ISCM Planning Meeting Summary

1
ISCM Planning Meeting Summary

• December 4, 2002
• James B. Rice, Jr.
• Director - Integrated Supply Chain Management
  Program
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2
Meeting Review

• Succeeded in
• Review ISCM Program activities 2002
• Preliminary plan for events in 2003
• Identifying plan to develop the 2003 research
  agenda
• Strong support among sponsors for some new ideas
  and approaches
• Event proposed by PG
• ISCM sponsor composition
• Higher level of interaction among sponsors
• Long-term perspective and support for ISCM work
• Work to be done
• Develop plans for Finance-Supply Chain event
  Spring 03
• Refine plans for all 2003 events
• Develop research agenda/investments

3
Follow Up Program Structure

• Program Structure and Size
• Agreed desire to increase to 10, not more
• High leverage for revenue from additional
  sponsors, also makes participation less sensitive
  to absence of individual firms at events
• Agreed to refocus on longer-term commitment
• Will work to develop a simple (if possible)
  agreement calling for multi-year (3 years)
  support
• Annual payment, but multi-year commitment to fund
• Require a clause that allows sponsors to opt out
  if business conditions call for suspending
  support
• Effectively, this is an agreement in principle
  that obligates the firm only for the single year
• Key point is to think longer term and invest in
  longer term, higher impact work.

4
Follow Up Additional Sponsors

• Specific Companies in each industry
• 3rd Party or Outsource Contract Manufacturer
• Automotive Supplier or OEM
• Retailers
• Company to provide an international perspective
• Also potentially ISCM sponsor customers and/or
  suppliers
• Need to identify how to engage and enlist
  additional sponsors
• Role of ISCM sponsors

5
Follow Up Event Planning

• Agreed to continue with Quarterly event schedule
• Potential annual theme for events
• Current coordination with APL working
• Part of each event with larger multi-sponsor
  group (including Affiliates Program in Logistics)
• Ensure time at each event for ISCM-only
  discussion
• Confirmed interest to maintain
• Sponsor exclusivity
• Focus on research
• Identified interest in events that potentially
  profile sponsor supply chains/networks
• Some events may be hosted at sponsor locations

6
2003 Event Draft Plan

• Consider annual theme
• Managing and Leveraging the Extended SC/SN for
  Advantage
• Others Outsourcing, Finance, Globalization,
  Coordination across multiple companies of the
  SC/SN
• Dates
• 1Q
• January 5-7 Executive Education
• ISCM Exchange Meeting
• 2Q
• Finance SC Event, last 2 weeks of April
• Joint event with Intel University Day for 2Q/3Q
  (Chandler, Az)?
• 3Q
• Joint event with Intel University Day for 2Q/3Q
  (Chandler, Az)?
• Joint event with Lucent Affiliates Day for 3Q?
• 4Q
• ISCM Exchange Key Contact Planning Meeting at
  MIT

7
Follow Up Research Agenda Ideas

• Clockspeed sessions at sponsor sites
• Value Chain Roadmapping
• Engage Prof. Charlie Fine to apply Communication
  VC Roadmapping to other industries
• A finance study across the industry roadmap?
• Auto-ID Technology applications in SC
• Study of preparing for system response
• Upturn in market
• Standardization of new technology that
  significantly increases demand for new equipment
• Disruption in SC due to terrorism
• Integration, coordination across the SC
• SC Visualization Project Application

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Follow Up Harvesting Research

• Group agreed that harvesting (leveraging research
  learnings by applying to the business) is
  important and core work for ISCM
• Suggestion that the group learn from IEEE paper
  on Harvesting and Knowledge Transfer
• Potentially ISCM could expand the paper and
  enrich it to make it more useful within ISCM
  sponsors
• Paper written Joe Bellefeuille of Lucent Jim
  Rice

9
Summary

• Lots of work to do
• A newly energized sponsor group
• Higher level of sponsors engaged
• Clear need to build the group in numbers and
  long-term perspective