Innovative Collaboration for Competitive Advantage
Third Annual Symposium on Supply Chain Management

Sponsored by the McMaster eBusiness Research Centre (MeRC),
Purchasing Management Association of Canada (PMAC) and
Ontario Research Network in Electronic Commerce (ORNEC)

This page last updated September 29, 2005 by the MeRC Manager

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There will be parallel sessions including presentations from practitioners and researchers. The symposium will feature three keynote addresses and roundtable discussions. There will be three concurrent breakout tracks. For speaker and co-author bios and presentation abstracts please click through the links on the Speakers Page

This site is subject to change and is being updated regularly. If you are basing travel plans on the timetable below please confirm the following with the MeRC Manager.

All events that are included in the registration take place at the Wyndham Bristol Place Hotel, as per the Venue page. Room locations are indicated for each session.

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

Wednesday, September 28, 2005 evening
Location: Carlyle Room (moved from Plaza B)
Advance registration
Welcome wine & cheese reception
Hosted by MeRC/ORNEC and PMAC

Introductions by Dr. Khaled Hassanein, Director, MeRC
and Mr. Robert W. Dye, President, PMAC

Welcome Address by Dr. Milena Head,
Associate Dean, DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University

Meet and mingle


NOTE: this event is included in the full registration though we would like a count of how many people to expect.
Please RSVP gmacdon@mcmaster.ca
if you are planning to attend.

Time
Thursday, September 29, 2005
7:30 am to 8:30 am
Location: Sutton A (Outside room)
Registration
Breakfast Buffet
8:30 am to 8:40 am
Location: Sutton A
Welcome
Dr. Norm Archer, MeRC
& Mr. Robert Dye, PMAC
8:40 am to 9:35 am
Location: Sutton A
Keynote Speaker
Supply Chain: You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Jim Eckler, President & CEO, Progistix-Solutions Inc.
Stream 1
Location: Carlyle Room
Stream 2
Location:
Balmoral Room
Stream 3
Location:
Windsor Room
9:40 am to 10:15 am
Partnership Innovation (Walters)
-Academic-


Achieving Strategic Advantage (Blinick)
-Practitioner-

Best Practices in Customer Order Promising (Kayser)
-Practitioner-

10:20 am to 10:40 am

Location: Sutton A (Outside room)
Refreshments

Stream 1
Location: Carlyle Room
Stream 2
Location:
Balmoral Room
Stream 3
Location:
Windsor Room
10:45 am to 11:20 am

Major Chinese
Mfg. Firms
(Liao & Hong)
-Academic-

Coopetition Strategy
(Aggan & Ferrand)
-Practitioner-

Buyer Expected Benefits & E-Marketplaces
(Sénécal et al)
-Academic-
11:25 am to 12:00 pm
Global Trends in Logistics Outsourcing (Sangam) -Practitioner-
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings (Du)
-Academic-
Industrial E-Trading
(Walters FOR
Glaser
& Halliday)
-Academic-
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Location: Sutton A (incl. outside room)
Lunch Buffet
and Keynote Speaker

Enhancing Business-to-Business Integration using Microsoft Technologies
Barnaby Jeans, IT Pro Advisor, Microsoft Canada

 
Stream 1
Location: Carlyle Room
Stream 2
Location:
Balmoral Room
Stream 3
Location:
Windsor Room
1:35 pm to 2:10 pm
Inter-Firm Knowledge Management
(Moffat & Sproule)
-Academic-
Supply Chain Security (Leonhard)
-Practitioner-
Supplier Evaluation (Gordon)
-Practitioner-
2:15 pm to 2:50 pm
Cross-Organizational Product Development
(Kern & Kersten)
-Academic-
Customer Relationship Management (McKenzie)
-Academic-
Reverse Auctions (Hansen)
-Practitioner-
2:55 pm to 3:15 pm
Location: Sutton A (Outside room)
Refreshments
 
