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Profiles in Manufacturing

• Jim Miller, LFM '93 -- 08/06/07
• Jon Rennert, LFM '93 -- 06/29/07
• Rod Copes, LFM '93 -- 04/17/07
• Denise Johnson, LFM '97 --11/02/06
• Hans Laudon, LFM '96 and Prentis D. Wilson, LFM '00 --06/01/06
• Laura Kennedy, LFM '01 --04/03/06
• Michelle Bernson, LFM '04 --03/06/06
• Steve Cook, LFM '98 --01/11/06

Articles

2008

• LFM Kicks Off 20th Anniversary Celebration -- 08/21/08
• Alumnae form Women of LFM affinity group -- 08/14/08
• LFMs at The Boeing Company -- 07/23/08
• Brian Feller, LFM ’08, Wins LFM Best Thesis Award -- 07/11/08
• LFM ’92 Rick Dauch Named Acument CEO -- 06/24/08
• Rosenfield Family Members are Now All MIT Alums -- 06/20/08
• Global Operations Leaders Dinner Held in Shanghai -- 06/02/08
• Ryan Lester receives Harrison Smith Award -- 05/30/08
• Supply Chain Attracting - and Rewarding -- MBAs -- 05/28/08
• Prof. Warren Seering visits CLFM -- 05/22/08
• GM Shanghai plant tour -- 05/20/08
• LFM visits CLFM counterparts on international plant trek -- 05/20/08
• LFM and SDM Co-host Risk Management Conference -- 05/16/08
• Don Rosenfield on CnetNews.com -- A modest proposal to fix Dell's customer service -- 05/13/08
• LFM '04, Michael Brylawski featured in Forbes.com's Special Report:
  The Green car, Part Two -- 03/26/08
• PCs to Planes -- 03/16/08
• First year LFM students visit partner companies on 2008 domestic plant trek -- 02/27/08
• Aimee Vessell, LFM ’06, takes leadership reins at Harley-Davidson -- 02/13/08
• Equi named LFM research, internship, alumni manager -- 01/23/08

2007

• Manufacturing in the Heart of Downtown Seattle -- 12/18/07
• CLFM Faculty Prepare for Program’s Future through Studies at MIT -- 12/12/07
• LFM/Sloan MBA Team Takes Top Award in CMU Case Competition -- 11/27/07
• LFM Alums Hold 14th Annual Conference -- 10/26/07
• LFM '91 Pat Shanahan named program chief of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner
  program -- 10/18/07
• LFM ’08 Ilyssa Lu awarded "Miss Scholastic Achievement Award" in the 22nd Annual Miss Asian America Pageant in San Francisco -- 10/16/07
• MIT Professors Explore Manufacturing Issues with China’s Future
  Manufacturing Leaders -- 10/16/07
• Meet the Next Generation of China’s Manufacturing Leadership -- 10/16/07
• McGraw-Hill publishes third edition of Simchi-Levi book -- 10/12/07
• MIT, LFM Help Kick-off China LFM -- 10/04/07
• LFM’s Newest Cohort is off to a Strong Start -- 10/02/07
• LFM '94 is GM of 2007 WSJ Top Small Biz Pick -- 10/02/07
• Sheffi named director of MIT’s Engineering Systems Division -- 09/24/07
• In Memoriam: Morgan Burke, LFM ‘92 -- 09/21/07
• China LFM Faculty Prepare for September Program Launch -- 09/18/07
• LFM Best Thesis Award Winners -- 06/29/07
• Tour a Boeing Factory; NBC Today Show's Matt Lauer visits our partner company -- 06/18/07
• Family of three aims for 2 LFM degrees -- 06/18/07
• ChanYuin Lee wins 2007 "Harrison" Smith Award -- 06/05/07
• Prof. Warren Seering honored with Frank E. Perkins Award -- 06/01/07
• Prof. Seering named new SDM and LFM co-director -- 05/31/07
• Don Rosenfield co-authors new book, Operations Strategy: Competing in the 21st Century -- 05/18/07
• LFM ‘08s Win Business in Technology Campus Championship -- 05/15/07
• LFMs in Southeast Asia -- 05/14/07
• She's Got Game --04/09/07
• Rebuilding the Tower --03/14/07
• The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers profiles Carlos Gonzalez, LFM '04 --01/31/07
• LFM students connect with Boeing alums --01/30/07

