News for alumni & friends
November 2020
Greetings from Ann Arbor -

We are excited to share the innovative products our teams of business, engineering, art & design, and information students developed for the Fall 2020 Integrated Product Development course. Watch for an email in early December inviting you to join us in our online marketplace as a trusted voter!

This semester, we challenged students to create new products that help address the problem of social isolation in pandemic conditions by enabling increased meaningful social engagement. Student-designed products address safety, mental health, social connection, distancing, and remote interactions.

Voters like you provide our students with real-world feedback essential to their understanding of the marketplace. We are grateful for your participation in their education.
 
Stephanie & Eric
Stephanie Tharp, STAMPS School of Art & Design
Eric Svaan, Ross School of Business
Vote for the best new products that improve our new normal
Join us in early December for the 27th Integrated Product Development Trade Show! Review the student-designed products online, then "vote" by filling your virtual shopping cart with favorite items that fit within your $200 virtual budget. Invite colleagues, friends, and family to vote too!
"We are proud to share with you that on September 15th 2020 we officially switched on the Artificial Intelligence device we started to develop with your students in year 2018."

Manufacturing Assembly Supervisor Marco Sacchetti wrote from BorgWarner Morse Systems in Milan, Italy to update the Tauber Institute on the successful implementation of their 2018 Tauber team project. Congratulations to team members Austin Friedant (EGL BSE/MSE-ME '19) and Anab Waris Rathore (MBA '19) on a job well done!
ICYMI: This semester, Tauber Institute students hosted two timely and insightful Leadership Speaker Series events: Skuchain Co-founder and COO Rebecca Liao - plus a panel of leaders in data analytics and operations - discussed our "new normal" and the role of digitization in supply chain recovery post-COVID. Ram Kuppuswamy of VMware, Inc. discussed "Leadership Lessons in Times of Radical Change."
Tauber faculty advisor Ravi Anupindi co-organized the 2020 Global Health Supply Chain Summit around the theme of "Global Health Supply Chain Resiliency: Preparedness, Response, and Recovery." International speakers and panels explored the pitfalls and successes of pandemic resource management worldwide.
"Over the course of 30 years, I have been through several career transitions that were out of my control. Chances are, you will too, as good people can be unlucky and find themselves looking for a new opportunity. But in every case, I ended up with a much better role and gained invaluable experience."

Bob Bruning (MBA '97) is now Senior Vice President, Procurement & Supply Chain for CBRE. He has learned to embrace unexpected career shifts as opportunities "to springboard your career into a new and exciting adventure."
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