© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | MIT Supply Chain Education Partners Presentation to ISCM Sponsors by James B. Rice, Jr. & Jonathan M. Fleck

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Agenda  Program Design – Annual Commitment – Fall Schedule – Thesis Process – MLog Class of 2003  Interested in Partners? – Partners Additional Benefits  Next Steps  Questions?

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Program Design  The MIT Supply Chain Education Partners Program promotes supply chain knowledge sharing for the mutual benefit of Partner Companies and MIT alike. The Program facilitates interaction between Partner Company executives, Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLog) students, and MIT faculty through four distinct types of events:  Executive Education: Symposiums on relevant supply chain topics.  Thesis Process: Presentations of proposed thesis projects, thesis project progress reviews and final thesis project learning presentations.  Knowledge Sharing: Partners’ executives give presentations on their supply chains and interesting projects or initiatives.  Networking: Activities that bring Partners together with students to build relationships.

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Annual Commitment  The Annual Commitment is $25,000. – To be sustainable, the Program requires $30,000 per Partner Company. – For founding member firms in , the cost is $25,000. – This recognizes founding members’ early commitment and program leadership.  Incremental cost for ISCM Sponsors is $10K – Modify on the full set of relationships between sponsor and MIT to encourage participation and reward support and leadership

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Fall Schedule  Thu. 10/17: Auto-ID Technology (Executive Education) – A joint event with the MIT Auto-ID Center to 1) Review the fundamentals of the technology, and 2) To explore the potential of Auto-ID technologies and their future application to transportation and logistics.  Wed. 10/30: Kick Off Night (Networking)  October & November: Partners’ Thesis Ideas (Thesis Process) – Partner companies will have opportunities to present possible thesis projects to students during events of 60 to 90 minutes. – These presentations will be scheduled to fit schedules of Partner companies and may involve 1-2 other Partner companies also presenting.  Thu. 12/5: Supply Chain Response to Terrorism (Executive Education) – A joint event with the Industrial Liaison Program, the Integrated Supply Chain Management Program, and the Affiliates Program in Logistics to explore the impact of terrorism and other unexpected disruptions on the supply chain. – Professor Yossi Sheffi will lead this session along with representatives from industry, government and academia.  January: Students’ Presentations (Thesis Process)

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Thesis Process  Identify potential thesis project proposals. – In parallel, Partner and MIT will develop relationship to incorporate understanding of each other’s critical processes, internal processes, and assumptions related to joining the Partners Program and/or working with a student. Examples may include planning and budgeting cycles, data availability, intellectual property, software licenses, travel & expenses, or privacy concerns.  Team works to refine proposals for scope, timing, resources.  Select a date and time to present at MIT. – There is flexibility in scheduling, but 2-3 weeks lead-time will help. – Starting in October into November.  Partner prepares a minute presentation for each project idea. – Share this with Program Coordinator, preferably 1 week ahead, to allow some refinement of the ideas and to help in identifying interested faculty. We strongly encourage companies to present more than 1 project idea per session.  Present to students and faculty.  Meet with interested student(s) and advisor(s) as needed. – The final thesis project scope and student matching processes are iterative.

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | MLog Class of 2003  The MLog Class of 2003 includes 29 students. Most possess meaningful relevant work experience, speak several languages, and have demonstrated success early on in their careers. Examples include but are not limited to the following: – MS – Industrial Engineering, Fulbright Scholarship to MIT, worked as IT business analyst at United Nations and as engineer in 3PL in Buenos Aires. – BS – Chemical Engineering, work experience includes 5 years at P&G in production operations management and capital project start ups. – BA – Mgt Information Systems, work experience includes MIS work at Frito Lay in Demand Planning and at ExxonMobil as MIS manager. – MS – Physics, work experience includes new product introduction for GE International and research at MIT, Penn State. – BS-BA Transportation & Logistics, work experience in supply chain management operations at Owens Corning and Asea Brown Boveri, as well as operating in family trucking business. – PhD – Physics, work experience includes Product Management in logistics software and as Director of Global Logistics at Danzas AEI.

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Affiliates or Partners?

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Partners Additional Benefits  Problem Solving & Thesis Process – Throughout the year, presentations (both knowledge sharing and thesis process related) will provide insight regarding how different students, faculty, and industry professionals have successfully addressed specific supply chain issues. – A graduate student, with MIT faculty supervision and input, may perform his or her thesis project (typically four to six months) with a Partner Company on a problem related to logistics or supply chain management. – Students working on their thesis projects with Partner companies will make structured presentations at regular intervals on the process, thinking, and progress of their work. This will allow Partner companies visibility into how supply chain issues are addressed or known applications utilized in other Partner’s organizations.  Potential Employee Assessment – Partner companies will have high levels of interaction with all MLog students. The result will be familiarity with all students’ backgrounds, capabilities, and potential.

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Next Steps  Join!  Begin thesis process by identifying key contacts and setting follow up date to develop project ideas.  Set up time to present possible thesis project ideas at MIT.  Participate in Fall Schedule.  Solicit input for Program through 2003: – Identify interesting SCM topics for Spring 2003 Partners events. – Let us know what else you are interested in learning about or participating in (research, lectures, presentations to/from students, facility visits, etc.)…

© 2002 MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics Jonathan M. Fleck | | Questions? Jonathan M. Fleck Coordinator – Corporate Relations Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Transportation and Logistics 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA