13th Cambridge International Manufacturing Symposium

Global Value Chains - capturing value in international manufacturing and supply networks
25 - 26 September 2008 at the Møller Centre, Cambridge

Speakers

Biswaranjan Sen,Vice President Supply Chain, Hindustan Unilever Ltd

I am a chemical engineer by training. I joined Unilever in 1991. I have, since then, worked in various parts of the supply chain and in R&D. I now lead Supply Chain Operations (manufacturing & planning & logistics) for Unilever's Indian operations.

I am interested in supply chain simulation and modeling.

I live in Mumbai with my wife and my 12 year old son. My hobbies include reading, cricket and cooking.

Professor Chen-Fu Chien, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management and an EMBA Professor in the School of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU). Since 2005, he has been on-leave to serve as the Deputy Director of Industrial Engineering Division in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), which is the world largest semiconductor foundry. He received B.S. degree (with Phi Tao Phi Honor) with double majors in Industrial Engineering and Electrical Engineering from NTHU in 1990. He received M.S. of Industrial Engineering and Ph.D. of Operations Research and Decision Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1994 and 1996, respectively. He was a Fulbright Scholar in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, UC Berkeley from 2002 to 2003 and also received the Executive Training of PCMPCL in Harvard Business School in 2007. Since 2002, Dr. Chien has been a Steering Committee Member of Industrial Engineering Division in National Science Council, Taiwan. He is also on the Board of Directors of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers (CIIE) and Chinese Institute of Decision Sciences. He had also been an Adjunct Professor of Tianjin University and Visiting Professor at the Cambridge University (sponsored by Royal Society), Tsinghua University (sponsored by Chinese Development Foundation), Waseda University (sponsored by Japan Interchange Association Young Scholar Fellowship). He is now an Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and an Advisory Board Member of OR Spectrum. His research and development efforts center on decision analysis, modeling and analysis for semiconductor manufacturing, manufacturing strategy, and dada mining. Dr. Chien has received four invention patents on semiconductor manufacturing and published two books and more than 60 journal papers. His keynote speech in IEEM 2006 was then invited by IIE to publish as a feature article in Industrial Engineer (2007 Feb, pp. 47-49). Dr. Chien received the Outstanding Research Awards and Tier 1 Principal Investigator (Top 3%) from the National Science Council, Distinguished University-Industry Collaborative Research Award from the Ministry of Education, Distinguished Young Industrial Engineer Award and Best IE Paper Award from CIIE,, Distinguished Young Faculty Research Award from NTHU, TSMC Faculty Semiconductor Research Grant Award, Best Engineering Paper Award by Chinese Institute of Engineers.

Value Chain Evolution in Semiconductor Industry in light of Moore's Law - abstract

Semiconductor manufacturing is one of the most complicated and capital-intensive industries. The evolution of the semiconductor industry can be understood from the point of view of modularity and technical considerations driven by the simplification of complex production problems. Since tsmc established pure wafer foundry business model in 1987 that assume all the costs of capital expenditure and expenses in wafer fabrication but never compete with its clients of fabless design houses and IDMs. The pure foundry can easily scale up or down its production capacity according to an individual customer's needs, while maximizing fab utilization with a portfolio of various customers. Such a business model freed fables and IDM designers from the burden of capital investment for advanced technology capacity. Thus, IC designers can concentrate on creating design of chips for various applications including PC and consumer electronics. Meanwhile, the semiconductor industry is moving to more narrow specialization such as Ardentec that focuses the middle layer of wafer sort between front-end of IC design and wafer fabrication and backend of IC packaging and final testing. Nevertheless, Global Unichip Corporation that positions itself as a design foundry focusing on SoC (system on a chip) is trying to virtually integrate the supply chain to deal with technical challenges driven by Moore's Law and technological inseparability involved in SoC and SiP (System in Package). This talk aims to review the evolution of value chain in semiconductor industry and try to discuss some of the challenges and ongoing changes in continuously following Moore's Law.

Professor Martin Christopher, Professor of Marketing and Logistics, Cranfield University

Martin Christopher is Chairman of the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management. As an author, Martin Christopher has written numerous books and articles and is on the editorial advisory board of a number of professional journals. Until recently he was co-editor of The International Journal of Logistics Management and his recent books have focused upon relationship marketing, logistics and supply chain management. He has held appointments as Visiting Professor at the Universities of British Columbia, Canada, New South Wales, Australia and South Florida, USA.

Professor Christopher is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply. In 1987 he was awarded the Sir Robert Lawrence medal of the Institute of Logistics & Transport for his contribution to the development of logistics education in Britain. In 2005 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Award of the USA Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals. In 2007 he was designated as Foundation Professor by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.  He has worked as a consultant for major international companies in North America, Europe, the Far East and Australasia.

Peter Flinn, Head of Technology for the Technology Strategy Board

Peter Flinn has worked in manufacturing industry throughout his career, in the aircraft, rail, commercial vehicle and process industries. He is currently Head of Technology for the Technology Strategy Board and was co-author of its recently published High Value Manufacturing strategy.

His most recent industrial role was as Managing Director of Vectra Group Limited, an engineering consultancy specialising in safety work for hazardous industries. Prior to this, he was MD of ABB Engineering Services, also an international technical consultancy, which was bought by ABB from ICI in 2001. His role there was to integrate this business into ABB. and to develop its position in the market place.

