Guest: Dr. Yossi Sheffi on Covid-19 vaccine development and distribution; Ports take measures to reduce container dwell times; Driver shortages reach all-time highs

Oct 29, 2021

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In this episode, our guest is Dr. Yossi Sheffi, a professor of engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. Dr. Sheffi has written a new book called A Shot In the Arm: How Science, Engineering, and Supply Chains Converged to Vaccinate the World. He joins us to talk about the development of successful Covid-19 vaccines in record time — including the science behind them and the supply chains that enabled them.

Containers are stacking up at West Coast ports as bottlenecks continue amongst record levels of cargo passing through them. This week, several initiatives were unveiled to try to alleviate the congestion.

The shortage of truck drivers has reached an all-time high, according to a report released this week by the American Trucking Associations (ATA). What can be done to reduce the shortage and attract new drivers to the industry?

DC Velocity's sister publication CSCMP's Supply Chain Quarterly began a new 11-episode limited podcast series this week, Top 10 Supply Chain Threats. Each week, following this week's introductory episode, a different threat to our supply chains is discussed, including capacity constraints, labor shortages, inflation and economics, weather-related issues, component and product shortages, digitalization, automation, and much more. Subscribe at your favorite podcast platform. Search "Top 10 Supply Chain Threats."

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