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James
Blayney Rice, Jr.
Director,
Integrated
Supply Chain Management Program,
Center
for Transportation and Logistics
Director, Supply Chain Exchange
Jim
Rice is the Director of the Integrated
Supply Chain Management (ISCM) Program
at the Center for Transportation and
Logistics (CTL), having joined CTL
in 1995. The ISCM Program is a consortium
that enables companies from industry
to interact with faculty and researchers
across MIT on education and research
in the supply chain domain.
Jim’s
research is on organization and supply
chain design, recently focusing on
how supply chains respond to disruptions
(e.g. terrorism), supply chain security
and creating competitive advantage
through supply chain design and management.
Jim also serves as project manager
for the Supply Chain Response, and
teaches a graduate course (“Supply
Chain Context”) in supply chain
management.
His
written work includes contributions
to books, working papers and recently
published authored and co-authored
articles:
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“A
Supply Chain View of The Resilient
Enterprise” Fall 2005, Sloan
Management Review
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“A
Real World Look at RFID”
in Supply Chain Management
Review July-August 2005
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“MG
Rover’s Supply Chain Disruption”
in Supply Chain Strategy
July 2005
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“Investing
in Supply Chain Security: Collateral
Benefits” from The IBM
Center for the Business of Government
May 2005
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“METRO
– Wal*Mart RFID Adoption
– A” MIT CTL Teaching
Case May 2005
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“Building
a Secure and Resilient Supply
Network” in Supply Chain
Management Review Sept.-Oct.
2003
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“Supply
Chain Response to Terrorism: Creating
Resilient and Secure Supply Chains
Interim” Interim Project
Report, August 2003
In
addition to his role at MIT, Jim has
served the community on several supply
chain-related Boards and Committees,
including:
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The
National Research Council’s
‘Board on Manufacturing
and Engineering Design’
(BMAED) serving 2000-2005,
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The Editorial Board – Supply
Chain Management Review, 1998
– Present
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The Editorial Board – Supply
Chain Forum: An International
Journal, 2001 – Present
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The
International Advisory Board of
KLICT, a multi-year and international
research initiative funded by
the government of The Netherlands,
1998 – Present,
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The
United States Air Force Logistics
Transformation Advisory Committee
(Chairman), 1999 – 2001,
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U.S. Navy Supply Chain Practices
for Affordable Naval Systems (SPANS)
Technical Advisory Board, 2003-Present
Prior
to joining MIT, Jim managed manufacturing
and distribution operations at Procter
& Gamble, and served as a sales
and market manager at General Electric
Company. Jim earned his MBA in Operations
and Finance from the Harvard Business
School, and a Bachelors Degree in
Mechanical Engineering from the University
of Notre Dame.
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