![“Most manufacturing companies will keep about two weeks of inventory,” says David Simchi-Levi, who is a professor of engineering systems in the School of Engineering and in the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society within the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. "That means they were able to cover demand for the first two weeks of March. After that, [given] no more supplies, ther...](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/202003/MIT-SupplyChain-Simchi-Levi-01.jpg?itok=ucMdqTTM)
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Four MIT researchers elected to the National Academy of Engineering for 2020
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Edgerton Center celebrates reopening of its student shop in Building 6C
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Troy Van Voorhis named head of the Department of Chemistry
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