Students, faculty, and industry leaders gathered at the Ross School of Business for the 2016 Global Operations Conference, "New Frontiers in Operations."
 
Dr. Somesh Nigam, IBM VP of Information & Data Governance and Health Informatics, kicked off the GOC with a visionary keynote on the ramifications of the rise of data as the "new currency" of business. Operations VP Jonathan Czaja examined how Stitch Fix's blend of art, science, and service influences the evolution of its operations in the shifting world of online retail.  And Dow Global Supply Chain Visibility Leader Jeff Tazelaar concluded the GOC with a discussion of how the Internet of Things is transforming supply chain management.

In addition to the keynote addresses and the annual case competition, faculty from the Ross School of Business and the School of Information moderated panel discussions on 'Globalization through Operations,' 'Evolution of Operations in Healthcare,' and 'Big Data and Predictive Analysis,' offering insights from leaders at companies such as Amazon, PwC, Cardinal Health, Henry Ford Health, the Mayo Clinic, Boeing, General Mills, Whirlpool, and Verizon Wireless. Tauber was pleased to host alumni at the GOC as both panelists and participants, including Kunal Vora (MSCM '13), Juan Lopez (MBA '09), Benjamin Ranta (MBA '15), and Ted Hanawalt (MSE '01).

Couldn't make it to this year's GOC?
View a webinar of Stitch Fix Operations VP Jonathan Czaza's keynote >
Read more about the 2016 GOC speakers, panels, and case competition awards >
View more photos of the 2016 GOC >

Positive Links: non-conformists move the world

Start the new year in a positive mindset!  Join Tauber on January 11 to hear Wharton professor Adam Grant speak on " Originals: How non-conformists move the world."  Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

Tauber student Captain Ryan Colameo (MBA '18) published his  article "The Tip of the Virtual Constructive Spear" in the Marine Corps Gazette, detailing his experience with live virtual constructive training. Ryan was also a panelist for the second annual VETx Veterans Day event at Ross, where student veterans share connections between their military experiences and leadership in business. 
Check out Ryan's Marine Corps Gazette article >

Tauber has expanded its facility tours to provide even greater opportunities for our students to experience a wide variety of operations. Facility tours so far this academic year include Coca-Cola, UPS, Herman Miller, Meijer, Sunset Produce, Stryker, and Thomson-Shore. We are looking forward to starting the new year by examining operations at Zingerman's Mail Order and Delta Airlines!
See more photos from recent facility tours >

R inging in the new year with a new degree!   Tauber Institute is proud of our December 2016 graduates' many accomplishments, and looks forward to continuing to work with all of you to improve Operations around the world.

Congratulations to our new Master of Supply Chain Management alumni:
Supriya Agashe, Muthueaswaran Ayemperumal, Shantanu Bhattacharyya, Tyler Carr, Julian Chen, Sonny Chiranewala, Tomtsa Chishi, Pradeep Ganesh, Gaurav Goyal, Daniel Higgins, Aditya Jagannathan, Tim Li, Tania Martinez Garcia, Vaibhav Mishra, Pradeep Mishra, Vinayak Modi, Satwik Pattanayak, Ani Ramanathan, Anusuya Ramdass, Sitaram Ravipati, Siddarth Shanker, EJ Shin, XinyunTao, Vivek Vijayan, Rambo Xie, and Ivan Yu.

The Tauber Alumni Scholarship Fund supports our students as they shape the future of Global Operations. Thank you to recent Tauber Victors Bonnie Chang (MBA '14), Lynn Costanza (MSCM '10), Diana and Paul Crossley, Ashlyn Gurley (MSCM '15), Colleen and James Koessler (MBA '89), Raymond Wacek (MBA '07), and John Woo (MBA '11).

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