EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sept. 13, 2013

EVENT: More than 80 University of Michigan students who collaborated on 35 projects at major companies this summer will present their work at the annual Spotlight! competition, which will award about $35,000 in scholarships.

Student teams from U-M’s Tauber Institute for Global Operations helped companies, such as 3M, GM Energy, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, Verizon and Chrysler, solve operations and manufacturing problems.

Projects included helping Exide Technologies achieve a 13-percent production increase at Exide’s Battery finishing line. The improvement will help Exide close the gap between its production capacity and the demand for lead-acid batteries generated by the rapidly growing telecom industry.

Last year, the 2012 Spotlight! Team projects saved participating companies a projected $375 million over three years.

SCHEDULE:

• 8:20 a.m.-noon: Student presentations

• Noon–1:00 p.m.: Lunch

• 1:10 – 2:20 p.m.: Student presentations
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2:40 p.m.: Joel Tauber speaks at closing ceremony
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3:30 p.m.: Event Ends (winners announced at 3:20 p.m.)

PLACE: U-M Ross School of Business,701 Tappan St., Ann Arbor

SPONSOR: U-M Tauber Institute for Global Operations, a joint venture between the Ross School of Business and the College of Engineering and many industry partners to facilitate cross-disciplinary education in global operations management.

REGISTRATION: www.tauber.umich.edu/email/spotlight2013/index.html

INFORMATION: Theresa Ceccarelli, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, [email protected], (734) 647-0308