Yossi Sheffi

"La logística se ha convertido en parte esencial de la competencia y la economía global moderna. El libro de Yossi Sheffi brinda una fascinante descripción del poder de los clústeres en los servicios y la evolucion de los clusteres logisticos en todo el mundo. Este interesante libro muestra como los clusteres se estan volviendo cada vez mas importantes en la economia global, y no menos, desafiando las predicciones del fin de la geografia" (Michael E. Porter, profesor Bishop William Lawrence)."¿Por que la pequeña isla / nacion de Singapur maneja una quinta parte de los contenedores maritimos del mundo y la mitad del suministro anual de petroleo crudo del mundo? ¿Que los trabajos en logistica pueden sustituir a empleos industriales perdidos en las economias avanzadas?". Algunas de las respuestas a estas preguntas tienen su origen en el fenomeno de los modulos de logistica conjuntos geograficamente concentrados de logistica relacionados con las actividades empresariales-. En este libro, el experto en gestion de la cadena de suministro Yossi Sheffi, explica por que Memphis , Singapur, Chicago, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, y decenas de otros lugares han tenido exito en el desarrollo de estas agrupaciones, mientras que otros no lo tienen.Sheffi describe la caracteristica "bucle de retroalimentacion positiva" del desarrollo de modulos de logistica y lo que los diferencia de otros grupos industriales. Como los modulos de logistica "añaden valor " mediante la generacion de otras actividades industriales , ¿por que las empresas deben localizar su distribucion y actividades de valor agregado en los modulos de logistica?; y el papel apropiado de apoyo del gobierno, en la forma de inversion , la regulacion y la politica comercial.Sheffi tambien argumenta a favor de la ventaja mas importante que ofrecen los modulos de logistica en economias recesivas como las actuales: puestos de trabajo, muchos de ellos abiertos a los trabajadores poco calificados, que se concentran en forma local y no " offshorable". Estos modulos de logistica ofrecen autenticas historias de exito poco comun en la economia actual.Por mas que muchos no lo conozcan, Yossi Sheffi ha promovido la causa de la logistica como una disciplina academica. A menudo la palabra se debe a el por su vision unica sobre como se cruza la logistica del mundo de la tecnologia, la politica publica, el comercio mundial, y otros temas macro. En su libro, nos da cuenta de que las oportunidades surgen y los modelos de negocio cambian debido a las ventajas temporales que vienen de la cercania y el acceso al transporte aereo y las conexiones durante la noche a casi cualquier lugar en el mundo.

Yossi Sheffi ofrece herramientas a las empresas para reducir la vulnerabilidad de su cadena de suministros anticipándose a los problemas.

How the best companies prepare for and manage modern vulnerabilitiesfrom cybersecurity risks to climate change: new tools, processes and organizations for developing corporate resilience.A catastrophic earthquake is followed by a tsunami that inundates the coastline, and around the globe manufacturing comes to a standstill. State-of-the-art passenger jets are grounded because of a malfunctioning part. A strike halts shipments through a major port. A new digital device decimates the sales of other brands and sends established firms to the brink of bankruptcy. The interconnectedness of the global economy today means that unexpected events in one corner of the globe can ripple through the worlds supply chain and affect customers everywhere. In this book, Yossi Sheffi shows why modern vulnerabilities call for innovative processes and tools for creating and embedding corporate resilience and risk management. Sheffi offers fascinating case studies that illustrate how companies have prepared for, coped with, and come out stronger following disruptionfrom the actions of Intel after the 2011 Japanese tsunami to the disruption in the money supply chain caused by the 2008 financial crisis.Sheffi, author of the widely read The Resilient Enterprise, focuses here on deep tier risks as well as corporate responsibility, cybersecurity, long-term disruptions, business continuity planning, emergency operations centers, detection, and systemic disruptions. Supply chain risk management, Sheffi shows, is a balancing act between taking on the risks involved in new products, new markets, and new processesall crucial for growthand the resilience created by advanced risk management.

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.The demands and stresses on companies only grow as executives face a multitude of competing business goals. Their stakeholders are interested in corporate profits, jobs, business growth, and environmental sustainability. In this book, business strategy expert Yossi Sheffi offers a pragmatic take on how businesses of all sizesfrom Coca Cola and Siemens to Dr. Bronners Magical Soaps and Patagonianavigate these competing goals. Drawing on extensive interviews with more than 250 executives, Sheffi examines the challenges, solutions, and implications of balancing traditional business goals with sustainability. Sheffi, author of the widely read The Resilient Enterprise, argues that business executives personal opinions on environmental sustainability are irrelevant. The business merits of environmental sustainability are based on the fact that even the most ardent climate change skeptics in the C-suite face natural resource costs, public relations problems, regulatory burdens, and a green consumer segment. Sheffi presents three basic business rationales for corporate sustainability efforts: cutting costs, reducing risk, and achieving growth. For companies, sustainability is not a simple case of profits versus planet but is instead a more subtle issue of (some) people versus (other) peoplethose looking for jobs and inexpensive goods versus others who seek a pristine environment. This book aims to help companies satisfy these conflicting motivations for both economic growth and environmental sustainability.

