The Tauber Institute for Global Operations launched 35 team projects sponsored by 23 top global firms for the at the official Kickoff Dinner on March 10 at the Ross School of Business. New industry sponsors include Guardian Industries and American Industrial Partners.

Read more about and see more photos of the 2015 Kickoff.

"My operations and Tauber experience at Ross has allowed me to gain cross-functional credibility and influence though my ability to create, use, and, most importantly, explain sound data-driven decision making tools and techniques."
   - Daniel Djerf, MSCM '12
      Supply Chain Leader, Steelcase Inc.

Catch up with Daniel Djerf, who shares his thoughts on how to capitalize on the Tauber experience.

"Selfishly, by associating my name with the Tauber hires, I look good because their top-quality work and contributions to the organization makes me look good!"
   - Matt Schnugg, MBA '11
      Cloud + Enterprise Data Insights
      Chief of Staff, Microsoft

Learn how Tauber alumni use campus connections to gain an advantage when recruiting top talent for their firms.

Engineering Global Leadership student Melissa Sweeney's passion for world exploration has earned her campus-wide recognition.  As the EGL Volunteer Abroad Chair, she coordinated student trips to Peru, India, and Sierra Leone.  And thanks to her persistence, while Melissa is working on her Tauber Team Project at Microsoft this summer, U-M student volunteers will be teaching at a rural village school in south Malawi.

 

Read more about Melissa's travels, her life as a ski racer, and how those experiences now drive her to excel at U-M.

 

Efficiencies first introduced by Tauber's 2007 Project Team to Seattle Children's Hospital are now reflected in the hospital's new facility.  The hospital increased its patient capacity from 250 to over 300 beds - but because equipment and supplies now occupy far less space, the new building is actually smaller than the old one.

Learn more about how the lean supply chain methods employed by this Tauber Team have paid off long-term.