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BorgWarner: Global Inventory Management

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2015

Student Team

  • Christina Greaves – Master of Supply Chain Management
  • George Wu – Master of Business Administration

Project Sponsors

  • Stella Bi – Global Commodity Manager
  • Marco Caputo – VP of Global Supply Chain
  • Robert Strimpel – Director of Global Commodity Management

Faculty Advisors

  • Luis Garcia-Guzman – College of Engineering
  • Len Middleton – Ross School of Business

A Tauber team helped BorgWarner Morse Systems improve inventory management across its global manufacturing network. The team investigated inventory drivers, compared plant practices, and evaluated planning and reporting tools. It developed global inventory guidelines and raw material planning models to support consistent policies, ongoing improvement, and more efficient use of working capital.