News for alumni & friends
May 2021
Greetings from Ann Arbor -

The 2021 Tauber team projects are off to a fantastic start. Many thanks to all our alumni who helped give our students a great first week at work by sharing team project experiences on LinkedIn. Watch throughout the summer for project updates, and help spread the word about the unparalleled success of 28 years of Tauber team projects.

Institute staff are already preparing for 2022 team projects. Our alumni have always been our greatest champions and now are some of our best sponsors. Please reach out with your ideas for 2022!

Associate Director, Industry Relations
Tauber Institute for Global Operations
Tauber team project field report: one million broccoli florets
Tauber Engineering Global Leadership student Dean Golan reports from his first week working for Curation Foods: "Within my first three days in Guadalupe, California, I was able to witness the entire supply chain of the Curation Foods bagged salad and vegetable production process, from harvesting the crops in the fields to bagging and shipping the finished products."

Help spread the word about team projects!
Lafontaine appointed interim dean of Michigan Ross
Francine Lafontaine, associate dean for Business+Impact and William Davidson Professor of Business Administration at the Ross School of Business, became interim dean on May 24. Lafontaine succeeds Scott DeRue, who stepped down to move to an executive position in the private sector. Lafontaine said, "I look forward to working with the Ross community and with colleagues throughout campus in this new capacity. This will surely be one of the greatest experiences of my career."
Mark Daskin receives IISE Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award
Congratulations to Tauber faculty advisor and IOE Professor Mark Daskin, winner of the Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Industrial Engineering Award bestowed by IISE. The prestigious award recognizes "those who have distinguished themselves through contributions to the welfare of mankind in the field of industrial engineering."
ICYMI: Computing our way out of a pandemic
Current and former Tauber team project faculty advisors presented recent work at a multidisciplinary symposium on "Modeling in the Face of COVID-19." Hear from Amy Cohn, Seth Guikema, Siqian Shen, and their colleagues across U-M who have developed new research and methodology in response to the pandemic.
Save the date: Tauber Alumni Board hosts summer trivia night
Get ready to test your trivia knowledge against Tauber students and alumni! Look for an invitation in early July with more information from the Tauber Alumni Board. The competition promises to be fierce - and fun. We hope you can join us!
"Just a few weeks ago, I began my team project... working on the industry of my dreams: 3D Printing (Additive Manufacturing). My journey to this point... while intentional, has taken turns I never expected."

Tauber student Aaron Kaplan (MBA) is working with American Industrial Partners on a new additive manufacturing venture for his Tauber team project. Aaron's love of 3D printing led him from engineering to entrepreneurship. He is the chief operating officer of Metaform LLC, a startup he co-founded to develop high performance components for low-cost 3D printers. Products in development include "the smallest most versatile hotend ever."
Thank you for supporting Tauber Institute students
Your contributions ensure our students continue to be the Leaders & Best in operations. Many thanks to Lucius Clay, David Hoffman, Joel and Shelley Tauber, and the Simit and Ankita Shah Family Fund for recent gifts, and to all our alumni and friends for your ongoing support.
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Team Up with Tauber!
According to sponsoring company calculations, the 2020 Tauber team projects resulted in an average of $31 million per project savings over three years. Total projected savings is over $433 million.