Tauber student teams uncover significant savings for sponsoring companies – and champion major improvements in project fields such as data analytics, sustainability in operations, supply chain, and strategy.
The 2023 Tauber team projects returned a projected savings/cost-efficiency of $820.3 million, in addition to valuable workflow and sustainability improvements.
Since 1993, more than 145 companies have sponsored team projects. See the leading companies and executives that are part of our Industry Advisory Board.
The Tauber Institute develops and delivers superior talent utilizing the strengths of Michigan’s top-ranked business and engineering schools overlaid with a comprehensive leadership development program.
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Our students have many opportunities to practice their leadership skills by actively participating in various boards and committees.
The Boeing Composites Tauber Team was charged to assess the business case for potential manufacturing capacity relocation. Additionally, the team conducted value stream analysis, plant layout development, flow redesign, cutting edge composite manufacturing technology implementation, and kaizen improvements at the Boeing Mesa, AZ site.
The Tauber team is tasked with conducting a value-stream mapping analysis of funding mechanisms and processes across the Microsoft One Commercial Partner division to scope out disparate investment allocation approaches and identify best practices. The team will develop a new intake process to streamline investment collection, tracking, and evaluation while implementing user-friendly design elements and tailored KPIs to optimize investment decision-making.
To mitigate the cost of Amazon's rapid expansion of Fulfillment Centers, the Tauber team focused on two separate opportunities within quality - Count Optimization and Defect Reduction.
With the goal of achieving divisional, as well as corporate, financial objectives, Pepsico executives sought to improve inventory management leading to a reduction in inventory.
The Tauber team developed and piloted recommendations that resulted in considerable inventory reduction without adversely affecting service levels or increasing transportation costs.
