Day 18. June 12, 2007, Part 2.
The Whirlpool team arrived ready to launch Project 08. Accelerator teams gathered in Averbuch Auditorium to meet with Whirlpool representatives and hear about their challenge. Accelerator teams are being asked to design a re-launch of a Whirlpool product – the Fabric Freshener.
Throughout the afternoon, Accelerator teams met to assign roles, frame the scope of the project and begin gathering data for their work.
Following their working session, Dr. Lapre held an Operations Session that he has coined “the Beer Game” – a simulation of the operating stresses and issues that arise in the distribution chain for businesses.
Over dinner, Matt Hall with the Vanderbilt IT services shared his career story with Accelerator team members. Following his presentation, the teams spent the balance of the evening on the project for Lexus. We ended the day at 8:30 PM.
