The benefits of logistics clustering emerald insight. Doctor honoris causa yossi sheffi february 11, 2011 hollywood 1 logistics clusters and economic growth yossi sheffi rector of the university of zaragoza, senior faculty, distinguished guests, friends, thank you for the honor you are bestowing on me today. Smits, president and ceo, port of rotterdam authority yossi sheffi s lucid book reveals how logistics clusters. May 23, 2014 companies working within logistics clusters gain two operational advantages. Importantly, youll discover exactly how logistic clusters affect both the local and global economy. Yossi sheffis recognition of a select group of cities as logistics hubs, each with its own particularities, provides beneficial insight into new developments, business opportunities and services. Logistics clusters 2012 is the textbook for logistics operations in the modern world. Elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems, mit. Yossi sheffi speaks on jobs, growth, and economic development volpe center. 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. Clustering for competitive advantage logistics cscmps. Yossi sheffi s book provides a fascinating description of the power of clusters in services and the evolution of logistics clusters globally. Perspectives for logistics clusters development in russia. Yossi sheffi has been writing about transportation, logistics, and supply chain management since as far back as 1985, when he published urban transportation networks.
Dr yossi sheffi is a professor at the massachusetts institute of. This interesting book shows how clusters are getting more important in the global economy, not less defying predictions of. Download pdf logistics clusters free online new books. 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. This interesting book shows how clusters are getting more important in the global economy, not less, defying predictions of the end of geography. Over 10 million scientific documents at your fingertips. Delivering value and driving growth and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle.
Where are these logistics clusters formed, and where are they located. Sheffi outlines the characteristic positive feedback loop of logistics clusters development and what differentiates them from other industrial clusters. Pdf on mar 25, 2016, yossi sheffi and others published logistics clusters find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Yossi sheffi is elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at mit and director of the mit center for transportation and logistics. 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. 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. I am happy to share the following guest post by professor yossi sheffi, a distinguished expert in logistics clusters. One of the biggest negatives is the environmental impact, including poor air, congestion, and health issues. An interesting read for logistics professionals and certainly for us at. Logistics clusters guest post by yossi sheffi, mit supply. Summary logistics and clusters delivering value and.
Logistics intensive clusters are agglomerations of several types of firms and operations. Yossi sheffi is the elisha gray ii professor of engineering systems at the massachusetts institute of technology. All content in this area was uploaded by yossi sheffi on jan 20, 2014. Sheffi outlines the characteristic positive feedback loop of logistics clusters development and what differentiates. Sheffi introduces the reader to the concept of a logistic cluster, describes what makes them successful, and details the benefits of logistics clusters. Oct 05, 2012 yossi sheffi s book provides a fascinating description of the power of clusters in services and the evolution of logistics clusters globally. Sheffi argues that because logistics clusters serve a multitude of manufacturers.
Logistics clusters provide lower prices and more comprehensive services, and they help clients achieve better business performance. 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. 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. These comments provide some highlights from his discussion and i met with him to discuss more on these issues. How logistics clusters can create jobs while providing companies with c. Evidence of increasing concentration of the logistics industry in clusters in the us over time is tested and documented. Yet, while hundreds of logistics clusters have been developed in china over. Jun 29, 2012 as yossi sheffi pointed out at the scl europe conference last week, logisics clusters have positive and negative consequences as well. Delivering value and driving growth about the author dr. An interesting read for logistics professionals and certainlyfor us at port of rotterdam authority, who focus on developing a vital port cluster both inrotterdam and in some selected emerging clusters around the world.
These logistics clusters offer compelling advantages for carriers, for customers, and for regional economies. As sheffi 2010, 20 indicates, logistics clusters include three types of companies. When to embrace sustainability in a business and when not to was recently published by yossi sheffi. Jan 10, 20 sheffi answers these questions and more in his insightful and fastpaced book. Yossi sheffi succinctly summarizes the major current developments in worldwide logistics in this well. Logistics clusters ebook by yossi sheffi 9780262305099. Yossi sheffi on the power of resilience supply chain 247.
By analyzing the case of logistics clusters, this thesis contributes to a more general debate in the industrial clusters literature. He has worked with leading manufacturers and logistics service providers around the world on operations and strategy issues and is an active entrepreneur, having. This book has value for anyone involved in planning distribution strategy, outlining supply chain education requirements, and considering the growth of logistics clusters. Logistics clusters goes beyond the scope of just logistics, however, and argues that the development of and investment in logistics clusters are part of the solution to todays economic problems. An interview with yossi sheffi on logistics clusters scm. Delivering value and driving growth will be published by mit press in october 2012. Logistics clusters delivering value and driving growth. As part of volpes transportation and the economy speaker series, yossi. Overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage, logistics. He directs the mit center for transportation and logistics.
Pdf on mar 25, 2016, yossi sheffi and others published logisticsclusters. Some of the answers to these questions are rooted in the phenomenon of logistics clustersgeographically concentrated sets of logisticsrelated business activities. Delivering value and driving growth the mit press kindle edition by sheffi, yossi. The books focal point is an explanation, with multiple examples, of the power of clusters of supplychain related businesses. Logistics clusters offer employment opportunities to a full range of workers including lowskilled logistics services value on the floor experience and thus promote. This book endeavors to examine logistics clusters, why they exist, and the causation behind why they exist. In it sheffi argues that while many companies are embracing sustainability in their marketing materials, going green is not always an easy or sensible business decision. Yossi sheffi elisha gray ii professor of engineering. Yossi sheffis book provides a fascinating description of the power of clusters in services and the evolution of logistics clusters globally. Youll learn how logistics clusters develop such as europes largest logistics park in zaragoza, spain and which geographic and governmental factors influence their development. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading logistics clusters. 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. Zaragoza logistics center zlc is an international center of excellence for research and education in logistics and supply chain management established by the government of aragon in collaboration with the massachusetts institute of technology mit and the university of zaragoza uz in 2003. Global logistics entails tradeoffs in facility location, distribution networks, the routing and scheduling.
Export a ris file for endnote, procite, reference manager, zotero, mendeley export a text file for bibtex note. Major seaport auxiliary seaport inland port major inland perspectives for logistics clusters development in russia by. Logistics clusters a terrific new book by yossi sheffi. Upsides and downsides of logistics clusters scm supply. Allen will follow and provide a land developers perspective using two current inland port projects that will anchor new logistics clusters in the u.
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