Leaders for Global Operations (LGO)

In the MIT LGO student production of "Antigone" for a class on leadership, Rastafarian Brian Chang and Southern preacher Robbie Harris debate ethics and leadership with Kreon (Jeremy Giese, far right).

Leadership class injects muppets, Star Wars into 'Antigone'

October 5, 2012

MIT LGO logs 25 years as a leader in manufacturing and operations

October 1, 2012

Marisa Gerla, left, and Mary Anito, right, visiting a local poultry enterprise in Mbarara, Uganda with Sarah Nabachwa, second from left, and Jacinta Nshemereirwe, third from left, of the Sustainable Household Income Project.

Student teams tackle Third World health care issues

LGO students add operations expertise to ghdLab projects

June 28, 2012

Karan Mudgal, of RISD, describes the features of the bicycle lock that he and his team designed.

From left to right: Kai Liao (Aeronautics and Astronautics), Tejas Inamdar (mechanical engineering), Cullen Johnson (LGO), Karan Mudgal (RISD), David Linders (LGO)

Entrepreneurial students dive into product design and development

Joint MIT-RISD course yields concepts from iPad-friendly backpacks to waste-free sugar.

May 14, 2012

U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson and MIT President Susan Hockfield at “The Future of Manufacturing in the U.S." conference.

Exploding the myths of manufacturing

MIT conference explores the complex state of an industry showing signs of revival.

May 10, 2012

Taking flight at Boeing

Chen uses LGO internship to improve manufacturing operations at the company's Charleston, S.C. plant

April 23, 2012

David Simchi-Levi, co-director of the Leaders for Global Operations Program and a professor of civil and environmental engineering and engineering systems.

Companies looking at a more regional approach to manufacturing

China no longer the obvious choice for manufacturing functions of large U.S.-based companies, paper says

February 21, 2012

MIT team promotes prostate cancer prognosis tool

Group is a semifinalist in MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

February 14, 2012

Leaders for Global Operations student David Linders, left, and MBA student Jon Bloom are working on a device to head off foot problems in diabetics.

Idea draws on engineering and business to help diabetics

January 20, 2012

Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) industry co-director Vah Erdekian speaks at the Laboratory for Manufacturing and Productivity annual summit.

Erdekian stresses importance of ongoing innovation for manufacturing

November 14, 2011

Alicia Lenis, LGO ’13, stands in front of one of the ships she worked on at the Chengxi Shipyard, Jiangyin, China in the fall of 2009.

Smooth sailing for Alicia Lenis, LGO ’13

A Q&A on how the shipping industry is timely and exciting.

September 20, 2011

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