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Day, Month Date, Year Location  » SCPH Project Background The Supply Chain Process Handbook (SCPH) is a collaborative research project with the MIT Sloan School Center for Coordination Science (CCS). CCS developed the base Process Handbook over the past 7+ years to examine activities in terms of processes and the various methods used to coordinate activities in the processes. Coordination theory and inheritance methodology from object-oriented programming inform this approach, although it is not necessary for users to know the theory to benefit for the SCPH. . For more detailed information about the Process Handbook, visit these reference sites: Process Handbook Welcome Page which gives a general introduction to the Process Handbook along with hotlinks to key sources of information useful for users of the Process Handbook. Introduction to Using the Process Handbook which is useful to new users of the Process Handbook, explaining the mechanics of using the Process Handbook. Contents Page which very briefly describes the different categories in which the processes are classified. Project Compass Page which explains how to navigate around the Process Handbook using the PH Compass. Project Page which gives a brief research description of the project, briefly noting the role of the specialization of processes and the use of dependencies and coordination mechanisms. CCS Working Paper 198 which provides a more detailed discussion of these concepts, along with examples. The paper is titled "Tools for inventing organizations: Toward a handbook of organizational processes"  » Why use the SCPH? From a practitioner's perspective, the SCPH can be useful in two clear ways: A library (or repository) of information or knowledge, and A process redesign tool. These serve vastly different purposes. The library-role of the Supply Chain Process Handbook is a very practical purpose. The process redesign tool role intends to serve the high-level role of enabling rapid development of new process organizations. Still lots of work to do to prove out these hypotheses.  » Content in the SCPH and Getting Started All ISCM sponsors are entitled to access and use the Process Handbook to test out its capabilities as a knowledge repository and as a process redesign/reinvention tool. Content in the SCPH Literature reviews are now being added for quick reference by ISCM sponsors. The literature reviews are stored in the ISCM Folder under 'Supply Chain Management' which is the first menu item under 'Processes listed by business function' option on the first page of the SCPH. Each literature review (a review of an article) will be approximately one page in length and will be have 'key words' referenced so that a search of the SCPH will enable you to find pertinent articles. Process descriptions organized by function, industry, by process hierarchy. These are easily cross-referenced by using the 'compass' navigation tool in the top left hand corner of each SCPH page. This tool allows the user to go to either higher or deeper levels of process descriptions (North and South respectively on the compass). Also, the user can view more general types of the selected process or to more specialized examples of the selected process (West and East respectively on the compass). You wont find items for every thing as we are building the content as part of our research work. Examples, models and cases. These are located in the process descriptions and can also be found under 'views' or 'Selected examples' within a general process. We welcome you to add your own examples as you wish. Access the SCPH. Go to the Process Handbook login page and type in your company login and password. Please contact Jim Rice at (617) 258-8584 if you need some help with this. All members of each sponsor company is welcome to test out and use the SCPH. PLEASE DO NOT share the SCPH content or access information with anyone outside you company. Learn about the PH and its use. Visit each of these reference sites and take the Guided Tour in the PH or contact Jim Rice for help. Use the SCPH as a knowledge-base resource. Search for information of interest. If you can't find what you are looking for, please contact Jim Rice. We may be able to help you find the information or possibly target that information to add to the PH. Not sure what's available in the PH? Use the SEARCH feature on the first page of the SCPH. As of 5-3-99, there are nearly 750 supply chain entries in the PH. Go to 'Produce with a supply chain focus' (use the SEARCH feature). This process decomposition of a supply chain model will integrate all disparate supply chain processes. As an example, expand the model subactivities by first clicking on SUBACTIVITIES, then once again on 'Manage with a supply chain focus.' Click on 'Develop Supply Chain Strategy' and then select SPECIALIZATIONS and you will get a series of entries regarding developing a supply chain strategy. Go to the ISCM Folder to access pertinent ISCM sponsor work. Get there by first going to 'Processes listed by business functions' and then to 'Supply Chain Management' under 'Processes listed by business function.' INPUT - tell us what you want in the PH! To help us enrich the PH, please let us know: What can we do to make the PH useful for your company? How would you like to use the PH? Do you have processes which you would like us to include in the PH (either for your company only or for the ISCM sponsors too)? What processes should we add more information to and what is the priority process? What do you want us to focus our efforts on making additions? Contact us by e-mail or by telephone at (617) 258-8584.