2006

• Interning in Style --12/19/06
• Honeywell Honors Albers, LFM '00 --11/20/06
• Former LFM Faculty Shoji Shiba, Dave Walden publish Breakthrough Management --11/06/06
• Padgalskas honored as Siebel Scholar --10/19/06
• LFM ’06 Scott Hiroshige co-authors paper --10/18/06
• Laura Kennedy promoted at ABB --10/03/06
• Jamie Flinchbaugh Selected for Crain’s Detroit Business 40 Under 40 --09/28/06
• MIT to support creation of international program at Shanghai Jiao Tong University --08/29/06
• China LFM faculty visit, study at MIT --08/09/06
• Former Ford LFM Operating Committee Member Hossein Nivi becomes Dean at University of Detroit Mercy --07/28/06
• MIT ESD tackles interplanetary transportation of supplies, equipment, and humans --07/13/06
• LFM '07 Students on 100K Runner-Up Team --05/25/06
• Marshall Einhorn wins Charles "Harrison" Smith III Award --05/05/06
• Jeff Wilke highlights LFM's influence at Amazon.com --05/01/06
• The LFM Emperors of Ice Cream --05/01/06
• Professor David Simchi-Levi featured in Forbes --05/01/06
• MIT Sloan/LFM team places third in Annual International Tech Strategy Business Case Competition --04/17/06
• LFM student learns global supply chain lessons from internship --03/31/06
• LFM students assist New Orleans blood center --03/15/06
• Randal Pinkett Advises Students --03/09/06
• The Ultimate Test Drive --03/09/06
• LFM alum to lead new Pratt & Whitney business --03/09/06
• Keeping Pace with Tom Allen --03/09/06
• Peter Torgil Haughton 1970 - 2006 --01/26/06
• LFM's Don Rosenfield discusses U.S. manufacturing on NPR --01/25/06

2005

• LFM '98 Jamie Flinchbaugh Co-Authors Hitchikers Guide to Lean --12/21/05
• LFM '98 Randal Pinkett is Donald Trump's New Apprentice --12/16/05
• Technology Transfer in Iraq --12/14/05
• Using LFM Learnings on The Apprentice --11/16/05
• Adopting a Lean Culture at Ford --11/11/05
• Baseball Fever Grips LFM --10/05/05
• MIT-Siemens Study finds global competitiveness, energy efficiency are top concerns of U.S. manufacturers --09/30/05
• LFM '98 Randal Pinkett to Star in "The Apprentice" --09/19/05
• LFM and SDM Alumni to Hold Annual Conferences in October --08/29/05
• Article co-authored by LFM '05 Aaron Raphel appears in INFORMS publication --06/05
• Ronak Shah, LFM '05, Wins Networld Thesis Prize --06/07/05
• MIT Sloan Students Help Junior Achievement --05/16/05
• SDM and LFM Take on GM --05/13/05
• LFM-SDM Co-director and ESD Professor Receive NASA Funding for Interplanetary Supply Chain --05/12/05
• LFM '06s on 50K runner-up team --05/11/05
• Prilutski and Vessell Receive Charles "Harrison" Smith III Award
• Ron Slahetka Appointed LFM Industry Co-Director
• MIT Sloan Students in Patagonia --03/22/05
• Creating to Help Others --03/16/05
• Gaining a New Perspective on Work – and the World! --03/10/05
• Smooth Landing for LFM --03/09/05
• SDM alum and LFM student represent ESD at SHPE Conference --01/28/05
• Mark Martin, LFM '94, Featured in Stanford Magazine --01/04/05

