1. ISCM Planning Meeting Summary
December 4, 2002
James B. Rice, Jr.
Director - Integrated Supply Chain Management Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2. Meeting Review Succeeded in Work to be done
Review ISCM Program activities 2002
Preliminary plan for events in 2003
Identifying plan to develop the 2003 research agenda
Strong support among sponsors for some new ideas and approaches
Event proposed by P&G
ISCM sponsor composition
Higher level of interaction among sponsors
Long-term perspective and support for ISCM work
Work to be done
Develop plans for Finance-Supply Chain event Spring 03
Refine plans for all 2003 events
Develop research agenda/investments

3. Follow Up – Program Structure
Program Structure and Size
Agreed desire to increase to 10, not more
High leverage for revenue from additional sponsors, also makes participation less sensitive to absence of individual firms at events
Agreed to refocus on longer-term commitment
Will work to develop a simple (if possible) agreement calling for multi-year (3 years) support
Annual payment, but multi-year commitment to fund
Require a clause that allows sponsors to opt out if business conditions call for suspending support
Effectively, this is an agreement in principle that obligates the firm only for the single year
Key point is to think longer term and invest in longer term, higher impact work.

4. Follow Up – Additional Sponsors
Specific Companies in each industry
3rd Party or Outsource Contract Manufacturer
Automotive Supplier or OEM
Retailers
Company to provide an international perspective
Also – potentially ISCM sponsor customers and/or suppliers
Need to identify how to engage and enlist additional sponsors
Role of ISCM sponsors

5. Follow Up – Event Planning
Agreed to continue with Quarterly event schedule
Potential annual theme for events
Current coordination with APL working
Part of each event with larger multi-sponsor group (including Affiliates Program in Logistics)
Ensure time at each event for ISCM-only discussion
Confirmed interest to maintain
Sponsor exclusivity
Focus on research
Identified interest in events that potentially profile sponsor supply chains/networks
Some events may be hosted at sponsor locations

6. 2003 Event Draft Plan Consider annual theme Dates
Managing and Leveraging the Extended SC/SN for Advantage
Others: Outsourcing, Finance, Globalization, Coordination across multiple companies of the SC/SN
Dates 1Q
January 5-7 Executive Education
ISCM Exchange Meeting 2Q
Finance – SC Event, last 2 weeks of April
Joint event with Intel University Day for 2Q/3Q (Chandler, Az)? 3Q
Joint event with Lucent Affiliates Day for 3Q? 4Q
ISCM Exchange & Key Contact Planning Meeting at MIT

7. Follow Up – Research Agenda Ideas
Clockspeed sessions at sponsor sites
Value Chain Roadmapping
Engage Prof. Charlie Fine to apply Communication VC Roadmapping to other industries
A finance study across the industry roadmap?
Auto-ID Technology applications in SC
Study of preparing for system response
Upturn in market
Standardization of new technology that significantly increases demand for new equipment
Disruption in SC due to terrorism
Integration, coordination across the SC
SC Visualization Project – Application

8. Follow Up – Harvesting Research
Group agreed that harvesting (leveraging research learnings by applying to the business) is important and core work for ISCM
Suggestion that the group learn from IEEE paper on Harvesting and Knowledge Transfer
Potentially ISCM could expand the paper and enrich it to make it more useful within ISCM sponsors
Paper written Joe Bellefeuille of Lucent & Jim Rice

9. Summary Lots of work to do A newly energized sponsor group
Higher level of sponsors engaged
Clear need to build the group in numbers and long-term perspective