The Tauber
Institute for Global Operations in conjunction with the Ross Alumni
Club of Chicago is glad to host Professor Wally Hopp, Herrick Professor
of Manufacturing and Professor of Operations and Management Science, to
meet with UM alumni and discuss: "Social Networks as a New Product
Innovation Tool".
Date: Friday, March 26th
Time: 11:30am - 1:30 pm
Location: Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLC, 2 N. LaSalle #1700, Chicago, IL 60602
Price: $15 Members and guests. Includes lunch from The Protein Bar.
Please join us for a great networking opportunity with an insightful discussion in the new field of social media.
Professor Hopp joined the Ross School in 2007 after 23 years on the faculty of Northwestern University. His research focuses on the design, control and management of production, supply chain and work systems. He has published widely in the academic literature in these areas and was Editor-in-Chief of the journal Management Science from 2003 to 2008. Hopp is co-author of the text Factory Physics, which was named the IIE Book of the Year, and author of a new book Supply Chain Science. He has won a number of teaching and research awards, including being named a Fellow of INFORMS, IIE, SME, MSOM and POMS. He is also an active industry consultant, whose clients have included Abbott Laboratories, Bell & Howell, Black & Decker, Case, Dell, Ford, Eli Lilly, Emerson Electric, General Motors, John Deere, IBM, Intel, Motorola, Owens Corning, Texas Instruments, Whirlpool, Zenith, and others.
