Ops-Lab team working at Gorton's of Gloucester warehouse for their onsite project.
Credit: Nicholas Briggs
The benefits of becoming a host organization
Organizations participating in Operations Lab have the unique opportunity to solve operations challenges that they may be facing with the help of our students. With the support of Action Learning mentors, students actively develop a relationship with host organizations and work with them in order to create deliverables that hosts can immediately use to help them improve operations.
Projects mainly focus on:
- Inventory and supply chain management
- Operations analytics
- Operations strategy
- Planning
- Process improvement
Interested in becoming a host?
Please contact Cathy Iacobo with your questions and proposals.
Host Timeline
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Summer
Potential project hosts are identified.
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September
Student-led committee contacts potential hosts to capture specific project proposals and other necessary information.
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October-November
Faculty review the proposals and a final project list is identified (Goal: Have a few more projects than number of student teams in case there are any last minute issues.)
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November
Students register for Ops-Lab.
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December-January
Student teams formed; team/project matching completed.
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January
E-introductions between student teams and hosts.
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February
Spring semester begins; students officially kick off projects with their respective hosts.