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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.

 

 

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