News for alumni & friends
April 2019
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Innovation thrives in the Integrated Product Development course
This semester's IPD course featured new tech products for preteens - and also new prizes for students and for faculty!
Congratulations to co-instructors
Eric Svaan and
Stephanie Tharp, who received a
Teaching Innovation Prize for expanding the IPD course through an intensive "Hacking Health" charrette to spark the creative process. Students explored ideas with preteens, parents, and experts in child psychology and development to understand the needs of their target demographic before starting to design their products.
Team "Groovie" won the Murphy Prize, a new annual award of $5000 in scholarship funds established in memory of Michigan alumna Sarah S. Murphy. A panel of industry experts selected the winner based on which team's business plan best met the assigned criteria, brought something new to the field, and had the greatest chance of commercialization. Team Groovie produced a wearable goal setting device that uses avatars to help motivate kids to reach their next milestone.
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"Students participate in an intensive multi-week simulation that introduces the basic concepts of how a business works... and allows them to begin honing skills at working on multi-disciplinary teams, in a cross-functional setting, in the face of ambiguity."
Tauber Institute Business Co-Director Damian Beil describes the pedagogical evolution that makes today's Topics in Global Operations course "more hands-on and experiential than ever before."
Read Professor Beil's blog >
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Insights from our growing alumni network of operation leaders are key to Tauber
's continuous efforts to align our student programming with evolving needs across industries. Give back by contributing your expert opinion to our
industry survey.
Take the Tauber Institute industry survey by May 10 >
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Continue your Michigan education
Keep your education current with the
Alumni Education Gateway, a new University of Michigan online resource. Alumni can access online courses, lectures, podcasts, videos, the latest research findings, and much more.
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"Leading a large facility that operates 24/7 has its fair share of technical and strategic challenges, but the biggest challenge has been driving cultural change..."
Steven LaForest (EGL BSE-ME/MSE-IOE '08) is
Plant Director of Great Lakes Coca-Cola, a dedicated
Coca-Cola bottler and distributor serving retailers throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest.
Catch up with Steven LaForest >
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Positive Business Conference
Michigan Ross - May 9-10
Whether you want to implement new culture well-being strategies, improve existing initiatives, or build awareness and energy around the importance of thriving employees, the 2019 Positive Business Conference will help you meet your goals.
More info & registration >
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IISE Annual Conference
Orlando, FL - May 18-21
Join us at the premier conference for industrial and systems engineers! Mingle with leaders in the field, up-and-comers, and students at the IISE Annual Conference & Expo, May 18-21 in Orlando.
More info & registration >
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Congratulations to our newest alumni!
We are proud of the many achievements of our newest alumni from the Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering. Look for these fantastic grads at top firms across the country, and around the world:
Gustavo Acosta, Sameer Arora, Michael Barnes, Corinne Beemer, Peter Callahan, Zachary Cavazos, Makura Compton, Cornell Daia, Andrew Davis, Richard Doktycz, Jeff Eyler, Noah Feingold, Austin Friedant, Dalton Geraldo, Maddie Gilleran, Greg Halmi, Rahul Hingorani, Reed Hostrander, Daniel Huang, Christopher Hudson, Sho Kawabe, Ryan Kim, Erica Kirshensteyn, Andrea Krushefski, Justin Lee, Wendy Lei, Jie Li, Sabrina Lin, Jenna Locricchio, Rodrigo Martínez, Oleksandr Martynenko, Colin McNally, Jared Moon, Steven Oranges, Daniel Partin, Yatri Patel, Kartik Raju, Panyakorn Rakpanitmanee, Madison Riley, Sijie Ruan, Giuliana Sanchez, Anna Schmeissing, Mark Spencer, Charles Su, Leila Syal, Andrew Trahan, Tom Walkinshaw, Anab Waris Rathore, Lucas Wilcox, Kelsey Wyatt-Mair, Junyi (Jill) Zhang, & Zheng Zhang.
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Be a Tauber Victor
The generous support of our Tauber Victors ensures we continue to be the Leaders & Best in Operations.
Thank you
to all our alumni and friends for your gifts throughout the year.
Every gift matters. Give now >
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Tauber Institute: Theory. Practice. Impact.
Tauber Institute for Global Operations has partnered with industry for over 25 years to prepare new operations leaders to make a lasting impact. Share this 25th anniversary video featuring the 2018 Ford, GM, and Stoneridge project teams, as well as many others you may recognize!
Visit Tauber on YouTube >
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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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Show your spirit!
You can purchase official Tauber Institute gear directly from The M Den.
Gear up! >
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