Welcome to Yossi's Site
 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 Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for
Competitive Advantage (MIT Press, October 2005). Under his
leadership, CTL 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.
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. In 2006 the Government of Aragon awarded him the Plaza Award for the most significant contribution to the economy of Aragon.
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.
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