Reflection on global supply chain manage

Time: 13:30-17:30, May 15th, 2011, Sunday
Venue: Antai Auditorium, Antai College of Economics and Management, SJTU
        No. 535, Fahuazhen Road, Changning District, Shanghai
       上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院 安泰演讲厅 (上海 法华镇路535号, 200052)
Organized by: SJTU CLGO Lean Operations Club
Language: English
Dress code: Business attire
 
Topic
In the last few years we have seen an increase in the levels of risk and volatility faced by enterprises. Some recent examples include supply chain disruptions because of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the unrest in the Middle East, inflation in China, volcano-related transportation disruptions in Europe, oil price volatility, Johnson & Johnson product recalls and extensive fake drug sales.
 
How significant are the impact of these risks on a company’s overall operations? Since there is very limited options available after a disaster has occurred, how can supply chain executives systematically address supply chain risks both the known-unknown operational risks as well as the unknown-unknown extreme risks? How to ensure business continuity during the Japan Crisis?
 
On May15th, 2011, David Simchi-Levi, Professor of Engineering System at MIT, also the author of the award winning Designing and Managing the Supply Chain (McGraw-Hill, 2007), Donald Rosenfield, Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, also the Director of MIT LGO Program, and Keith Miears, Executive Director of World Wide Procurement at Dell, will be invited to CLGO Lean Operations Club to share their views on how to plan supply chain so it can better respond to mega disasters as well as more mundane operational problems. The discussion will also cover proven ways to analyze the different sources of risks, to assess the impact on the business and to build various mitigation measures into the supply chain.
 
Agenda
13:30- 14:00 Registration
14:00- 15:00 Keynote speech 1: “Mitigating Supply Chain Risk” by David Simchi-Levi
15:00-15:40 Keynote speech 2: “Understanding and Managing Supply Chain Risks” by Don. Rosenfield
15:40-15:50  Break
15:50-16:30 Keynote speech 3: “Ensuring Business Continuity During the Japan Crisis” by Keith Miears
16:30-17:30 Panel Discussion with Q&A
 
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About the speakers
 
David Simchi-Levi is a Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT and is considered one of the premier thought leaders in supply chain management. His research focuses on developing and implementing robust and efficient techniques for logistics and manufacturing systems. He has published widely in professional journals on both practical and theoretical aspects of logistics and supply chain management.
 Professor Simchi-Levi coauthored the books Managing the Supply Chain (McGraw-Hill, 2004), The Logic of Logistics (Springer 2005), as well as the award winning Designing and Managing the Supply Chain (McGraw-Hill, 2007). His new book Operations Rules: Delivering Customer Value through Flexible Operations was published by MIT Press in September 2010.

Professor Simchi-Levi has consulted and collaborated extensively with private and public organizations. He is the founder of LogicTools (now part of IBM), which provides software solutions and professional services for supply chain planning.
 
Dr. Donald Rosenfield is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, he is the initiator and Director of MIT Leaders for Global Operations Program. At MIT he has developed courses in Operations Strategy, Operations Management, and International Logistics. Dr. Rosenfield has worked extensively with a variety of corporations in solving problems in the areas of operations strategy and supply chain management. He has also conducted a substantial number of management development seminars in the US and abroad.
 Dr. Rosenfield has a S.B. in Mathematics, S.M. in Operations Research and an E.E. degree from MIT, and a Ph. D in Operations Research from Stanford University. He has written articles for a number of journals, including Harvard Business Review, Operations Research, Management Science, and Sloan Management Review. He is the co-author ofModern Logistics Management, published by John Wiley in 1985 and Operations Strategy: Competing in the 21st Century, published by Irwin McGraw Hill in 2007.

 
Mr. Keith Miears serves as the Executive Director of World Wide Procurement at Dell, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for purchasing, supply chain readiness, and supplier quality performance of Dell’s Notebook and Desktop products.
 Mr. Miears joined Dell in 1997 and has served in a variety of roles covering virtually every product category in support of Dell operations. Mr. Miears resides in Shanghai, China while continuing to lead a global team with members of his organization in Shanghai and Shenzhen China, Taipei, Brazil, and Austin, TX. Under Mr. Miears’ leadership, his team is responsible for sourcing activities, new product readiness in the supply chain, supplier quality performance, and supplier partnership strategies.

Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Miears worked at IBM serving in various roles within the manufacturing operations.
 
 
CLGO Brief
Modeled after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) highly successful Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) program, the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) China Leaders for Global Operations (CLGO) has been established to assist global companies in their strategically building and retaining a team of leadership talent. The CLGO program brings together the rigor and technical expertise of SJTU’s two engineering schools and the cutting-edge theory of the SJTU Antai College of Economics and Management, plus the real-world experience of the CLGO industry partners. CLGO is focusing on developing a special type of leader for China – one who can apply both managerial and engineering expertise to global manufacturing and operations for sustained profitability and success.
(Websites: http://www.acem.sjtu.edu.cn/cl fm07/)
 
LSSI Brief
Lean Six Sigma Institute (LSSI), subordinated to the Shanghai Management Science Society, is a
non-profit organization with the goal to improve operations performance. By creating a strong Lean Six Sigma Community through our website and public events we try to give managers the courage to become lean change agents. We carry out our mission through Value Streams: Lean Six Sigma Education, Learning Materials, the Lean Six Sigma Summit conferences, and our website www. lssclub.com.