Information Technology as an Integrating Force in Manufacturing

Calendar

LEC #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Introduction
1	Course Introduction
Role of the Organization in IT
2	Should the General Manager Care to Learn IT?
Positioning and IT
3	Re-Positioning the Value Proposition Through IT
4	Aligning Programs and Processes  The MIT View of the Firm
5	Electronic Markets and Supply Change Management
6	Designing an Industry-wide Information Architecture (I): “Under the Hood” of a Commercial Website
7	Designing an Industry-wide Information Architecture (II): Transaction Streams
8	A View Into the Future: Web Technologies Basics and the Semantic Web	Hand out Tech Assignment
IT-Enabled Operational Effectiveness
9	SAP in Manufacturing  What Should the CEO Know About ERPs?
10	Aligning IT and the Organization: Role of Artificial Intelligence and Other Forecasting Technologies
11	The Central Nervous System of Automated Virtual Manufacturing Plants Guest Speaker: Jim Miller, VP Supply Chain & Logistics, Cisco Systems, Inc. http://www.cisco.com
12	Linking Process Modeling Architecture with ERP The Case of American Meter Company, ARIS and SAP Guest Lecture: Ed Brady, IT Director, American Meter Company http://www.americanmeter.com
13	The Little-man Computer	Hand out SQL/LMC Assignment
14	IT and Productivity Cost Reduction of IT Automation Within Intel Manufacturing Plants Guest Speaker: Stanley Stanzyk, Automation Manager in Charge of Computing Cost Reduction. Intel Corp. http://www.intel.com
15	Embedded Intelligence, RFIDs and the Auto-ID Initiative Guest Speaker: Prof. Sanjay E. Sarma, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Co-Founder and Research Director of the Auto-ID Center at MIT
16	Introduction to Databases, Data Modeling and XML
IT Implementation and Delivery
17	Role of Senior Management in the Implementation Process The Case of Handheld Devices
18	Designing an Industry-wide Information Architecture (III): Computer Security/Cryptography	SQL/LMC Assignment Due
19	Implementing Computer Vision Solutions in Manufacturing Guest Speaker: Pam Lipson, Founder / CEO, Imagen Inc. Technology Assignment Due	Technology Assignment Due
20	Steel Manufacturing and Cross-Company Processes Delivering an Industry-wide IT Solution Guest Speaker: Richard Rowe, Founder of RoweCom
Conclusion: The Future of IT, Manufacturing, and You
21	Artificial Intelligence and the Robots of the Future Guest Speaker: Prof. Rodney Brooks Director, MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory http://www.ai.mit.edu/
22	Strategic Framing: Broadband Technologies and the Information Value-chain	Take Home Final Given out with Agenda
23	What Should the CEO Know About Manufacturing? Wireless Technologies and 3G Guest Speaker: Lars-Göran Hansson, Manufacturing Processes, Ericsson http://www.ericsson.com	Take Home Final Due
24	Course Closure