Yosef (Yossi) Sheffi
Professor, Engineering Systems
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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 teaches and researches at MIT. He is
the author of numerous scientific publications and a textbook on
transportation networks optimization. Under his leadership, the
Center launched many new educational, research, and
industry/government outreach programs, leading to substantial
growth. He is the founder and the director of MIT's Master of
Engineering degree. 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. His latest book "The Resilient Enterprise:
Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage" was
published by MIT Press in September 2005.
Outside the university Professor Sheffi has consulted with
governments and leading manufacturing, retail and transportation
enterprises all over the world. He is also an active
entrepreneur:
- In 1987 he co-founded PTCG, the leading supplier of
optimization-based decision support systems to the
transportation industry. He sold this firm to The Sabre Group
Inc. (part of AMR, the parent of American Airlines) in 1996.
- In 1988 he co-founded LogiCorp Inc., the first non-asset based
3PLs in the US. In 1994 LogiCorp was sold to Ryder Systems Inc.
and is now operating as Ryder Integrated Logistics (RIL).
- In 1998 he co-founded e-Chemicals Inc., an electronic commerce
company providing Internet-based supply chain management
solutions. E-Chemicals was acquired in 2000 by AspenTech of
Cambridge, MA.
- In 1999 he co-founded Syncra Inc., a software company
dedicated to the development of business-to-business
collaboration software with an emphasis on the retail industry
and the CPFR standard. Syncra was acquired by Retek Inc. in
2004.
- In 2000 he founded Logistics.com Inc., a decision support
systems provider for the transportation and logistics industry.
In 2002 Logistics.com was acquired by Manhattan Associates Inc.
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
most prestigious recognition given by the Council of Logistics
Management - the Distinguished Service Award. 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. |