2004

• Annual LFM Alumni Conference Explores Global Manufacturing --12/04/04
• Sloan Lecturer Janice Klein Conducts Web Seminar on True Change: How Outsiders on the Inside Implement Change in Organizations --10/27/04
• Second Edition of "The Logic of Logistics" Published by LFM Co-Director Simchi-Levi --10/27/04
• LFM Alum Jamie Flinchbaugh on Helping Businesses be More Efficient --10/10/04
• LFM '05 Students Named Siebel Scholars --09/23/04
• LFM Class of '06 Visits Raytheon on Annual Plant Tour --08/20/04
• Honeywell Contributes $70K to LFM for Diversity, Plant Tours, and More --08/20/04
• LFM, SDM Students on Winning, Finalist 50K Teams --05/27/04
• LFMs Volunteer at Greater Boston Food Back for Second Year --5/25/04
• Aaron Raphel, LFM '05, Wins Charles "Harrison" Smith III Award --05/24/04
• New Book Published: Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis: Modeling in the E-Business Era, David Simchi-Levi et al editors --05/21/04
• Thesis of LFM '94 Michael Raftery Aids Australian War Memorial --04/30/2004
• LFM, SDM Alumni Hear UTC VP Patrick Gnazzo Speak on Compliance, Ethics --04/09/2004
• LFM Students Volunteer During National Engineering Week --03/18/2004
• Don Rosenfield Honored for 15 Years' Service to LFM --03/04/2004
• LFM Alum Jim Lawton Named "Pro to Know" --03/01/2004
• Matt Bromberg, LFM '01, named Pratt & Whitney VP --02/27/04
• UTC Employees Receive System Engineering Certificates --02/27/04
• Complex Systems Research Lab Created --02/03/04
• ESD Student Society Formed --01/29/04
• Kenneth Oye Joins ESD Faculty --01/29/04
• New Associate to Head MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program --01/29/04
• New ESD Courses for Spring 2004 --01/29/04
• The Engineering Systems Symposium -- March 29-31, 2004 --01/29/04
• "Breakthrough Management": A New Book by Shoji Shiba --01/28/04
• Jim Champy Speaks to LFM '05 Students on X-Engineering --01/13/04
• Computer Research Association Names ESD Professor Nancy Leveson as Distinguished Professor --01/13/04
• Professor Joseph Sussman Receives CUTC Award --01/13/04

2003

• LFM Holds Alumni Conference at MIT --12/12/03
• Sloan Team Takes First at Carnegie Mellon's 8th Annual Operations Case Competition --12/11/03
• ESD Participates in NSBE's Regional Conference Held in Boston --11/24/03
• Lean Aerospace Initiative Wins IAA Award --10/31/03
• UTC Starts New Tradition with LFM and SDM Alumni Dinner --10/02/03
• Mark Graban, LFM '99, Gives Webcast Lecture on Lean Manufacturing Software --10/01/03
• Honeywell Donates $75K to LFM Program to Boost Diversity --08/27/03
• LFM and SDM Alumni to Hold Conferences on Oct. 23-24, 2003 --08/18/03
• David Simchi-Levi Named Editor-in-Chief of Naval Research Logistics --07/30/03
• Incoming LFM '05 Class Experiences Orientation Week and the Universe Within --06/16/03
• LFM, SDM, and RISD students collaborate for Eppinger's course --06/12/03
• Professor Lotte Bailyn Speaks to LFM-SDM Staff on Work-Family Integration --06/04/03
• Web seminar: Dell's Steve Cook, LFM '98, on Demand/Supply Balancing Act --06/02/03
• Web seminar: Jan Klein on Globally Dispersed Teams --06/02/03
• ESD Students Sweep Top Five Spots in GM Fuel Cell Case Competition --05/27/03
• LFM-SDM Co-Director Bill Hanson Receives Sizer Award --05/19/03
• Jim Chow and Michelle Bernson, LFM '04, Receive Charles "Harrison" Smith III Award --05/19/03
• LFM G-Lab Students Spend Spring Break Around the World --05/07/03
• Noam Chomsky speaks to LFM-SDM Students on Globalization --05/01/03
• LFM, SDM, and RISD Students Create Accessory Products for the Chevy SSR --04/27/03
• LFM Hockey Report: Captain's Booty, Jedi Knights, and Shiba's Revenge --04/01/03
• Jim Lawton, LFM '90 and Optiant VP, on leveraging design to tame inventory management --04/01/03
• LFMs Volunteer in the Community --03/19/03
• Clayton Christensen and George Mueller discuss The Innovator's Dilemma --03/11/03
• Dan Crocker, LFM '97, Discusses Trade and Globalization for LFM-SDM Webcast --02/11/03
• Whitney Elected as IEEE Fellow --02/05/03
• LFM '04s Travel Across the Country to Tour Various Plants --02/04/03
• LFM Alum and the Human Genome Project --01/03

