ISCM%20Planning%20Conference%20Call%20Summary

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ISCM Planning Conference CallSummary

• January 21, 2003
• James B. Rice, Jr.
• Director - Integrated Supply Chain Management
  Program
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Call Participants

• Helix Technology
• Janet Rosa
• Intel
• Jim Kellso
• Lucent Technologies
• Joe Bellefeuille
• Monsanto
• Garth Blanchard
• PG
• Joerg Meiner
• Texas Instruments
• Tom Shields
• Keith Hodnett
• Johnny Hodges
• Randy Rutledge
• MIT
• Jim Rice

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Call Objectives

• Primary
• Review plans for Finance-SC event
• Event design
• Plans to enlist
• Set date(s)
• Discuss and review options for event themes 2003
• Refined options
• Secondary
• Discuss research agenda options
• Update on program
• Welcome back to TI and Tom Shields!
• Harvesting
• ISCM Update to Bellefeuille-Rice IEEE Paper?
• 12-4-02 Meeting Follow Up Update

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Call Accomplishments

• Primary
• Reviewed plans for Finance-SC event
• Event design
• Plans to enlist
• Target date
• Reviewed options for event topics and timing 2003
• Identified priorities and timing for several
  topics
• Agreed to add audioconferences based on sponsor
  interests in between in-person events
• Secondary
• Agreed to discuss research agenda options after
  soliciting specific interests from sponsors
• Possible to support research in finance-supply
  chain domain as an outcome of our event
• Update on program
• Provided a brief update on activities since
  12-4-02 planning meeting
• Knowledge Transfer (harvesting research for
  business use)
• Agreed to make this a specific topics for
  audioconference
• Possible to expand on Bellefeuille-Rice paper
  with other sponsor input

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Finance-SC Event

• Event design 2 day event
• Day 1 with larger CTL sponsor group for
  presentations from academia industry
• Day 2 with ISCM only for dialogue addressing
  questions
• Potential researchers to include
• Prof. Richard de Neufville, MIT Sloan Real
  Options
• Prof. Yossi Sheffi, MIT CTL Managing
  Risk/Optimizing between parties with Supply
  Contracts
• Other candidates possible (Fry from Univ.
  Cincinnati, Kaplan/Norton from HBS)
• Timing Targeting May 2003
• Follow up
• Need sponsor input from their finance
  organizations
• Will propose dates for an event
• Need set of key questions to consider

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Event Topics 2003

• Priorities in rank order
• SC Resilience to Disruption
• Disruption due to many causes (terrorism, natural
  disasters, business cycle, unexpected
  supply/distribution interruption)
• Timing Consider for a fall event topic, possibly
  early spring
• Research Update at MIT
• Potential Content
• Supply Chain Visualization Project Review
• Communications Industry Roadmapping Project
  Overview
• SC Response Research Project Update
• Timing Consider for early spring event
• Operations Research Applications Session
• Narrowly focused interest expressed
• Management Innovations Event, May 2003
• Agreed to offer as an CTL invite, not as a core
  ISCM event
• Government Response to Disruption Industry as a
  Crisis Resource
• Limited interest expressed as part of ISCM

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2003 Event Draft Update

• Timing
• 1Q
• January 5-7 Executive Education
• March (April?) ISCM Exchange Meeting Research
  Review
• 2Q
• May Finance SC Event
• May 13-14 CTL Guest Invite to Driving
  Innovation through Technology
• 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
• Possible additional event focused on Finance SC

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Follow Up Summary

• Finance SC Event
• Request sponsor input from their finance
  organizations
• Need set of key questions to consider for Day 2
• Will propose dates for an event
• Will send original version of proposal by Joerg
  Meiner of PG for reference
• Event Plan 2003
• Will send proposal for dates, topics
• Will set date for Knowledge Transfer
  audioconference
• Will ask sponsors for other topics for
  audioconferences
• Research Agenda
• Need sponsor input on research projects to
  consider
• Will schedule conference call with sponsors