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June 11, 2020

Speculations that US companies will cut China out by reshoring supply chains seem unlikely and expensive, a university professor said on Thursday. 

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The Wall Street Journal: Commentary
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May 29, 2020

How should companies manage their supply chains in today’s uncertain environment? 

The impact of Covid-19 is much bigger, affecting consumer demand as well as supply chains all over the world, and likely to last quite a bit longer.

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Newsy
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May 5, 2020

Companies like Tyson and Smithfield Foods warn of a "breaking" supply chain "perilously close to the edge", but experts say there's plenty of meat.

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WBUR
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May 1, 2020

The viral infection (COVID-19) and subsequent closures are straining the supply of meat to market. Beef production is down 25% and pork has declined 15% from a year ago, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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U.S. News
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April 30, 2020

Despite the closure of more than 20 meatpacking plants due to COVID-19, experts say the U.S. food supply is not in peril.

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Bloomberg
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April 22, 2020

MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi speaks with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu and Romaine Bostick on the collapse of the food supply chain and the crash in oil. 

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Vox News
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April 18, 2020

Why shoppers don’t need to panic-buy at the supermarket.... As the pandemic began, Americans lined up by the hundreds to panic buy staples like 20-pound bags of rice and peanut butter at Costco. Shelf-stable, freeze-dried provisions normally marketed to campers and doomsday survivalists flew off the shelves at outdoor companies.

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CGTN America
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April 14, 2020

There is a growing push in the U.S. o re-open the economy, but when is the right time?  Professor Yossi Sheffi spoke with CGTN America's Roee Ruttenberg about his perspective on reopening the U.S. economy and steps to take.

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Newsy
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April 13, 2020

Despite Smithfield Foods' dire warning, MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi says the Sioux Falls closure is "not a big deal for the supply chain."

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The Wall Street Journal: Commentary
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April 10, 2020

As we struggle to come to terms with the scale of the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most frustrating sights is witnessing front-line health-care workers begging for more masks, protective gowns, testing kits, ventilators and intensive-care beds...The woeful performance of these health-care supply chains raises the question of how such glaring shortages happened. And just as important: How do we ensure that this doesn’t happen again?