2002

• Corporate Execs Speak to LFM and SDM Students --12/20/02
• Sloan Talent Show --12/20/02
• Eppinger provides hands-on demonstration for Lifelong Learning Seminar --12/17/02
• Jim Lawton, LFM '90, and Other LFMs Bring Supply Chain Optimization to the Real World --12/2002 (reprinted with permission of MIT Technology Insider)
• LFM-SDM Co-Director Bill Hanson Shares Life-Changing Experiences in Lifelong Learning Seminar --12/03/02
• Lord Swraj Paul Reflects on Life, Business, and Leadership --11/24/02
• Truths and Myths in making career transitions --11/12/02
• Kodak's LFM Internship Process Results in Bottom-Line Impact --11/01/02
• Professor Tom Kochan Speaks at Lifelong Learning Seminar Series --11/01/02
• Jeff Shao, LFM-SDM Finance Director, Receives Excellence Award --10/28/02
• Number of teams and company participation increases in Tiger Teams --10/28/02
• Michael Dell Visits MIT; Speaks to Sloan Community --10/18/02
• Shoji Shiba Honored with Deming Prize --10/15/02
• LFM Alumni Hold 2002 Conference in Detroit --10/04/02
• What's Cool about LFM-SDM and Outward Bound --10/04/02
• Professor David Simchi-Levi Shares His Thoughts on Push-Pull Strategy --09/06/02
• UTC Design Challenge Rings in New Cohort --08/29/02
• LFM-SDM Initiates Lifelong Learning Seminar Series --08/26/02
• LFM '04 No Bats! Softball Team Wins Championship --08/15/02
• LFM '01 Alumni Conference --07/24/02
• Tiger Teams: Marriage between Theory and Practice --07/19/02
• LFM '02s Celebrate Graduation at Annual Breakfast --06/12/02
• Tiger Teams Finish Second Semester --06/10/02
• LFM Alums Demonstrate DEKA's Segway Vehicle to LFM '03s --06/04/02
• David Stagney, LFM '03, Receives Charles "Harrison" Smith III Memorial Award --06/03/02
• Ford's Middle Eastern Community Group Raises Consciousness, Serves Community --06/03/02
• Jeff Wilke, VP of Operations at Amazon.com, Makes His Annual Visit to LFM --05/14/02
• LFM, SDM, RISD and UTC certificate students invent products --05/11/02
• LFM '02 Tom Greenwood Teaches Kids about Engineering --05/01/02
• LFM '98 Jamie Flinchbaugh Named to Manage the Lean Learning Center --04/29/02
• LFM '03s Organize IAP Session on Leadership --04/03/02
• Professor Lester Thurow Speaks to LFM '03s --04/01/02
• Arnie Barnett on Air Safety --02/27/02
• Leadership Lessons from Ground Zero --02/26/02
• Dr. Randall Pinkett, LFM '98, Receives MLK Leadership Award --02/26/02
• LFM '03s among the $1K Warm-up Winners -- 2/25/02
• Professor Shoji Shiba Honored by the International Academy of Quality --02/07/02
• Dr. Randall Pinkett, LFM '98, Turns Low-Income Neighborhood into High-Tech Network --02/04/02
• CMU Case Competition 2001 - LFM '03/Sloan Team Places Second --01/22/02
• Jamie Flinchbaugh, LFM '98, Featured in Fast Company article, "Think Lean" --01/22/02

