Slightly outside the scope of this blog, which deals more with the management side of supply chain risk, and less with the technical or operational side of supply chain mangement, today I’d like to promote the International Workshop on Secure Supply Chain Collaboration, June 2, Barcelona, Spain. This SecureSCM workshop is open to all those interested in finding solutions to the challenges of data sharing and collaborative supply chain management across supply chain players.
SecureSCM
SecureSCM is an EU-funded research project aimed at finding secure computation protocols for collaborative Supply Chain Management. Albeit many business will state that they apply Supply Chain Management in relations with their partners, more often than not the partners in a supply chain or supply network are reluctant to share the necessary data, such as unit costs or stock level. This is due to the inherent risks associated with exposing company-private and often highly sensitive data to what are in essence not just partners, but also potential competitors. SecureSCM ’s solution to this problem relies on sound cryptographic techniques such as secure multi-party computation in order to cooperatively manage the supply chain.
The SecureSCM consortium comprises of 7 members from 4 countries. Jointly they built the first practical solution for such a type of secure collaboration among supply chains partners. The project brings together researchers from mathematics, computer science, information systems and management to work together to solve this common problem.
SecureSCM project proposes to:
- build novel protocols for data confidentiality during the exchange in supply chain optimization
- implement and evaluate those protocols under real world constraints using a prototype
- demonstrate the benefits of data protection in the Aerospace and Logistic industry
- research the obstacles to practical adoption of collaborative supply chain management
- build the scientific foundation for privacy-preserving collaborative supply chain management.
SecureSCM will enhance the state-of-the-art in:
- cryptography of designing practical secure multi-party computation protocols
- security engineering of realizing practical privacy-preserving information systems
- business information systems of using data confidentiality in supply chain management systems
The workshop
The workshop is organised by the Zaragoza Logistics Center and SAP in collaboration with the SecureSCM Project Partners and will take place in Barcelona on June 2, in parallel to the 11th International Logistics and Material Handling Exhibition, SIL 2009. More information on the workshop and the exhibition are available at the Zaragoza Logistics Center website:
- Agenda
- Speakers
- Venue
- Registration
- Travel and Hotels
The Zaragoza Logistics Center
The Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) is a research institute associated with the University of Zaragoza in Spain and designated by the Ministry of Education and Science in Spain to coordinate CNC-LOGISTICA, the National Center of Excellence in Logistics & Supply Chain Management. The ZLC partnered with the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics in 2003 to develop world class education and research in logistics and supply chain management. Research initiatives in the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program leverage the combined resources of the MIT laboratories and a large-scale industrial laboratory in Zaragoza to develop cutting-edge concepts and technologies. The ZLC also offers masters, doctoral, and executive education programs, taught in both English and Spanish, to students from around the world.
Links
- SecureSCM – securescm.org
- Zaragoza Logisctis Center – ZLC
- ZLC/SecureSCM workshop – ZLC/SecureSCM
Related
- husdal.com: Investing in Supply Chain Security