Stream 1
Location: Carlyle Room
Stream 2
Location:
Balmoral Room
Stream 3
Location:
Windsor Room
3:20 pm to 3:55 pm
Global Inter-firm
Product Development
(Jin & Hong)
-Academic-
TBA

Adaptive Supply
Chain Design
(Davidrajuh)
-Academic-

4:00 pm to 4:35 pm
Subcontracted
Services in Canada
(Burgess)
-Practitioner-
Integrated Inventory & Transportation Model (Chou & Chen)
-Academic-
Process Model for Fast Fashion Retailers (Birtwistle, Moore, Lung)
-Academic-
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Optional dinner (individual billing) . Spaces limited.
Location: Outback Steakhouse (click link for menu)
801 Dixon Road, Etobicoke (Toronto), ON
RSVP: To reserve your spot, please email Glenda MacDonald.or Sign up at the SCM05 Registration Desk.

Time
Friday, September 30, 2005
7:30 am to 8:30 am
Location: Sutton A (Outside room)
Registration
Breakfast Buffet
 
Stream 1
Location: Carlyle Room
Stream 2
Location:
Balmoral Room
Stream 3
Location:
Windsor Room
8:45 am to 9:20 am
TBA
Web Services for Collaborative,
Inter-Organizational Computing
(Srinivasan
& Sundaram)
-Academic-
Customer Orientation and Performance Outcomes
(Jeong & Hong)
-Academic-
9:25 am to 10:00 am
Implementing Successful Supply Chain Projects (Levine)
-Practitioner-
Architecture for
Conflict Management
(Arcelli, Tisato, Ubezio)
-Academic-
Trajectories for Success of e-Negotiation
(Turel & Yuan)
-Academic-
10:05 am to 10:25 am
Location: Sutton A (Outside room)
Refreshments
 
Stream 1
Location: Carlyle Room
Stream 2
Location:
Balmoral Room
Stream 3
Location:
Windsor Room
10:30 am to 11:05 am
Sustainable Supply Chain Practices
(Wakefield for Berglund)
-Practitioner-

Outsourcing Practices
(P. Hong & J. Park)
-Academic-

Structure of the Canadian Supply Chain
(Schneiderman)
-Practitioner-
11:10 am to 11:45 am
Politics and Inefficiency
in Supply Chains
(Gilliland)
-Practitioner-
RFID Implementation
in China
(Wang, Yuan, Wang
& Archer)
-Academic-

Trust Enabled
Supply Networks (Todd)
-Practitioner-

12:00 pm- 1:10 pm

Location: Sutton A (incl. outside room)
Lunch Buffet

Location: Sutton A
Keynote Speaker
Implementation of the ECCNet Product Registry
Arthur Smith, CEO, GS1 Canada

 
Stream 1
Location: Carlyle Room
Stream 2
Location:
Balmoral Room
Stream 3
Location:
Windsor Room
1:15 pm - 2:10 pm


Roundtable

Discussion:

Outsourcing: Current & Future Trends
(Leader: Fred Kulach, Progistix-Solutions Inc. )

Roundtable Discussion:
Global Supply Chain Management: Challenges & Opportunities
(Leader: Wael Aggan,
ViaSafe Inc.)

Roundtable Discussion:
Managing & Succeeding With Lean Supply Chains
(Leader:
David Walters
,
Sydney Grad.
School of Mgt.)

2:15 pm - 2:50 pm

Supply-to- Distribution Center Discrete Simulation (Toloo)
-Practitioner-

Controlling Documentation & Regulatory Compliance (Lebrun & Eastman)
-Practitioner-
Finding & Fixing the Broken Link (Schneiderman)
-Practitioner-
2:55 pm - 3:30 pm
Coordinating Mass Customization
(Y. Park & P. Hong)
-Academic-
Integrating Supply Chain Systems (Borromeo)
-Practitioner-
TBA
3:35 pm - 4:00 pm
Refreshments, Prize Awards and Closing Address
Location: Sutton A
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