How logistics clusters can create jobs while providing companies with competitive advantage.Why is Memphis home to hundreds of motor carrier terminals and distribution centers? Why does the tiny island-nation of Singapore handle a fifth of the worlds maritime containers and half the worlds annual supply of crude oil? Which jobs can replace lost manufacturing jobs in advanced economies?Some of the answers to these questions are rooted in the phenomenon of logistics clustersgeographically concentrated sets of logistics-related business activities. In this book, supply chain management expert Yossi Sheffi explains why Memphis, Singapore, Chicago, Rotterdam, Los Angeles, and scores of other locations have been successful in developing such clusters while others have not. Sheffi outlines the characteristic positive feedback loop of logistics clusters development and what differentiates them from other industrial clusters; how logistics clusters add value by generating other industrial activities; why firms should locate their distribution and value-added activities in logistics clusters; and the proper role of government support, in the form of investment, regulation, and trade policy. Sheffi also argues for the most important advantage offered by logistics clusters in todays recession-plagued economy: jobs, many of them open to low-skilled workers, that are concentrated locally and not offshorable. These logistics clusters offer what is rare in todays economy: authentic success stories. For this reason, numerous regional and central governments as well as scores of real estate developers are investing in the development of such clusters.View a trailer for the book at: http://techtv.mit.edu/videos/22284-logistics-clusters-yossi-sheffi

Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage.What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When a hurricane shuts down production at a Unilever plant? When Dell and Apple chip manufacturers in Taiwan take weeks to recover from an earthquake? When the U.S. Pacific ports are shut down during the Christmas rush? When terrorists strike? In The Resilient Enterprise, Yossi Sheffi shows that companies fortunes in the face of such business shocks depend more on choices made before the disruption than they do on actions taken in the midst of itand that resilience benefits firms every day, disaster or no disaster. He shows how companies can build in flexibility throughout their supply chains, based on proven design principles and the right culturebalancing security, redundancy, and short-term profits. And he shows how investments in resilience and flexibility not only reduce risk but create a competitive advantage in the increasingly volatile marketplace.Sheffi describes the way companies can increase securityreducing the likelihood of a disruptionwith layered defenses, the tracking and analysis of near-misses, fast detection, and close collaboration with government agencies, trading partners, and even competitors. But the focus of the book is on resiliencethe ability to bounce back from disruptions and disastersby building in redundancy and flexibility. For example, standardization, modular design, and collaborative relationships with suppliers (and other stakeholders) can help create a robust supply chain. And a corporate culture of flexibilitywith distributed decision making and communications at all levelscan create a resilient enterprise.Sheffi provides tools for companies to reduce the vulnerability of the supply chain they live in. And along the way he tells the stories of dozens of enterprises, large and small, including Toyota, Nokia, General Motors, Zara, Land Rover, Chiquita, Aisin Seiki, Southwest Airlines, UPS, Johnson and Johnson, Intel, Amazon.com, the U.S. Navy, and others, from across the globe. Their successes, failures, preparations, and methods provide a rich set of lessons in preparing for and managing disruptions. Additional material available at www.TheResilientEnterprise.com.

Para las compañías, la sustentabilidad no es un simple caso de ganancias versus planeta, sino más bien en cambio un tema más sutil sobre (alguna) gente versus (otra) gente, aquellos buscando trabajo y bienes baratos versus otros que buscan un medioambiente puro. Este libro se propone ayudar a las compañias a satisfacer estas motivaciones conflictivas tanto para el crecimiento economico como la sustentabilidad medioambiental."Este libro ofrece una guia valiosa y experta sobre como las compañias pueden desarrollar modelos de negocios que encuentren de manera exitosa las necesidades de diferentes accionistas" (Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever)."Algunos en los negocios creen que las compañias tienen la responsabilidad de contribuir a la sociedad y al medioambiente, mientras que otros creen que toda inversion que una compañia hace debe generar un redito. En UPS creemos que ambas creencias son compatibles. Yo aplaudo a Yossi Sheffi por su reflexivo tratamiento de una materia que es criticamente importante no solo para los negocios, sino tambien para todos en este planeta" (David Abney, presidente y CEO, UPS).