As sheffi explains, many companies engage in sustainability initiatives to prevent them. All content in this area was uploaded by yossi sheffi on jul 01, 2014. 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 mits department of civil and environmental engineering, and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. Yossi sheffi, professor of engineering at mit and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics, argues that a companys survival and prosperity depend more on what it does before such a disruption occurs than on the actions it takes as the event unfolds. Mit engineering instructor yossi sheffi warns that a breach of environmental standards by an obscure, deeptier supplier might threaten the reputation of firms further up the chain. Read the resilient enterprise overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage by yossi sheffi available from rakuten kobo. These are the events one worries about when one has to run a large organization. Sheffi provides the perfect antidote for the alltoohuman tendency to reach for rosy glasses despite the fact that disasters and acts of catastrophic terrorism are not a. The power of resilience, logistics clusters and more from yossi sheffi.
Overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage the mit press. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the resilient enterprise. An expert on business strategy offers a pragmatic take on how businesses of all sizes balance the competing demands of profitability and employment with sustainability. Access a free summary of the resilient enterprise, by yossi sheffi and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. A factory fire in one corner of the globe might create a supply chain domino effect halting production of finished goods worldwide. The resilient enterprise download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl. Rethinking supply chain strategy as a conceptual system roberto perezfranco, shardul phadnis, chris caplice and yossi sheffi international journal of production economics, september 2016. Delivering value and driving growth the mit press kindle edition by sheffi, yossi. Pdf a supply chain view of the resilient enterprise. The leading proponent of that argument is yossi sheffi. Jumping the barriers of the logistics function mit. Sheffi introduces the reader to the concept of a logistic cluster, describes what makes them successful, and details the benefits of logistics clusters. Yossi sheffi s book on resilience engineering is a solid examination of the field and the practices on offer today.
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These include frequent downloading of build schedules and. Few issues have morphed as dramatically in the last five years as corporate resilience. How the best companies manage the unexpected ebook written by yossi sheffi. The resilient enterprise is the mustread post911 book for every ceo, senior manager, and company director. Their stakeholders are interested in corporate profits, jobs, business growth, and environmental. Iee manufacturing engineer octobernovember 2005 resilient enterprise f ire strikes toyotas sole supplier of brake pressure valves. Which jobs can replace lost manufacturing jobs in advanced. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Pdf a supply chain view of the resilient enterprise researchgate. The power of resilience mit center for transportation and logistics. While investing in redundancy represents a pure cost increase, investing in flexibility yields many additional benefits for daytoday operations. Yossi sheffi explores the various flavors of redundancy, simplicity, flexibility and communications strategies businesses employ to make.
He founded or cofounded five companies, is frequently quoted in the press, has authored numerous scientific publications and five books. Building resilience in supply chains weforum world economic. Yossi sheffi s new book, balancing green, which focuses on sustainability in business. Pdf on mar 25, 2016, yossi sheffi and others published logisticsclusters find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Yossi sheffi is elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at mit and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. Yossi sheffi at massachusetts institute of technology. Yossi sheffi is the elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at the massachusetts institute of technology. To our knowledge, this item is not available for download. How the best companies manage the unexpected audiobook written by yossi sheffi. Director, mit center for transportation and logistics.
This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The power of resilience how the best companies manage the unexpected by yossi sheffi. That phrase once referred to managing risks that were fairly predictable and relatively easy to insure against. Elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems, mit. However, today, in the post911 era, terrorism has elevated your risk to entirely new levels. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. He has worked with leading manufacturers and logistics service providers around the world on operations and strategy issues and is the author of three awardwinning books. He has worked with manufacturers and leading service providers around the world on supply chain issues and is an active entrepreneur, having founded and cofounded five successful companies since 1982. Pdf many companies leave risk management and business continuity to. Yossi sheffi s lucid book reveals how logistics clusters enhance the productivity of global supply chains, promote trade, sustain economic growth, and create good jobs. Yossi sheffi explores the various flavors of redundancy, simplicity, flexibility and communications strategies businesses employ to make themselves resilient. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading logistics clusters. Yossi sheffi talks about his new book, the power of resilience. Sheffi provides the perfect antidote for the alltoohuman tendency to reach for rosy glasses despite the fact that disasters and acts of catastrophic terrorism are not a question of if, but when.
Why does the tiny islandnation of singapore handle a fifth of the worlds maritime containers and half the worlds annual supply of crude oil. In a new book, mit professor yossi sheffi details how some leading companies are coping with a rising tide of disturbances, from natural disasters to cyberattacks, and suggests ways in which all large firms can rethink their disruptionprone operations. Delivering value and driving growth about the author dr. Yossi sheffi obtained his bachelor of science from israel institute of technology technion in israel. Access a free summary of logistics clusters, by yossi sheffi and 20,000 other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getabstract. Professor sheffi s fifth book, published by mit press is available both in stores and in electronic format. How the best companies manage the unexpected, and how the best companies are balancing the risks involved in new products, new markets, and new processes all crucial for growth and the resilience created by advanced risk management. We are not going to run out of food, so chill, yossi sheffi tells me. Stories from nokia, dell, ups, toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to highimpact.
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