Wednesday, October 21, 1998

(7:00 AM - 8:00 AM) Continental Breakfast
(8:00 AM - 10:15 AM) Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chain Operations - I

Session Coordinator: Rob Shumsky (Rochester)

• Paul Zipkin, Duke, "Inventory Theory and Supply Chain Management – Past, Present and Future"
• Bob Savit, U of Mich, "Agent-Based Model of a Supply Chain"
• Stanley Gershwin, MIT, "Complex Production System Analysis and Control by Decomposition Methods"

(10:15 AM - 10:30AM) Coffee Break
(10:30AM – 12:30 PM) Modeling and Analysis of Supply Chain Operations - II

Session Coordinator: Rob Shumsky (U Rochester)

• David Simchi-Levi, Northwestern U, "Coordinating Production, Inventory and Transportation Decisions in the Supply Chain"
• Grace Lin, IBM, "Modeling and Analysis of IBM Supply Chains."
• Jin Wang, Auburn U, "Coordination of Batch Demand Supply Chain"

(12:30PM - 1:30PM) Lunch
(1:30PM – 3:30 PM) Panel Discussion: The Agenda for Future Academic Research

Session Coordinator: Rob Shumsky (U Rochester)

• Panel Members: Paul Zipkin (Duke), Grace Lin (IBM), David Simchi-Levi (Northwestern U), Bob Savit (U Mich), Van Parunak (ERIM), Jin Wang (Auburn), Stanley Gershwin (MIT), Mike Caramanis (U Boston)