| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
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| Introduction | ||
| 1 |
Course Introduction |
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| Role of the Organization in IT | ||
| 2 | Should the General Manager Care to Learn IT? | Case: Andreu, Prof. Rafael. "Autoventa Diaria S.A.: Memorandum to the CEO and the CMO/CIO Crisis." IESE Case No. 0-192-030 SI-35-E. IESE Publishing, 1992. |
| Positioning and IT | ||
| 3 | Re-Positioning the Value Proposition Through IT | Case: Subirana, Prof. Brian and Marcel Zuidhof. "Virtual Distribution on the Internet and the Transformation of the Publishing Industry." IESE Case No. 0-196-026 SI-93-E. IESE Publishing, 1996. |
| 4 | Aligning Programs and Processes
The MIT View of the Firm |
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| 5 | Electronic Markets and Supply Change Management | Case: Konsynski, Prof. Benn. "Baxter Healthcare Corp.: ASAP Express." Harvard Business Case No. 9-188-080. Boston: Harvard Business School, 1988. Optional:
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| 6 | Designing an Industry-wide Information Architecture (I): "Under the Hood" of a Commercial Website | Optional:
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| 7 | Designing an Industry-wide Information Architecture (II): Transaction Streams | Hagel III, John and Jeffrey Rayport. "The New Infomediaries." McKinsey Quarterly, Number 4, 1997. |
| 8 | A View Into the Future: Web Technologies Basics and the Semantic Web | Orfali, R. et al. "Client/Server Survival Guide (3rd edition)." Wiley, 1999, chapters 26-27. Optional:
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| IT-Enabled Operational Effectiveness | ||
| 9 | SAP in Manufacturing
What Should the CEO Know About ERPs? |
Case: Andreu, Rafael, Sandra Sieber, Brian Subirana, Josep Valor and Fernando Jim?nez. "Implementation of SAP at CELSA (B)." IESE Case No. 2-103-019 SI-139-E. Barcelona, Spain: IESE Publishing, January 2003. Davenport, T. H. "Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise System." Harvard Business Review, August 1998, pp. 121-131. |
| 10 | Aligning IT and the Organization: Role of Artificial Intelligence and Other Forecasting Technologies |
Case: Ostrofsky, Keri and Prof. James Cash. "Mrs. Fields' Cookies." Harvard Business Case No. 9-189-056. Harvard Business School, 1988. "J. C. Penney Decentralizes Its Purchasing. Individual Stores Can Tailor Buying to Needs." TWJ Europe, May 8, 1986. |
| 11 |
The Central Nervous System of Automated Virtual Manufacturing Plants Guest Speaker: Jim Miller, VP Supply Chain & Logistics, Cisco Systems, Inc. |
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| 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 |
"Business Process Improvement and Software Selection Using ARIS at a Mid-Market Manufacturing Company." Business Process Excellence: ARIS in Practice. Springer, 2002, pp. 109-128. Brady, Ed. "Demo of Aris Framework." IDS Scheer AG. "The BPS Market Catches Another Major Updraft." IDS Scheer/Gartner, 2002. |
| 13 | The Little-man Computer | Madnick, Stuart. "Understanding the Computer (Little Man Computer)." 1993. (Unpublished manuscript.) Optional:
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| 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. |
Case: Stanzyk, Stan and Tee Welton under supervision of Prof. Brian Subirana. "IT/Automation Cost Reduction in Intel's Manufacturing Environment." Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan, 2003. |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
Case: O'Callaghan, Ramon under supervision of Michael Vitale. "American Crown (Condensed)." IESE Case No. 3-195-003 SI-73-E. Barcelona, Spain: IESE Publishing, 1994. |
| 18 | Designing an Industry-wide Information Architecture (III): Computer Security/Cryptography |
Behar, Richard. "Who's Reading Your E-mail?" Fortune. Feb. 3, 1997, pp. 57-70. VanDam, Chuck under supervision of Prof. Erik Brynjolfsson. "Encryption and Authentication." Stanford University Case Studies. Stanford University Case Services, April 1998. Optional: PC Webopedia - Encryption Category Page. (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/e/encryption.html) (Terms to look up: symmetric-key cryptography, DES, public-key encryption, RSA, Pretty Good Privacy, authentication, digital signature, digital certificate, PKI, SSL, digital cash, smart card.) |
| 19 | Implementing Computer Vision Solutions in Manufacturing Guest Speaker: Pam Lipson, Founder / CEO, Imagen Inc. Technology Assignment Due |
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| 20 |
Steel Manufacturing and Cross-Company Processes Delivering an Industry-wide IT Solution Guest Speaker: Richard Rowe, Founder of RoweCom |
Case: Subirana, Prof. Brian. "Steelscreen.com Challenges in Aligning Technology and Strategy in B2B." IESE Case No. SI-118. Barcelona, Spain: IESE Publishing, 2000. |
| 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 |
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| 22 | Strategic Framing: Broadband Technologies and the Information Value-chain | Case: Sandoval, Matthew L under supervision of Prof. Stephen P. Bradley. "Excite@Home: Betting on a Broadband Revolution." Harvard Business Case No. 9-700-069. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2000. |
| 23 | What Should the CEO Know About Manufacturing? Wireless Technologies and 3G Guest Speaker: Lars-G?ran Hansson, Manufacturing Processes, Ericsson |
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| 24 | Course Closure | |