Corporate Affiliations
The MMM Program strives to maintain its connection with contemporary, cutting-edge problems facing all participants in the product value chain. In that vein, there are numerous ways that corporations can affiliate with the Program. Beyond hiring students, they include:
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(Above left) Jose Meija, president of Supply Chain Networks, Lucent Technologies at the Manufacturing Business Conference.(Above right) Craig Sampson, (right), director of IDEO's Chicago office, discusses a MMM team's design progress during New Product Studio.
- Participating in Integration Projects, in which faculty-supervised teams of students work in consulting mode for industrial clients on topics of timely importance.
- Sponsoring the Manufacturing Business Conference held in April of every year. This student-run conference draws top-level participants from industry for a one day discussion of the most pressing issues facing industry.
- Sponsoring events on campus, such as the New Product Fair or Hoot for the Homeless fundraiser.
- Providing specialists for the fall lecture series or in-class discussions.
- Providing a venue for plant tours.
- Attending our Executive Programs at the Allen Center.
A list of participating companies can be found here. Should you or your company be interested in exploring options for affiliation, please contact Steven Fischer, Associate Director of the MMM Program, at 847-467-1061 or mmm@northwestern.edu.
