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Ford Motor Company and ConAgra, Inc. receive longevity awards
Ann Arbor, MI - The Tauber Institute for Global Operations presents Ford Motor Company and ConAgra, Inc. with Longevity Awards in recognition of their commitment to operations education through their active participation in Tauber team projects. The institute presents the awards each year to industry partners who have reached 5-year milestones of team project sponsorship at the SPOTLIGHT! Team Project Showcase and Scholarship Competition.
Since 1993, over a hundred different companies have sponsored Tauber team projects. Each summer, teams of Tauber Institute business + engineering graduate students solve demanding operations challenges and uncover significant savings for their sponsors. Students also champion major improvements in project fields such as data analytics, sustainability, supply chain, and strategy.
5 Years: ConAgra, Inc.
ConAgra Brands is an approximately $8 billion company that combines a rich heritage of making great food with a sharpened focus and entrepreneurial spirit. ConAgra has sponsored a Tauber team project each year for the past five years. Each year, ConAgra challenged our students to solve problems such as optimizing our frozen food supply, reducing rework, and increasing efficiencies in the end-to-end commercialization process.
25 Years: Ford Motor Company
Ford's numerous divisions have provided many operations challenges for Tauber Institute students. Over the past decade, Ford has sponsored 35 team projects that addressed challenges in advanced manufacturing, material handling, design for assembly for the Mustang, AI, In-plant logistics for the Factor of Tomorrow, and more.
