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February 2018
#TauberInGermany

Tauber students are examining operations in Germany on a spring break Tauber Trek. So far, students have toured facilities at Amazon, DeutscheBahn, Fresenius, startup Stitch by Stitch, makerlab Tatcraft, and Volkswagen - and they're only halfway through their trip!
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Tauber Turnout: Chicago
Dinner at Gene & Georgetti - March 9, 7-9pm
 
Enjoy great food, and even better conversation! Join Tauber alumni and current students for dinner at Gene & Georgetti - "Chicago's finest steakhouse since 1941" - during Engineering Global Leadership's Chicago trip.
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Who do you recognize?  2006 Tauber Team Pfizer won 2nd place at Spotlight!
Where are they now?
From the Tauber photo vault  

In 2006, Tauber Team Pfizer won 2nd place at  Spotlight! Now Samantha Jarema (BSE/MSE-IOE '07) - front row left - works for Boeing in the Seattle area, and Jonathan Gregg (MBA '07) - front row right - is the founder of Hall Analytical in Albuquerque. Jonathan recently shared his thoughts on the impact his Tauber experience has had on his career.
Be an alumni mentor this summer

Remember what it was like to arrive at an unfamiliar workplace to tackle a challenging project? Tauber students are seeking alumni mentors for this summer's Alumni Connections program. Mentors will provide guidance to students during their 14-week Team Project. Contact  Alumni Relations Manager Laura Turner  by March 6 to learn more about Alumni Connections and become a mentor this summer.
Volunteer on Community Service Day
Make a difference in Michigan - March 23

One day can make a difference! Join our 7th annual Tauber Community Service Day. Make southeastern Michigan nonprofits and community-oriented companies top clients for the day by contributing your time and talent.
Learn more about Community Service Day >
Meet up with Tauber at INFORMS
Business Analytics in Baltimore - April 15-17

Join us! Tauber Industry Director Ray Muscat, Engineering Co-Director Larry Seiford, and Marketing Manager Theresa Ceccarelli will be in attendance at the 2018 INFORMS Business Analytics Conference in Baltimore, where the Tauber Institute will be sponsoring the Executive Forum.
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2017 Tauber Facility Tour of Delta Airlines
Tauber blog:  Finding your path

"... then I saw a plane up close in person at the Delta maintenance hangar and I was just in awe. I realized that other than being passionate about continuous sustainable process improvements, I was most excited and driven by the product."
- Tauber student Stephanie Wang

Some Tauber students arrive at Michigan focused on a specific career in operations, but others discover a perfect career path that they had never considered before.  MBA student Stephanie Wang shares her insights with the incoming class about using their Tauber experience to help find a path that's just right for them.
Michigan Experts: pre-empting delays

Better flight experiences, thanks to Michigan Experts! Tauber faculty member Amy Cohn is collaborating on research to reaccommodate passengers proactively as soon as it is known that a flight will be delayed, instead of waiting until passengers have missed connections.
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Positive Links: Culture Clash!

The Tauber Institute is proud to be a sponsor of the Positive Links Speaker Series, organized by the Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations. On March 19,  Hazel Rose Markus of Stanford will present "Clash! Bridging Cultural Divides in the Workplace."
Info on upcoming speakers & video links for past sessions >
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series

The  Tauber Leadership Speaker Series  is a student-organized initiative to bring industry leaders to the University of Michigan. On March 27, we welcome James B. King, President of King Consulting, who will lead a highly interactive discussion on "Managing Operational Excellence."
More Info about the Leadership Speaker Series >

Christina Greaves (MSCM '15) presents team project results at BorgWarner Headquarters.
Tauber Solutions:
Optimizing Inventory Management
 
The Problem: Identify how to help BorgWarner plants in different regions with varied product portfolios and market environments improve and optimize inventory management so as to provide the company better operational sustainability in diverse global markets.

The Solution: The Tauber team of Christina Greaves (MSCM) and George Wu (MBA) traveled to BorgWarner corporate headquarters and manufacturing plants in the United States, Mexico, India, Poland and China. After carefully prioritizing areas of opportunity, the team developed a set of recommendations mostly focused on managing raw materials, which included developing a template to determine policies by using optimized inventory models. The Tauber team's findings not only targeted supply chain operation processes but also other opportunities related to the company's reporting system and each plant's utilization of ERP technologies.
Be a Tauber Victor

The Tauber Alumni Scholarship Fund supports our students as they shape the future of Global Operations. Thank you to  Kelly & Peter Frank (MBA '95, MSE '95) ,  Gail & Roger Kallock (BSE-IE '61, MBA '61),  Ashley Merritt (MBA '06), and Bhavana Nanjundaiah & Prashant Prabudh (MSE '94) for their recent gifts .
Share the Tauber experience
 
Want to show colleagues and friends what Tauber is all about?  Share this short video that demonstrates how the Tauber curriculum and team project experience prepare students to become operations leaders.
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Rate Lean: Fast

Tauber Executive-in-Residence Gene Goodson applied data from over 1,000 plant tours to create Rate Lean: Fast. The workbook describes in detail how to plan a tour, rate an operation, and envision an ideal lean plant based on Toyota Production System concepts.
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