Jayaraman, Sundaresan

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Final Technical Report The 2002 Georgia Tech / Milliken Summer Challenge Georgia Tech Project # E-15-C00 Prepared by Dr. Sundaresan Jayaraman Principal Investigator Georgia Institute of Technology School of Textile & Fiber Engineering Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0295 Tel: 404/894-2490 Fax: 404/894-8780 sundaresan.jayaraman@tfe.gatech.edu December 19, 2002 Executive Summary The pr imary objective of the 2002 Georgia Tech / Milliken Summer Chal lenge was to provide real-world Total Quali ty Management (TQM) experience to Georgia Tech s tudents and faculty members th rough specific projects at the LaGrange facilities of Milliken & Compciny. Students and faculty members were chosen dur ing the Spr ing quarter of 2002 Prior to the commencement of the Challenge, s tudents u n d e r w e n t a two-day training p r o g r a m at Georgia Tech on the principles of Total Quality, the Seven Management a n d Planning Tools and teamwork. Dur ing the Challenge, faculty advisors worked in close contact wi th the s tuden t teams to ensure progress on the projects. The s tudents and faculty advisors t u rned in weekly progress reports to the Challenge Coordinator , Dr. Sundaresan Jayaraman. A final presentat ion on the Summer 's accomplishments was m a d e by the Chal lenge s tudents and faculty to Mr. Roger Milliken, CEO, Dr. Tom Malone, President a n d C O O and other senior Milliken managemen t personnel on Augus t 8, 2002, in Spar tanburg , South Carolina. Trie contributions m a d e by the s tudents and faculty members d u r i n g the Summer were well received by Milliken & Company . 1 

The 2002 Georgia Tech/Milliken summer challenger

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