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News for alumni & friends
August 2019
It's great to be back on campus!  With the annual infusion of our new Tauber students - and only a couple more weeks until the 2019 SPOTLIGHT! competition - the energy here is fantastic.

I hope to see you at the team project presentations. I had the opportunity to meet with the Brose and Pfizer Clinical Manufacturing teams over the summer and am excited to hear more about their final results, as well as explore the solutions employed by our nineteen other project teams in greater depth.

Go Blue!  - Larry
Lawrence M. Seiford, Engineering Co-Director
Tauber Institute for Global Operations
Get ready for 2019 SPOTLIGHT!

Don't miss the presentations at the 2019 SPOTLIGHT! Team Project Showcase, September 13 at the Ann Arbor Sheraton. Team members will explain how they developed comprehensive solutions for operations challenges at top global firms - and compete for scholarship funding.
2019 Tauber Team Microsoft Business Operations on the Microsoft Campus: (L to R) Tauber Associate Director of Industry Relations Asli Aka,  Eric Wu (MBA), Robert Pakko (EGL), Engineering faculty advisor Luis Garcia-Guzman, and Business faculty advisor Mohamed Mostagir.
Team members posed with planes, trucks, assembly lines, buses, forklifts, mountains, mascots, and - most importantly - each other.
 
Each year, Tauber staff eagerly await photos sent in by students for the team project photo competition. Whose image will be featured on the cover of the SPOTLIGHT! book? The winning team will be revealed on September 13!
 
(L to R) Former Tauber Industry Director & current MLC President Al Woodliff, IOE Lecturer & Tauber Advisor Debra Levantrosser, Tauber Industry Director Ray Muscat, and MLC Board Chair Rob Pease.
Michigan Lean Consortium

Tauber Industry Director Ray Muscat represented the institute at the 9th Annual Michigan Lean Consortium Conference in Traverse City. This year's theme: Be a Transformer! Attendees were inspired by LEAN champions and enjoyed unique "go and see" activities. In addition to their annual conference, MLC provides LEAN training opportunities throughout the year.
View the MLC event calendar >
Rate Lean: Fast webinar with Gene Goodson
 
Join a live webinar with Tauber Executive-in-Residence Emeritus Gene Goodson, Lean expert and creator of the Rapid Plant Assessment method, detailed in his book Rate Lean: Fast. Assembly magazine hosts Goodson's webinar on Wednesday, September 11 at 2pm ET.
Webinar info & registration >
Meet Ray Muscat at the AMS Summit

Tauber Industry Director Ray Muscat will be presenting at the American Manufacturing Strategies Summit this October in Houston. Email us in advance to arrange a meeting.
More info & registration >
Join the Tauber Institute team!

Provide leadership, design strategic direction, and execute operational management of admissions and student programming for the Tauber Institute! While we are sad to bid farewell to Laura Turner, who is pursuing a new opportunity in international higher education, we are looking forward to welcoming a new team member. Know someone perfect for this job? Help spread the word!
Admissions & Student Experience Manager job description >
Tauber Solutions:
Enabling growth through display volume forecasting

The Challenge: 
General Mills strives to deliver innovative Special Pack (SPPK) products to its customers, but fluctuations in demand constantly disrupt the supply chain and lower the overall customer service level. The Tauber team was tasked to review forecasting and ordering processes to identify any potential gaps and redundancies in the system, then develop new forecasting methodologies, re-engineer key processes, and define key performance indicators to support the rapidly growing SPPK business.

The Solution:
The Tauber Team focused their efforts into three phases. First, the team mapped out the entire SPPK process from customer order to delivery. A gap analysis of the process revealed several opportunities for improvement, most notably the standardization of communication. Second, the team focused on designing a new forecast methodology to anticipate changes in demand 60 days out to smooth out inventory and capacity at the manufacturing facilities. Lastly, the team modified the existing reporting procedures to reveal more realistic expectations for customer behavior and adjust manufacturing accordingly.
 
Be a Tauber Victor

Your ongoing support ensures we continue to be the Leaders & Best in Operations. Thank you to all our alumni and friends for your generosity throughout the year.
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Tauber projects inspire case studies

Tauber collaborates with WDI Publishing to provide case studies based on team projects to educate students and professionals across the globe.
Explore case studies inspired by team projects >
The Tauber Institute: Theory Practice Impact

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!
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Future Leadership webinar

Miss the Future Leadership MBA + Engineering events this summer? We recorded a webinar with representatives from the five participating programs.Tell colleagues considering the Ross MBA program with the Tauber Institute overlay!
Future Leadership MBA + Engineering webinar > 
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