MIT Supply Chain Education Partners

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MIT Supply Chain Education Partners

• Presentation to
• ISCM Sponsors
• by
• James B. Rice, Jr. Jonathan M. Fleck

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Agenda

• Program Design
• Annual Commitment
• Fall Schedule
• Thesis Process
• MLog Class of 2003
• Interested in Partners?
• Partners Additional Benefits
• Next Steps
• Questions?

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Program Design

• The MIT Supply Chain Education Partners Program
  promotes supply chain knowledge sharing for the
  mutual benefit of Partner Companies and MIT
  alike. The Program facilitates interaction
  between Partner Company executives, Master of
  Engineering in Logistics (MLog) students, and MIT
  faculty through four distinct types of events
• Executive Education Symposiums on relevant
  supply chain topics.
• Thesis Process Presentations of proposed thesis
  projects, thesis project progress reviews and
  final thesis project learning presentations.
• Knowledge Sharing Partners executives give
  presentations on their supply chains and
  interesting projects or initiatives.
• Networking Activities that bring Partners
  together with students to build relationships.

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Annual Commitment

• The 2002-2003 Annual Commitment is 25,000.
• To be sustainable, the Program requires 30,000
  per Partner Company.
• For founding member firms in 2002-2003, the cost
  is 25,000.
• This recognizes founding members early
  commitment and program leadership.
• Incremental cost for ISCM Sponsors is 10K
• Modify on the full set of relationships between
  sponsor and MIT to encourage participation and
  reward support and leadership

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Fall Schedule

• Thu. 10/17 Auto-ID Technology (Executive
  Education)
• A joint event with the MIT Auto-ID Center to 1)
  Review the fundamentals of the technology, and 2)
  To explore the potential of Auto-ID technologies
  and their future application to transportation
  and logistics.
• Wed. 10/30 Kick Off Night (Networking)
• October November Partners Thesis Ideas
  (Thesis Process)
• Partner companies will have opportunities to
  present possible thesis projects to students
  during events of 60 to 90 minutes.
• These presentations will be scheduled to fit
  schedules of Partner companies and may involve
  1-2 other Partner companies also presenting.
• Thu. 12/5 Supply Chain Response to Terrorism
  (Executive Education)
• A joint event with the Industrial Liaison
  Program, the Integrated Supply Chain Management
  Program, and the Affiliates Program in Logistics
  to explore the impact of terrorism and other
  unexpected disruptions on the supply chain.
• Professor Yossi Sheffi will lead this session
  along with representatives from industry,
  government and academia.
• January Students Presentations (Thesis Process)

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Thesis Process

• Identify potential thesis project proposals.
• In parallel, Partner and MIT will develop
  relationship to incorporate understanding of each
  others critical processes, internal processes,
  and assumptions related to joining the Partners
  Program and/or working with a student.
• Examples may include planning and budgeting
  cycles, data availability, intellectual property,
  software licenses, travel expenses, or privacy
  concerns.
• Team works to refine proposals for scope, timing,
  resources.
• Select a date and time to present at MIT.
• There is flexibility in scheduling, but 2-3 weeks
  lead-time will help.
• Starting in October into November.
• Partner prepares a 10-20 minute presentation for
  each project idea.
• Share this with Program Coordinator, preferably 1
  week ahead, to allow some refinement of the ideas
  and to help in identifying interested faculty.
  We strongly encourage companies to present more
  than 1 project idea per session.
• Present to students and faculty.
• Meet with interested student(s) and advisor(s) as
  needed.
• The final thesis project scope and student
  matching processes are iterative.

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MLog Class of 2003

• The MLog Class of 2003 includes 29 students.
  Most possess meaningful relevant work experience,
  speak several languages, and have demonstrated
  success early on in their careers. Examples
  include but are not limited to the following
• MS Industrial Engineering, Fulbright
  Scholarship to MIT, worked as IT business analyst
  at United Nations and as engineer in 3PL in
  Buenos Aires.
• BS Chemical Engineering, work experience
  includes 5 years at PG in production operations
  management and capital project start ups.
• BA Mgt Information Systems, work experience
  includes MIS work at Frito Lay in Demand Planning
  and at ExxonMobil as MIS manager.
• MS Physics, work experience includes new
  product introduction for GE International and
  research at MIT, Penn State.
• BS-BA Transportation Logistics, work experience
  in supply chain management operations at Owens
  Corning and Asea Brown Boveri, as well as
  operating in family trucking business.
• PhD Physics, work experience includes Product
  Management in logistics software and as Director
  of Global Logistics at Danzas AEI.

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Affiliates or Partners?

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Partners Additional Benefits

• Problem Solving Thesis Process
• Throughout the year, presentations (both
  knowledge sharing and thesis process related)
  will provide insight regarding how different
  students, faculty, and industry professionals
  have successfully addressed specific supply chain
  issues.
• A graduate student, with MIT faculty supervision
  and input, may perform his or her thesis project
  (typically four to six months) with a Partner
  Company on a problem related to logistics or
  supply chain management.
• Students working on their thesis projects with
  Partner companies will make structured
  presentations at regular intervals on the
  process, thinking, and progress of their work.
  This will allow Partner companies visibility into
  how supply chain issues are addressed or known
  applications utilized in other Partners
  organizations.
• Potential Employee Assessment
• Partner companies will have high levels of
  interaction with all MLog students. The result
  will be familiarity with all students
  backgrounds, capabilities, and potential.

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Next Steps

• Join!
• Begin thesis process by identifying key contacts
  and setting follow up date to develop project
  ideas.
• Set up time to present possible thesis project
  ideas at MIT.
• Participate in Fall Schedule.
• Solicit input for Program through 2003
• Identify interesting SCM topics for Spring 2003
  Partners events.
• Let us know what else you are interested in
  learning about or participating in (research,
  lectures, presentations to/from students,
  facility visits, etc.)

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Questions?

• Jonathan M. Fleck
• Coordinator Corporate Relations
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Center for Transportation and Logistics
• 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 1-235
• Cambridge, MA 02139
• 617.253.5239
• jfleck_at_mit.edu