Education, work, finance & impact
The Magic Conveyer Belt: Supply Chains, A.I., and the Future of Work
By Yossi Sheffi, the Elisha Grey II Professor of Engineering Systems and director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
MIT CTL Media · 2023
In this book, Sheffi takes a close look at "the underlying structure, unavoidable complexity, and massive scale of modern supply chains." He also explores how automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence are changing and augmenting jobs held by workers and how they will change supply chains of the future.
From Summer 2023 recommended reading from MIT (MIT News).
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