ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Tauber Institute for Global Operations at the University of Michigan launched 32 team projects sponsored by 23 top global firms for 2016.  The teams were announced at Tauber's annual Kickoff dinner at the Ross School of Business. New Tauber team project sponsors for 2016 include Cribmaster, Fresenius, Tesla and Volkswagen Group of America.

A signature initiative of the Tauber Institute, team projects pair top students with companies from a variety of industries for a 14-week multidisciplinary, collaborative project.  Each 2-3 person project team is made up of Masters of Engineering, MBA, and/or MSCM students.  Along with executive direction from the sponsoring company, each team receives support from both a College of Engineering and a Ross School of Business faculty advisor, and supervision by a Tauber Institute Co-Director. 

Tauber student teams work on-site for 14-weeks (mid-May through August) to find solutions for substantive challenges in operations. Solutions may include lean process design and implementation, manufacturing site strategic assessment, sourcing plan, inventory management, lean analysis, logistics, manufacturing, new product development. The Tauber team projects provide significant return on a sponsoring company’s investment (often uncovering millions of dollars of savings), as well as improvements in areas such as CO2 emissions, energy consumption, throughput time, and supply chain risk.

A full list of the 2016 Tauber team projects will be available and searchable on the Tauber website in the near future.

In addition to working in the United States, Tauber students will be traveling to Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom for their 2016 team projects.  Follow their journey as students share their experiences on Tauber bloggers.  You can also keep up-to-date on this year’s Tauber team projects by following @umtauber on Twitter or Facebook. 

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, working with numerous industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management.  In addition to broad array of core and elective courses, the innovative LeadershipAdvantage 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]