Community: Partner Companies

Partner Companies

MIT's Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) program is an academic and research partnership among MIT's School of Engineering, MIT Sloan School of Management, and industry. LFM is rooted in the belief that industry/academic partnership can have a tremendous influence on evolving the future of business, academia, and society, both locally and globally. LFM industry partners (see below) participate actively in LFM’s governance, admissions process, internships, faculty research, thesis development, and other initiatives.

Following are companies that partner with LFM.

ABB
Amazon.com
American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.
Amgen Inc.
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.
The Boeing Company
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Dell Inc.
Flextronics International
Ford Motor Company
General Dynamics
General Motors Corporation
Genzyme Corporation
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
Honeywell International Inc.
Intel Corporation
Motorola, Inc.
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Novartis AG
Raytheon Company
Spirit AeroSystems
United Technologies Corporation
Zara (Inditex)

Benefits for LFM industry partners include:

hiring LFM graduates – each LFM alum holds two degrees, an MBA and an SM in an engineering discipline
sponsoring employees as students in the program
sponsoring LFM internships, which focus on addressing critical problems in manufacturing and operations
access to MIT faculty and research
company-to-company networking and sharing of best practices

Many companies view their partnership with LFM as a way to build organizational strength. They incur return on investment over the short- and long-term by building a cadre of LFM graduates who speak the same language and operate as leaders and change agents within their organizations.

Click here to download the LFM Partner Prospectus.

For more information about LFM partnership, contact Jon Griffith, Director of Operations and Partner Integration.