2003 International Workshop on IT-Enabled Supply Chain Management and Logistics; December 14-16, 2003; Bangalore, India

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Given the increasing importance of Information Technology in enabling leadingbusinesses and supply chains and the rapidly evolving structure of private sector andpublic sector organizations driven by constant innovations in the field of IT, there aretremendous scope and value for ground-breaking research in various aspects of IT-enabled logistics and supply chain management. To bring together some of the finestresearchers in this area to present their perspectives, an international workshop is beingproposed in the IT capital of India, Bangalore, later this year. Thought leaders andaccomplished researchers from across the world will congregate to share their findings,unearth path-breaking approaches to shared problems and discover common researchinterests in the closely inter-related areas of supply chain management, IT enabledlogistics, E-business and manufacturing automation. This collective learning process willdefinitely lead to significant new findings that shall further aid the development anddeployment of new IT solutions in Industry.The workshop will be organized over a period of 2 days with a total of 8 sessions thatshall be dedicated to exploring the frontiers of IT-enabled logistics and supply chainnetworks. A pre-workshop tutorial on the basics of IT-enabled logistics and supply chainmanagement will be organized for the benefit of interested workshop participants. Atotal of 40 prominent speakers will be invited to present their results and share theirperspectives. The total number of participants including speakers will be around 150 (40speakers, 40 faculty members from Indian Universities, 30 Industry participants andabout 40 research students). Some of the companies that are expected to participate inthis event are i2 Technologies, SAPLabs, Samsung, Motorola, Infosys, Satyam,MindTree, IBM India Research Labs, and GM India Science Labs.In order to achieve the ambitious goals of this workshop, the participation of internationalexperts particularly from the US is absolutely essential. In this regard, NSF funding toprovide partial support for the travel and accommodation of US-based researchersattending the event will go a long way in making the event a grand success. It isestimated that support will be required to facilitate the participation of around 10 US-based academicians.The intellectual merit of the proposed workshop is that it brings together leadingresearchers and industrial thinkers for technical presentation, brainstorming discussions,industrial visit, and workshop publication. The speakers will share some of their mostrecent research findings to addresses both the IT and the modeling issues, and this willhave broad impact on both traditional industries such as automotive, aerospace, apparel,petrochemicals, etc. and also e-business companies. The outcomes of the Workshop willbe widely disseminated to scientists and engineers in academia, manufacturing andservice industries, and the supporting IT industries through Workshop Proceedings andpersonal contact. Visits to leading Indian software houses and research institutes andtechnical discussions among participants would facilitate a better understanding of IndiaIT industry by US researchers, and the establishing an international research network willthen have a far and broad impact on international collaboration between the twocountries.