The ISCM Program is funding
several supply chain projects currently, including (see below for
select additional recent projects):
Supply Chain Response
to Global Terrorism
This research project entails studying the impact of Global
Terrorism on supply chains and will be conducted by Prof. Yossi
Sheffi. Visit the project
site for downloads on current work progress.
Clockspeed - Supply Chain Design in the Internet Age - Project
funded solely by ISCM.
This research project entails applying and further developing
the analytical supply chain design processes and principles
presented in the book Clockspeed
by Professor Charles Fine. Professor Fine will make site visits
to ISCM sponsors to apply and further these supply chain design
concepts (with particular emphasis on how e-business and information
systems integration are affecting business and supply chain
strategy).
Creating Lasting Values in Supply Chain Collaboration - Project
conducted by the Stanford Global Supply Chain Management Forum
(under the direction of Prof. Hau Lee) in collaboration with the
MIT Integrated Supply Chain Management Program.
This research project seeks to gain a deeper understanding
on how collaborative efforts can be developed, their impacts
be measured and valued, and continuing relationships can be
maintained and improved. The research will be based on case
studies of a few collaborative efforts between selected sponsors
from different industries and their respective key customer
and supplier partners. The case studies will help to gain insights
and to develop hypotheses on strategies to create lasting values
in supply chain collaboration.
Supply Chain Visualization - Pooled funding to the project
for access to new developments.
This project entails the development of an interactive supply
chain learning and design tool with a tangible user interface,
a process knowledge database (SCPH)
and a system dynamics model to provide a user the opportunity
to visualize the supply chain across multiple companies.
The work is focused on developing the system to enables multiple
users to simultaneously build, adjust, exercise and assess the
performance of various supply chain designs. Four MIT Centers
are collaborating on this project to develop what we are calling
'the magic table' - Center for
Coordination Science, Media
Lab Tangible
Media Group, Center
for Transportation & Logistics and System
Dynamics Group.
RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE....
Network Master & Multi-Tier Supply Chain Coordination
(4-11-01)
This research project led by Jim Rice studied how companies
could coordinate flows across the supply network. See
the project site for downloads including the Supply
Chain versus Supply Chain: The Hype and the Reality article
published in Supply Chain Management Review - Sept-Oct 2001.
The work entailed developing a vision of possible structures
and we envision one possibility as a 'Network
Master'
(click here for a white paper on this) although this role
may actually be played by multiple parties as opposed to the
single, most powerful 'channel master' that many describe today.