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Interview: Heywood

Program
Management

Joel Moses
Acting Director

Institute Professor
Professor of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science

CTPID Facts

45 faculty, researchers, staff, graduate students

$8 million in annual research volume

25 industry sponsors

15 government agencies

Established in 1985

Impact - Spring 2004

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Focus on the Lean Aerospace Initiative
LAI Accelerates Lean Across the Enterprise

• Web Exclusive: Practitioners Share Insights on Enterprise Change
• The Game Teaches Real Lean Management Skills
• Lean Academy Targets Students and Their Teachers
• Ogden Air Logistics Center Takes Lean to Strategic Levels
  Interview with AF Maj. Gen. Kevin Sullivan
• New Toolset Aims at Prime-Supplier Relationships
• Lean Now's Successful First Wave Breeds Enterprise Commitments

Faces of Research
Tackling Real World Problems of Engines and Their Consequences | Heywood in Profile
Interview with Prof. John Heywood, Sloan Auto Lab, Ford-MIT

Staff Spotlight
Meet CTPID Communications Director Nancy DuVergne Smith

Reading Matters
The Second Century: Reconnecting Customer and Value Chain Through Build-to-Order

News at the Center

• ESD Symposium Probes Future of Engineering Education
  
• Harris Named to AF Science and Technology Board
  
• LARA Co-Director Awarded Fulbright
  
• Acxiom-MITIQ Join Forces on Customer-centric Research
  
• Dean Magnanti Presents Infinite Mile Award to Su Chung
  
• IMVP Sloan Industry Fellow to Study Auto Peer Groups
  
• MSL Focuses Auto Recycling Ideas on Electronics
  
• LAI Visiting Scholar Offers New Lean Product Development Flow

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