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July 2018
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2018 team projects on site

Tauber Institute students are currently working hard across the U.S. and around the world to compile the results of their 2018 team projects. This year Tauber teams are tackling 30 challenging projects sponsored by 20 global firms.
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Register for 2018 SPOTLIGHT!

Get ready for Tauber Institute 25th anniversary celebrations at 2018 SPOTLIGHT!  There are special anniversary events on Thursday, September 13, followed by the annual SPOTLIGHT! Team Project Showcase and Scholarship Competition on Friday, September 14, and the Tauber Tailgate outside the Big House on Saturday, September 15.
25/25 Challenge ends August 10!

To honor Tauber Institute's 25th anniversary, the Tauber Alumni Board launched the 25/25 Alumni Scholarship Challenge to fund self-sustaining scholarships for Tauber students. Only three weeks left to meet the goal of raising $25,000 by the end of the 2018 team projects! 
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Learn more about the challenge >
"The Tauber network has been invaluable to my professional development, helping me learn about other companies and industries, and leading to new opportunities."
 
Network your way to a new career!  After several years in mechanical engineering, Martin Perrin (EGL BSE/MSE-ME '12) decided to shift his career into consulting. Now he is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte, focusing on Product Development as part of the Strategy and Operations practice, working with Technology and Life Science clients.
Michigan Lean Consortium 8th Annual Conference

Join us in Traverse City August 8-10 for the Michigan Lean Consortium 8th Annual Conference. Whether you're an executive, analyst, manager, researcher, data scientist, or modeler, this year's conference will give you inspiration, knowledge, and practical tools to reach your goals. Come share ideas, network, and learn about a range of current topics.
More info & registration >
August multischool events

Know someone considering graduate studies? Our admissions team is hosting Future Leadership MBA + Engineering events in Boston and Chicago. Explore unique aspects of four programs in one evening!
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Faculty Spotlight: Roman Kapucinski

Professor Roman Kapuscinski served for 8 years as  Tauber's Business Co-Director, is currently Chair of Technology and Operations at Ross, and is a favorite Tauber team project advisor. Roman's research focuses on supply chain management and intersection of operational aspects with marketing and finance. Recently his work extends to pricing in energy markets and the effect of customer behavior on operational decisions. 
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Research from our faculty advisors

Check out the latest re search - and new site format - at Michigan Experts. Featured abstract: a research team including former Tauber faculty advisors Eunshin Byon and Matthew Plumlee propose a new data-driven calibration approach for adjusting model parameters for wind turbine wake effects. These physical interactions among wind turbines are a significant factor in wind power system generation performance.
Tauber IAB news: welcome Mayo Clinic's Joe Dudas

Mayo Clinic Vice Chair Joe Dudas joins representatives of 30 of the world's top corporations as a representative on the Tauber Industry Advisory Board. As a Vice Chair at the Mayo Clinic, Joe Dudas is responsible for providing oversight and coordination of Mayo's Supply Chain Strategic Initiatives. He has over 30 years' experience in  healthcare, retail, IT outsourcing, and telecommunications.
"For me, business school has been an environment characterized by a heightened level of ambiguity and uncertainty. For the first time in years I didn't have a clearly defined job title or job description - so how was I to know what to do with myself?!?"

Makura Compton (MBA '19) is currently hard at work on his Tauber team project at Cummins. New MBA students can benefit from Makura's insightful thoughts on navigating the transition from professional to student life by following his simple 3-goal strategy for b-school success.
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.
Buy Rate Lean: Fast >
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