
Yossi
Sheffi testifies before the full House Committee on Homeland
Security (May 19, 2008)
Yossi
Sheff on CRM Daily.com – Some Viruses Come Pre-Installed
(April 1, 2008)
Prof. Sheffi quoted in NY
Times, Boston
Globe, USA
Today: Some viruses come pre-installed (March 14,
2008)
Geeks
and Chiefs on iTunesU (September 28, 2007)
Sheffi
named director of Engineering Systems Division (September
26, 2007)
Prof.
Sheffi receives award from President of Aragon (.wmv)
(June 13, 2007)
Prof.
Yossi Sheffi's Resilient Enterprise released in
Spanish version (June 1, 2007)
Sheffi
calls for MIT to educate geeks and chiefs: Stresses
urgent need for engineering leaders to address environment,
globalization, other complex issues (April
18, 2007)
For
Frustrated Riders: Prof. Sheffi Shares Theory Behind MBTA
Bus Delay (November 2, 2006)
Leadership
+ local initiative + volunteers = recovery in New Orleans
(September 12, 2006)
Prof.
Sheffi shares lessons learned from Katrina and Hezbollah
(August 18, 2006)
Prof.
Yossi Sheffi on the logistics of evacuating Lebanon
(July 31, 2006)
Prof.
Sheffi in The Economist (June 16, 2006)
Resilient
Enterprise
named "Book of the Year" (June 9, 2006)
CTL
Director featured in World is Flat (June
9, 2006)
Book
TV to Feature Prof. Yossi Sheffi & His New Biz Bestseller
(December 6, 2005)
Hurricane Symposium zeroes in
on response (features ESD Professors Larson, Oye, and Sheffi.
Moderated by Prof. Hastings.) Click here
for article and here
for online video. (October 9, 2005)
Yossi
Sheffi's The Resilient Enterprise Receives Top
Ranking (September 15, 2005)
Yossi
Sheffi Featured on NPR's "Here and Now"
(September 9, 2005)
Yossi
Sheffi in Traffic World on Katrina's Impact on
Transportation, Shipping (September 9, 2005)
Yossi
Sheffi on BBC's The World: Transportation Safety
in London (July 23, 2005)
Yossi
Sheffi on NPR: Insuring American Businesses Against Terrorism
(July 18, 2005)
Yossi
Sheffi on NPR: How Resilient is British Public Transportation?
(July 8, 2005)
Supply
Chain Management under the Threat of International Terrorism
by Yossi Sheffi (October 2002)
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