This provides reference and results from this research
project:
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This project intended to develop a vision of
how supply chains would coordinate in the future.
The work brought the research team to consider
the role of supply chains in competition as
well as new methods for coordination among an
extended supply chain or network. The researchers
put forth the concept of the 'network master'
which would have several variations. Downloads
of several papers describing our work are available
below.
We invite you to review our work and offer your
feedback on these concepts. Please send any
comments or input to Jim
Rice at <jrice@mit.edu>
This is an article that the researchers
published which resulted from this research
study. The article was published in Supply Chain
Management Reveiw - September/October, 2001
and examines common assertions about competition
and supply chains.
This working paper by Jim Rice and Richard
Hoppe introduced the concept of the Network
Master and proposes new methods of supply
network coordination (v25 Sept. 2002).
This thesis by Richard Hoppe was funded by
ISCM and it presents a comprehensive overview
of the project work, complete with details
on the project methodology, preliminary analysis,
analytical frameworks, literature reviews
and summaries of supply chain coordination
and governance. The thesis introduces some,
but not all of the research findings.
Copyright©
2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Introduction Presentation