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Amazon and Stoneridge receive longevity awards
Ann Arbor, MI - The Tauber Institute for Global Operations presents Amazon.com, Inc. and Stoneridge, 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 tough 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. The Boeing Company currently holds the longevity record, with over 25 years of team project sponsorship.
5 Years: Stoneridge, Inc.
Stoneridge, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of highly engineered electrical and electronic systems, components and modules, primarily for the automotive, commercial, motorcycle, agricultural, and off-highway vehicle markets. Stoneridge has sponsored a Tauber team project each year for the past five years, including projects examining the product launch process, elimination of waste, and optimal logistics.
10 Years: Amazon.com, Inc.
Internet retail and media giant Amazon.com, Inc. has sponsored Tauber team projects for ten consecutive years. Amazon's numerous divisions have provided an abundance of operations challenges for Tauber Institute students. Over the past decade, Amazon has sponsored over two dozen team projects that addressed challenges in robotics, logistics, incentivization, optimization, and more.
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The Tauber Institute for Global Operations is a joint venture between the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and Michigan Engineering, working together with industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management. 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. For more information visit tauber.umich.edu.
