Yossi sheffis book provides a fascinating description of the power of clusters in services and the evolution of logistics clusters globally. The logistics cluster is a coordination mechanism established by the interagency standing committee iasc, activated to ensure an efficient and effective emergency response the basis for the current international humanitarian coordination system was set by general assembly resolution 46182 in december 1991 and extended in the humanitarian reform of 2005, with new elements to improve. Yossi sheffi, a supply chain leader enterra solutions, llc. Oct 17, 2014 yossi sheffi is elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at mit and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. Its an informative read for those in the business field, logistics field, or anyone who desires to learn more about logistics and its inner workings. Look at haiti, sheffi says, speaking of the devastating 2010 earthquake. He highlights just how vulnerable supply chains can be, often as a result of events far removed from a businesss operations. Sheffi outlines the characteristic positive feedback loop of logistics clusters development and what differentiates them from other industrial clusters. The logistics capacity assessment lca is a tool created by the world food programme and managed jointly with the logistics cluster. Logistics clusters provide lower prices and more comprehensive services, and they help clients achieve better business performance.
Yossi sheffi speaks on jobs, growth, and economic development volpe center. Logistics jobs have the further advantage of stability, sheffi says. As yossi sheffi pointed out at the scl europe conference last week, logisics clusters have positive and negative consequences as well. Dr yossi sheffi is a professor at the massachusetts institute of. How will transport infrastructure be able to keep up with increasing freight volumes and growing demand for fast, efficient, reliable and. The purpose of the lca is to provide updated information on the logistics infrastructure and services in a country. Mit professor yossi sheffi is an active contributor to media coverage of the covid19 pandemic.
A study on logistics cluster competitiveness among asia. The benefits of logistics clustering emerald insight. Access sat down with mit professor yossi sheffi to discuss this phenomenon and his new book, logistics clusters. Jan 10, 20 sheffi answers these questions and more in his insightful and fastpaced book. Upsides and downsides of logistics clusters scm supply. He is the founding director of mits master of supply chain management degree, established in 1998. This interesting book shows how clusters are getting more important in the global economy, not less, defying predictions of the end of geography. May 23, 2014 companies working within logistics clusters gain two operational advantages. An interview with yossi sheffi on logistics clusters scm.
He has also worked on supply chain problems with top logistics service providers and manufacturers. Delivering value and driving growth 2012, by yossi sheffi. To find out more, fill in our online enquiry form or contact us today on 0116 2824 111 to. Logisticare strives for excellence and sets the highest of standards throughout the length of the supply chain. The world is so connected that the feedback loops are more intense, said ellen kullman, ceo of dupont. Most clusters are the outcome of historical processes but a few are by deliberate create regional and national policies, hence clusters have at least two ways of being created. Youll learn how logistics clusters develop such as europes largest logistics park in zaragoza, spain and which geographic and governmental factors influence their development. Importantly, youll discover exactly how logistic clusters affect both the local and global economy. Logistics clusters offer employment opportunities to a full range of workers including lowskilled logistics services value on the floor experience and thus promote. Yossi sheffi has served as the director of the mit center for transportation and logistics since 1992.
Logistics clusters guest post by yossi sheffi, mit. An interview with yossi sheffi on logistics clusters. The new facility will be able to harness the power of some of the most advance automation and robotics warehouse technologies, double the pallet capacity of its current space while occupying less than a third of its current project. Yossi sheffi is a professor at the massachusetts institute of technology, where he serves as director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. While much of this book covers regional government initiatives for developing logistics clusters, sheffi also refers to several case studies illustrating collaboration between individual companies. Logistics intensive clusters are agglomerations of several types of firms and operations. Logistics clusters are agglomerations of firms that come together to share logistics expertise and knowhow.
Overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage. He directs the mit center for transportation and logistics. Upcoming conference puts supply chain management in broad. 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. Oct 05, 2012 yossi sheffi is elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at mit and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. Summary logistics and clusters delivering value and.
These logistics clusters offer compelling advantages for carriers, for customers, and for regional economies. Logistics clusters guest post by yossi sheffi, mit supply. While the advantages of hightechnology, knowledgebased clusters have been analyzed extensively, logistics cluster have not. Yossi sheffi has been writing about transportation, logistics, and supply chain management since as far back as 1985, when he published urban transportation networks. Yossi sheffi from mits sloan school of management presented at the scl europe meeting in berlin today, and spoke about his upcoming book on logistics clusters. How logistics clusters can create jobs while providing companies with c.
Overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage, logistics. Sheffi answers these questions and more in his insightful and fastpaced book. Logistics clusters 2012 is the textbook for logistics operations in the modern world. Pdf on mar 25, 2016, yossi sheffi and others published logisticsclusters find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. These comments provide some highlights from his discussion and i met with him to discuss more on these issues. Sheffi builds on three years of research aimed at understanding the effects of disruptions on supply chain operations. The result is a new kind of development focused on logistics that is not only increasing the value and benefits of the supply chain, but lowering overall logistics costs, energy consumption and environmental emissions, while driving new capital investment and jobcreating.
