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email: adw@mit.edu
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Dr. Abbott Weiss
Senior Lecturer, MIT Mechanical Engineering Department
Throughout his career Abbott Weiss has been on the leading edge of supply
chain thinking and practice--designing and executing powerful business
solutions integrating multi-billion dollar global
transportation, logistics, order fulfillment, manufacturing, customer
services, planning, and materials systems. He is currently a consultant and a
Senior Lecturer at MIT, co-teaching Management in Engineering (2.96/2.961).
Dr.
Weiss is also a Senior Lecturer at the Tufts University Gordon Institute,
where he teaches Operations and Supply Chain Management.
As VP, Consulting for i2 Technologies, Abbott led a professional services
business for this $1B provider of advanced supply chain software. He directed
six major projects for three IBM divisions, leveraging the internet to
maximize collaboration with suppliers and customers.
Previously, as VP, Worldwide Logistics & Services for Polaroid, Abbott
rebuilt the company’s supply chain, generating savings of $15M per year
and inventory reductions of $40M. He also implemented a Cycle Time Management
Program that cut order fulfillment time by 60%, and redesigned the new
product pipeline, reducing factory–to-shipping time from twelve weeks
to two.
Prior to Polaroid, Abbott spent two decades at Digital Equipment Corporation,
rising through roles of increasing scope including Corporate Materials
Manager and US Manufacturing Manager. As VP, Consumer Industries, he held
P&L responsibility for a global unit that grew 57% to $600M over three
years and established the Digital brand in the retail market.
Earlier in his career, Abbott co-founded Logistics Systems, Inc, which
provided specialized consulting and software solutions to leading commercial
and government organizations.
Abbott’s
academic foundation includes a Doctor of Business Administration in Logistics
from Harvard Business School and a Master of Science degree in management
from MIT. His Bachelor’s degree is in Naval Architecture & Marine
Engineering from Webb Institute.
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