Open Innovation with Decentralized Co-Creation
Outreach is a cornerstone of DCOPI's mission. By partnering with our researchers, businesses and organizations can collaborate to advance knowledge and applications on the top supply chain, transportation, freight, and logistics issues in the world today.
Companies that benefit most from working with us are:
Preparing to implement pivotal change
Additionally, they are prepared to more thoroughly evaluate supply chains in transition. They are poised to elevate their supply chains to a higher level of efficiency and utilize supply chain innovations to achieve corporate goals.
Our Supply Chain Exchange is a robust corporate outreach program with four engagement levels, ensuring participation by all organizations.
Validation & Scale-Up
Exchange Partners engage with our industry-leading Executive Education courses, partner symposia, roundtables, and online forums. These activities form a community of practice for supply chain management.
Types of partnerships
Organizations that wish to investigate a particular supply chain issue in depth are invited to participate in the Research Partner program. Research partners will work directly with the most relevant lab or researcher group to address their specific challenges.
Collaborative Co-Creation & Prototyping
Agile Sprints: Teams work in short development cycles, regularly reviewing progress with our partners.
Strategic partnerships for the long-term
Strategic Partners engage at the highest level of collaboration with researchers and our analysts, while gaining the most access to other industry leaders. They serve on our executive board, contributing to the center's strategic direction.
Key Benefits
Priority access our research areas.
Networking within DCOPI’s corporate partner community.
Symposia, conferences, and other events.
Regular briefing materials and webinars on research.
Option to fund directed research (company specific).
Access to our network.