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2000  Program Planning Session
ISCM Sponsor Key Contacts

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Meeting Summary

November 30 - December 1, 1999 MIT Faculty Club  » 1999 ISCM Program Review Presentation  » Candidate Research Project Matrix  » Meeting Summary & Action Items The ISCM Key Contacts met at MIT and made choices for deploying ISCM resources in the year 2000. These are captured as follows: 1. Research Project Funding. The Key Contacts agreed to fund research projects/project ideas listed below at the noted funding level. Some of the project ideas need to be further refined. 3D Concurrent Supply Chain Design - Professor Charlie Fine ($100K). Project scope needs to be defined with volunteer sponsors. Process Handbook (PH) - Professor Tom Malone ($50K). Continued funding for ISCM access to use PH for supply chain knowledge repository and redesign. Supply Chain Visibility - Professor Tom Malone, Professor Hiroshi Ishii and Professor Jim Hines ($80K). Support funding for new project initiated by Intel to develop a tool for system modeling of supply chains using the PH knowledge repository and process library with a tangible user interface. Funding will enable visibility to ISCM sponsors of porject work and progress with input. 2. Deployment of ISCM Director. The Key Contacts agreed to have the ISCM Director focus research effort on developing sponsor-based examples to illustrate supply chain process redesign capability of the PH. Sponsors agreed to provide site examples as basis of the case example.     3. ISCM Program Plan. The Key Contacts agreed that the focus for the Program in 2000 should be more heavily weighted towards research than in the past. Our efforts will be more focused on research activities and we will maintain the 'exchange' processes for sponsors at ISCM events. Research investments will be spread for high-leverage impact, and events will similarly be hosted to leverage opportunities with other MIT research initiatives.     4. ISCM Event Plan. The Key Contacts agreed to having 4 events in 2000, the first event being at the end of January. Over the course of the year, the events will include one event in Europe, one-two events overlapping with the Leaders For Manufacturing (LFM) Program, one event for planning 2001 activities, and potentially one 'Future of Supply Chain Management' event, depending on various resource availabilities. The events will be approximately 2 days in length and will be held in May, September and November 2000.