Besides providing an opportunity to partner with Ohio State to develop our next-generation of world-class engineers, the program enables corporate sponsors to obtain significant business value through:
- Proven track record over 16 years of being able to produce results in a timely fashion
- OSU Engineering Students/Candidates are often able to spark change in teams that has previously been problematic
- Fresh perspectives and high-impact solutions to their operational problems
- Low cost, low risk implementations for their “back-burner” and important opportunities
- Early identification of candidates for future employment
- Increased corporate exposure on campus
- Leadership and project management experience for junior employees
- Project oversight by a seasoned performance improvement leader and Lean Six Sigma expert
- Training and development for managers and employees that participate on core teams, e.g. learning about Lean Six Sigma during the project
- Hands-on oversight, coaching, and direct involvement in all the project Tollgate (milestone) meetings by our program director
- Commitment to drive projects through to implementation and realization for top priority solution elements that are in scope
- Identification of follow-on (mid-term and/or distant horizon) improvement opportunities and projects
- Networking opportunities with local businesses and Ohio State faculty
- The potential to couple summer internships with this Academic Year Project Program to provide for a longer time frame for larger scoped projects