Previously in ABB, he was MD of ABB Support Ltd and first joined ABB in Derby in 1991 as Head of Engineering of what is now Bombardier UK. He was closely involved in the restructuring of the rail company after ABB took full control, setting up and running the Bodyshell Division of which he was Director, based in York.

In his earlier career, he worked for Leyland DAF Limited, the commercial vehicle organisation, in Lancashire and Scotland, his last position being Quality Director for the UK part of the company, He previously held positions in product development and manufacturing. Prior to this, he started his working career with the military aircraft division of British Aerospace.

Peter is a chartered engineer by profession, having a degree from Cambridge University, an MBA and having attended an international management programme at Harvard Business School. He is an active member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and has been chairman of its Manufacturing Industries Division. He was also on the CBI Manufacturing Council between 1999 and 2002.

He is married with two grown up children and two grandchildren.

"Developing the High Value Manufacturing strategy of the Technology Strategy Board" - Synopsis

The Technology Strategy Board is a UK Government agency, given greater independence in 2007, with a mission to promote the UK as a global leader in innovation. High Value Manufacturing is one of the core areas of technology and expertise which it supports through funding collaborative research projects and through promoting various forms of knowledge transfer. As part of the development of its overall strategy, a specific strategy has been developed for High Value Manufacturing. This presentation outlines the key points of this strategy and the thinking behind it.

In particular, it looks at the international context for manufacturing, the economic environment, and the forces which are shaping manufacturing globally. It then breaks the strategy down into four key areas: products, production processes, service systems and value systems, with a particular emphasis on taking a life-cycle view of the subject. From this, the presentation discusses how the strategy will be implemented in such areas as collaborative R&D, knowledge transfer, skills and international engagement.

The overall aim of the work is for the Technology Strategy Board to invest in the development of the UK to maintain its place as one of the world’s leading manufacturing locations, where business can develop sustainable solutions for all aspects of the product or asset lifecycle.

Richard Folkson, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor for Innovation

"Zero Carbon Transport: Technical solutions and Supply Chain Consequences"

Prof. Richard Folkson joined Ford as an Undergraduate Trainee straight from school after completing A-levels in Maths, Physics, Chemistry and Engineering. He read Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College, London and following graduation has worked in almost all areas of Product Development including Body design, Engines, Electrical, Product Planning and Project Management. He was the Project Manager of the original Ford Focus and the previous and current Ford Transit programs and spent 3 years working in Detroit, USA in the mid 1990's.

Most recently Richard ran all Product Verification and Testing activities in Europe with a staff of 1,500 engineers, before moving to a cross-brand role as Chief Engineer responsible for Engineering Standards and Technical Alignment across Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover ,Volvo and Mazda.

Richard was Chairman of the SMMT Engineering Committee representing the motor industry on technical matters at meetings with UK Government departments and is Chairman of the Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, of which he is a Fellow. He lectures regularly at Universities on a broad range of Engineering subjects and was appointed visiting Professor to the University of Hertfordshire, Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Design Engineering in 2004.

He retired from Ford in January 2006 to pursue his interests primarily around low carbon technologies and university lecturing / research. The Royal Academy of Engineering appointed him a Visiting Professor for Innovation in September 2008.

Dr Pelham Hawker, Johnson Matthey

Vincent Megglé, Senior Vice President, Industrial Deployment, Schneider Electric

Chris Woodbridge, Vice-President, Global Manufacturing Strategy, Sealed Air Corporation

Sealed Air Corporation is a leading global innovator and manufacturer of a wide range of packaging and performance-based materials and equipment systems that serve an array of food, industrial, medical and consumer applications.

Chris has worked in SAC for over 25 years and held a number of manufacturing positions spanning that period. In particular, Chris established a regional manufacturing approach in Latin America and served as the first Global VP of Manufacturing for SAC.

Chris graduated from Newcastle University in 1973 and prior to joining Sealed Air, worked in shift management with the British Steel Corporation.

Timothy J Sturgeon, IPC, MIT

Timothy J. Sturgeon is a Senior Research Affiliate at the Industrial Performance Center (IPC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and co-organizer of the Global Value Chains Initiative (http://www.globalvaluechains.org). Tim served as coordinator of the MIT IPC Services Offshoring Working Group, and was lead author of its final report. Prior to these activities, Tim was Executive Director of the IPC's Globalization Study, and Globalization Research Director for the International Motor Vehicle Program at the Center for Technology, Policy and Industrial Development. Prior to this, he was Director of the MIT/Carnegie Mellon Project on Globalization and Jobs in the Automotive Industry. To support these activities, Tim has conducted field research in dozens of countries, with a focus on global value chains in the automotive and electronics industries. His papers have appeared in international peer-reviewed journals including Industrial and Corporate Change, Review of International Political Economy, Journal of East Asian Studies, and Journal of Economic Geography. Tim is interested in both the distinctive and common aspects of industries and places, and the implications of these for economic performance, corporate strategy, and public policy. Tim's personal page on the IPC website is http://web.mit.edu/ipc/people/faculty/sturgeon.html.

Rob Sullivan, Director Manufacturing, Business Enterprise Regulatory Reform (BERR)