2001

• LFM's First Tiger Team Works with Local Manufacturer --12/19/01
• Conference on airline safety took on added significance --12/05/01
• Jim Lawton, LFM '90, Named VP of Optiant --11/27/01
• LFM Alumni Apply System Dynamics to Volunteer Project in India --10/31/01
• Professor John Sterman Talks about Process Improvement in Online Seminar --09/28/01
• LFM-Inspired Program Opens at Sabanci University in Turkey --08/16/01
• Renowned Japanese Executive Speaks on "Creativity from Adversity" to LFM '03s --08/09/01
• LFM '01s Named Siebel Scholars --07/02/01
• Bonini of Tritec Revisits LFM --06/18/01
• LFM '02s Visit the Pratt & Whitney Plant in Connecticut --05/30/01
• Shoji Shiba Receives Sloan Teaching Excellence Award; Rebecca Henderson and George Plesko Also Honored --05/22/01
• LFM '02s Visit Wayland High School --05/21/01
• Micah Samuels, LFM '02, Receives Second Annual Harrison Smith Award --05/08/01
• Shoji Shiba and Dave Walden Publish Four Practical Practical Revolutions in Management --05/07/01
• Sara Beckman Receives UC Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award --05/01/01
• LFM Alum Gary Koerper Featured in Fast Company --05/01
• Bayegan Speaks to LFM '02s on Innovation at ABB -- 04/25/01
• New Balance Executive Provides Company Overview to LFM '02s --04/23/01
• Graves Elected Chair of the Faculty; Eppinger Becomes New LFM-SDM Co-Director --04/20/01
• LFM Alumni Rev! Up New Motorcycle Company --03/30/01
• Online Seminars Connect LFM-SDM Community, Near and Far --03/28/01
• Parsons Brinckerhoff's Henry Michel Speaks at LFM '02's Spring Proseminar --03/28/01
• eRelationships: Mainspring's Dan Greenberg Gives Online Seminar to LFM-SDM Alumni --03/16/01
• LFM and ROTC Give Leadership Training during IAP --03/01/01
• Sloan Students Visit India for "Confluence 2000" --01/22/01

2000

• Sloan Operations Club Wins CMU Operations Case Study Competition --11/17/00
• Michael Dell Speaks at LFM Alumni Conference --11/10/00
• Warren Bennis Speaks at Inaugural Leadership Roundtable --11/09/00
• LFM '02s Go on Axcelis Plant Tour --10/05/00
• Alexander d'Arbeloff: Criteria for Success --10/05/00
• LFM Plant Tour: An Overview of Genzyme's Manufacturing Line --10/05/00
• Pratt & Whitney President Delivers LFM Keynote --09/11/00
• Editorial: The "Aha" of Assets --05/16/00
• Leadership Film Series: October Sky --05/16/00
• Peter Senge: Managerial Effectiveness and Leadership --05/16/00
• Professor Paul Lagace Elected AIAA Fellow --04/18/00

1999

• LFM Hockey: Don Rosenfield Scores Goal! --12/01/99
• David Marsing, Intel VP, Gives Career Advisory to LFMs --11/04/99
• LFM and SDM Form New Partnership --10/19/99
• Alex d'Arbeloff Speaks to LFMs on Starting a New Venture --07/26/99
• Professor Leigh Hafrey Speaks on Narrative, Ethics, and Teaching in the Workplace --07/26/99
• Polaroid's Joe Kasabula Speaks at LFM Proseminar --07/24/99

What's Cool About Manufacturing

• Gavin DeNyse, LFM '01 --01/28/04
• Shawn Patterson, LFM '94 --07/20/03
• Rick Nardo and Jose Valdes, LFM '03 --06/02/03
• Mark Graban, LFM '99 --04/24/03
• Camilla Denison, LFM '92 --01/10/03
• Jamie Flinchbaugh, LFM '98 --11/27/02
• Meghan (McArdle) Scanlon, LFM '00 --10/25/02
• Dan Crocker, LFM '97 --10/04/02
• Alison McCaffree, LFM '99 --09/15/02
• Roland Sargeant, LFM '03 --07/10/02
• Jeffrey Goldberg, LFM '01 --07/01/02
• Linne Kimball, LFM '94, and Anibor Kragha, LFM '03 --05/23/02
• Professor Tom Eagar --03/28/02
• Aaron Fyke, LFM '02 --03/28/02
• Michael Hoag, LFM '02 --02/28/02
• Asoka Veeravagu, LFM '02 --02/27/02
• Rafael de Jesus, LFM '99 --02/06/02
• Mike Peterson, LFM '94 --01/22/02