Semester in Strategic Operations (SSO) (Formerly Semester in Manufacturing - SiM)
Internships and Jobs
Knowledge from the rigorous operations course seasoned by many company visits equips students to handle internship interviews with confidence. During the summer internship, faculty are available to answer questions by phone or e-mail, enhancing student success. SSO students have interned with:
- Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Amgen, Inc.
- American Express Co.
- EnerNOC, Inc.
- Liberty Mutual
- Dell, Inc.
- Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
- SAP America, Inc.
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
- Ernst & Young
- SIGNA
- Accenture
- ReSource Pro
- S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson
- Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
- 3M
- Bain & Company, Inc.
Faculty Quote
"The SSO immersion gives the person who wants to be in upper management the knowledge and confidence to evaluate and critique detailed operational analysis."
Student quotes
"The connection between the strategy of a company and how it gets executed by employees on the shop floor was hammered home to us."
Summer Internship: Human Capital Practice, Deloitte Consulting LLP
"You have a chance to work on site on problems that a company is facing right now."
Summer Internship: Merger and Acquisitions Group, Accenture
"Working with classmates from other countries in the immersion gave me insight into the different operating environments I needed to succeed in my internship project—measuring call center performance at 25 sites around the globe."
Summer Internship: Customer Experience Department, Dell, Inc.
