ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan’s Tauber Institute for Global Operations is pleased to announce thirty-five team projects sponsored by top global firms for the summer of 2013. Six unique new company sponsors included 3M, GM Energy, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, PT Sewu Segar Nusantara, Verizon, and Youth for Understanding. Four companies returning after hiatus are 3M, Dell, Raytheon, and SRG Global.

Each two- to four-person project team is made up of engineering, MBA, and/or MSCM students. Along with receiving high-level corporate support from the company, each team is advised by a College of Engineering and a Michigan Ross faculty member and overseen by a Tauber Institute Co-Director. The projects officially are under way on-site in mid-May and continue for 14 weeks, through mid-August.

Executive summaries of team projects will be available in September.

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• Kick-off Dinner photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/94038283@N06/sets/72157633101730105/

About Tauber Institute for Global Operations
The Tauber Institute for Global Operations is a joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering, and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. In addition to broad array of core and elective courses, the innovative LeadershipAdvantage^SM Program provides students with the tools to ascend to major operations leadership roles. Well-designed and managed team projects form the cornerstone of the Tauber Institute experience and allow students to apply their knowledge to real world settings. The Tauber Institute is an inaugural recipient of the UPS George D. Smith Prize for effective and innovative preparation of students to be good practitioners of operations research, management science, or analytics. http://www.tauber.umich.edu

Contact:
Theresa Ceccarelli 734-647-0308 [email protected]