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PRE 2005 PROJECTS
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Application in the Supply Chain
This research project has several facets
and sub-projects, some of which are described
in the spreadsheet
list of student projects. In general,
the projects include:
- Smart Objects Study: This entails several
studies being examining the benefits of unit
level traceability in the manufacturing and
logistics processes. Several specific studies
on-site are being conducted, each of which
will contribute to a broader study being done
with Stanford University to understand the
potential long-term and disruptive impact
of RFID on the supply chain.
- Study of RFID application across leading
practitioners and early-adopters,
- Study of RFID application in the logistics
processes at consumer products manufacturers,
including the linkage through to the trade
customer
Clockspeed - Supply Chain Design in the
Internet Age
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. To date Prof. Fine has conducted
five "Clockspeed' sessions with ISCM
sponsors. Much of the focus is on how new
technologies and information systems integration
are affecting business and supply chain design
(outsourcing, strategy).
Network
Master & Multi-Tier Supply Chain Coordination
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.
Creating Lasting Values in Supply Chain
Collaboration - Project conducted by the
MIT Integrated Supply Chain Management Program
in collaboration with the Stanford Global Supply
Chain Management Forum (under the direction
of Prof. Hau Lee.
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
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. Lead researchers
from four MIT Centers are collaborating on
this project to develop what we are calling
'the magic table' - Prof. Thomas Malone of
the Center for
Coordination Science, Prof. Hiroshi Ishii
of the Media
Lab Tangible
Media Group, Dr. Jim Hines of the System
Dynamics Group and Jim Rice of the Center
for Transportation & Logistics.
The Supply Chain Process Handbook
This project entails continued work with
the MIT Sloan School Center
for Coordination Science (CCS) in developing
the Supply Chain Process
Handbook (SCPH). This SCPH is a proprietary
web-based tool that serves both practical
purposes (a supply chain knowledge repository)
and high-level purposes (a supply chain process
redesign tool). See attached page for additional
information about the SCPH project. This entails
access for the ISCM sponsors to the proprietary
knowledge and an active plan to develop ISCM
cases to illustrate the supply chain process
redesign capabilities of the SCPH. (See attached
page for additional information about the
SCPH project).
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