The talk will cover many of the topics and examples described in Professor Sheffi's award winning and bestselling book "The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage." (MIT Press, 2005). Including:

- Supply chain management processes
- Building resilience
- Overcoming vulnerability
- Maintaining competitive advantage

James Robertson, Commissioning Editor for the Manufacturing Alumni who is working with Dr Sheffi commented: "The ability to bounce back from unexpected supply chain disruptions is the essence of "resilience".  Resilience can be achieved by building in redundancy (e.g., in inventories, capacity, and suppliers), but such redundancies are expensive.  A more viable way of ensuring resilience is by building in flexibility into the supply chain. Webinar participants will discover how this presentation will highlight the most effective ways of developing resilient supply chains and will explore how they can be used for day-to-day competitive advantage"

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About Yossi Sheffi:

Dr. Yossi Sheffi is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he serves as Director of MIT's Engineering Systems Division and 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 researches and teaches at MIT, both at the MIT School of Engineering and at the Sloan School of Management.  He is the author of dozens of scientific publications and two books: a textbook on transportation networks optimization and the recently published The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage (MIT Press, October 2005).  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 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. In 2007 he became the director of the MIT Engineering Systems Division, where he set a strategy, revamped the PhD program, and set the division for future growth. In 2008 he launched the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation in Bogota, Colombia, with participation of dozens of Latin-American universities and businesses.

Outside the university Professor Sheffi has consulted with numerous government agencies as well as 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.

About World Trade Group:

• WTG is a market leading conference company that brings together senior executives from world class organisations for a unique blend of knowledge sharing, networking and deal making
• Each year, more than 5000 senior delegates - predominantly Fortune or FTSE 500 - attend one of WTG's high level business events in Europe and North America. Many of our events are now in their ninth or tenth successful year
• Our event portfolio includes more than 30 ‘must attend' conferences and events held across Europe and North America across 5 key core industries: human resources, energy, manufacturing and supply chain, food and beverage and pharma
• The event format, pioneered by WTG, has carefully researched conference programmes, which are combined with facilitated networking sessions to provide delegates with cutting edge information and innovative solutions
• The Manufacturing and Supply Chain division also hosts the Supply Chain Distinction Awards and the Strategic Manufacturing Awards.

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Note to Editors - Please include this event in your events calendar. If you require more information, please contact: James Robertson, Commissioning Editor on  james.robertson@wtgevents.com  or call +44 (0)20 7202 7575

 

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