We are pleased to present our secondquarter 2015 summary as part of our ongoing commitment to providing you with a deeper. He has worked with leading manufacturers and logistics service providers around the world on supply chain issues and is an active entrepreneur, having founded or cofounded five successful companies since 1987. I am happy to share the following guest post by professor yossi sheffi, a distinguished expert in logistics clusters. A study on logistics cluster competitiveness among asia main. Has logistics clusters by yossi sheffi been sitting on your reading list. Yossi sheffi center for transportation and logistics. There are several attempts on creating clusters that both have failed and succeeded. Since then, he has tackled a variety of topics important to supply chain managers, including logistics clusters and supply chain resiliency. Logistics sector nigeria sops storage logistics cluster.
Logistics clusters delivering value and driving growth. However, logistics clusters, a specific type of industrial clusters, was defined as the geographical concentration of. Yossi sheffi is elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at mit and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. Logisticares broad logistics system comprises 10 storage sites with a builtup area of over 100,000 m2, which include logistics centers, bonded warehouses and a container terminal. The feedback loop leading to economic growth and jobs by yossi sheffi governments around the world are investing in logistics clusters to encourage economic growth and create jobs. Delivering value and driving growth would suggest an audience leaning towards the academic yet the writing style is almost airport pop business, certainly firstyear undergraduate. Yossi sheffi is the elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at the massachusetts institute of technology. Sheffi is the elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at mit, where he serves as director of the mit center for transportation and logistics ctl. From 2007 to 2012 he was the director of the mit engineering systems division. The international journal of logistics management 6 1, 6174, 1995. And supply chains are relied upon to save lives during natural disasters.
Delivering value and driving growth mit press, 2012, mit professor yossi sheffi explains how distribution centers are becoming much more than the places where goods are unloaded from boats and planes onto trucks and trains. Sheff explains the theory behind logistic clusters, with a perfect blend of examples. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Global logistics entails tradeoffs in facility location, distribution networks, the routing and scheduling of deliveries by different modes of travel e. Sheffi outlines the characteristic positive feedback loop of logistics clusters development and what differentiates. Why is memphis home to hundreds of motor carrier terminals and distribution centers. Characterising spatial logistics employment clusters. Where are these logistics clusters formed, and where are they located.
This book endeavors to examine logistics clusters, why they exist, and the causation behind why they exist. This report is dedicated to one of the burning questions facing the sector. One of the biggest negatives is the environmental impact, including poor air, congestion, and health issues. Professor sheffi, in cooperation with mit press, has made several of his books available for free online reading. Lineage logistics broke ground on an expansion to its sunnyvale, texas warehouse and distribution facility. However, logistics is not all manual labor because the industry is one of the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading logistics clusters. As sheffi 2010, 20 indicates, logistics clusters include three types of. They are not being replaced by automation as quickly as manufacturing jobs, and they are far less likely to move overseas.
Yossi sheffi elisha gray ii professor of engineering. Elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems, mit. Success factors comparison in the logistics clusters located in. Logisticare about the company warehousing and distribution. Why does the tiny islandnation of singapore handle a fifth of the worlds maritime containers and half the worlds annual supply of crude oil. Delivering value and driving growth the mit press kindle edition by sheffi, yossi. Chapter 2 pulls back a little from the style of chapter 1 but nonetheless it is an easy read, journeying through the concept of clustering. Jun 29, 2012 as yossi sheffi pointed out at the scl europe conference last week, logisics clusters have positive and negative consequences as well. Global competitiveness and regional growth yossi sheffi elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems, mit professor, civil and environmental engineering, mit director, mit engineering systems division director, mit center for transportation and logistics mailto. Delivering value and driving growth about the author dr. How logistics clusters can create jobs while providing companies with competitive advantage. Which jobs can replace lost manufacturing jobs in advanced economies.
Yossi sheffi is a professor at the massachusetts institute of technology, where he serves as director of the mit center for transportation and logistics mit ctl. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. As part of volpes transportation and the economy speaker series, yossi. He is an expert in systems optimization, risk analysis, and supply chain management, which are the subjects he teaches and researches at. Yossi sheffi s book provides a fascinating description of the power of clusters in services and the evolution of logistics clusters globally. Transport and logistics clusters generate a wide range of jobs including manual jobs sorting and handpicking chhetri et al. Yossi sheffi on the power of resilience supply chain 247. Sep 14, 2012 yossi sheffi is elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at mit and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary. This interesting book shows how clusters are getting more important in the global economy, not less defying predictions of. Lineage logistics breaks ground on one of the worlds most.
Logistics clusters ebook by yossi sheffi 9780262305099. Check out his latest articles and interviews, or view by news source. Yossi sheffi has done a fabulous job of describing the role of the supply chain for our country and the rest of the world. Dec 14, 2012 while much of this book covers regional government initiatives for developing logistics clusters, sheffi also refers to several case studies illustrating collaboration between individual companies. Jun 20, 2012 yossi sheffi from mits sloan school of management presented at the scl europe meeting in berlin today, and spoke about his upcoming book on logistics clusters. Some of the answers to these questions are rooted in the phenomenon of logistics clustersgeographically concentrated sets of logisticsrelated business activities. Logistics cluster operations 2011 0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 global logistics cluster support cell. Yossi sheffi is the elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at the massachusetts institute of technology and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. An interview with yossi sheffi on logistics clusters supply. Logistics clusters a terrific new book by yossi sheffi. He is an expert in systems optimization, risk analysis, and supply chain management, which are the subjects he teaches and researches at mit. Check out his latest articles and interviews, or view by news source professor sheffi, in cooperation with mit press, has made several of his books available for free online reading.
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