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PEMM Newsletter
PEMM Teams Wins SOLN Case Competition
The PEMM teams won the SOLN Case Competition at the University of Washington Business School. Along with bragging rights, the team has won $3,000.
The PEMM Club was created at the November 16th organizational meeting for PEMM students. While the official name of the club has not yet been decided, the club’s charter is to become a focal point for people interested in operations and manufacturing management both in the Business and Engineering schools.
Mike Miksis, a first year PEMM student, agreed to act as interim
President and coordinate the following activities:
1. Newsletter: Beth Kent, Jesse Rehr, and Touya HarrisA
quarterly newsletter will be published to report on past and current
activities of the club and the PEMM program.
2. Speaker Series: Jen Price and Mike MiksisSpeakers from the
world of manufacturing, such as Ron Crockett, will be invited to address
the club. These talks will be open to the general Business and Engineering
population but may include more intimate receptions with the speaker
either before or after the lecture. The talks will meet PEMM seminar
requirements.
3. Plant Tours: John Mason and Matt LauIn addition
to a tour of Boeing in the Winter Quarter, John and Matt are considering
scheduling several tours Spring Quarter. If your plant is available
for touring, please contact them.
4. Projects and Consulting: Eric Moe and Long NguyenEric
and Long are investigating the feasibility of setting up a student
operated manufacturing and operations consulting service to work on
short term operations and manufacturing problems. Anticipated benefits
would be closer contact with local manufacturers and a chance to reinforce
academic learning under guidance of University faculty.
5. Social Events-Arlene Martin, Brian Talbott and Bekki
LeuSocial events will give club members a chance to discuss topics
of interest, informally, and facilitate cross-functional networks.
Your comments and suggestions for these activities and others that might be pursued are welcome. Any of the volunteers above can be contacted by sending an e-mail message care of Sue Letsinger at the University of Washington (letsing@u.washington.edu) or by phoning her office, 206.543.5438, M-F: 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Pacific Time.
Harvey Gillis Rallies PEMM students
Harvey Gillis, former CFO of ATL Ultrasound and noted venture captialist, gave a pep talk to PEMM students at the University of Washington on December 3rd, 1998. Speaking before a room of students and Management Science faculty, Mr. Gillis regaled us with tales from his career as an operations and finance executive.
Although his personal theory is that life and business are a stochastic process where luck can have an enormous impact, most of his stories illustrated how he applied his knowledge of operations research and game theory to gain success in his business career.
Mr. Gillis’ personal experience has led him to be a staunch supporter of integrated Business and Engineering programs such as the PEMM program. We thank him for taking the time to share some of that experience with us.
PEMM Internship at Weyerheuser
by Garry Heike
During my summer at Weyerhaeuser, I spent most of my time interacting with both investment analysts and engineers. This was a great experience for learning how to effectively communicate and work with both groups. With little business experience prior to PEMM, my personal goal for the internship was to reinforce and develop concepts learned during the MBA core. I certainly had this opportunity at Weyerhaeuser. I employed many of the concepts learned in the core, especially concepts from finance and managerial accounting.
Weyerhaeuser also gave me plenty opportunities to learn about the company and further pursue my interests in the company. I took advantage of this opportunity by enhancing my understanding of the product life cycle through interactions with the Commercial Development group. Particularly, I learned the process of taking new products from R&D and bringing them to full commercialization. Learning product life cycle management was one of my primary reasons for entering PEMM.