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Participants will learn to optimize operations, enhance productivity, and address real-world challenges through strategic planning and effective implementation. The curriculum combines theoretical knowledge with practical applications to equip learners with the skills needed for successful operations management in various industries.
Little’s law allows for the quick calculation of throughput times, throughput rates and inventories in operations, the system’s approach allows for the structuring of process analysis
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5 videos5 readings5 assignments
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5 videos•Total 46 minutes
What is operations management?•4 minutes
ASM, mass production •10 minutes
Evolution of the scope of operations•11 minutes
Convergence i4.0, servitization and sustainability•12 minutes
Process management•9 minutes
5 readings•Total 190 minutes
Syllabus•10 minutes
Introduction and historical evolution of production and operations management•20 minutes
Introduction and historical evolution of production and operations management•40 minutes
Industry 4.0 & the “convergence” •60 minutes
Product design and process selection•60 minutes
5 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Graded Quiz - Week 1•20 minutes
Quiz Lesson 1•10 minutes
Quiz Lesson 2•10 minutes
Quiz Lesson 3•10 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 4•10 minutes
Week 2 - Operations strategy
Module 2•3 hours to complete
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The trade-off analysis framework helps operations to keep focused, the importance performance matrix allows for the establishment of strategic priorities in operations, the content analysis (objectives x decision areas) allows for defining priorities of operations decisions aligned with the operations strategy
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5 videos4 readings5 assignments
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5 videos•Total 33 minutes
Why operations strategy•5 minutes
Order winners and qualifiers•6 minutes
Trade-offs, static and dynamic•6 minutes
Importance x performance matrix•10 minutes
Operations decision areas•7 minutes
4 readings•Total 85 minutes
Production and operations strategy•20 minutes
Production and operations strategy•30 minutes
Production and operations strategy•15 minutes
Production and operations strategy•20 minutes
5 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Graded Quiz - Week 2•20 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 1•10 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 2•10 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 3•10 minutes
Quiz Lesson 4•10 minutes
Week 3 - Service operations management
Module 3•5 hours to complete
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Value prism helps design and manage resources in service operations; Queuing theory helps design service systems; Revenue management helps define pricing and capacity allocation decisions in services; the 5-gap model allows for identifying the root causes of service problems
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6 videos4 readings4 assignments
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6 videos•Total 36 minutes
The traditional way: PIHI•8 minutes
A new way: the value prism I•6 minutes
A new way: the value prism II•4 minutes
Queueing theory•5 minutes
Revenue management•4 minutes
The 5-gap model•8 minutes
4 readings•Total 230 minutes
An operations management view of the services and goods offering mix•60 minutes
An operations management view of the services and goods offering mix•60 minutes
Capacity and queues in operations•60 minutes
Service quality management•50 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 1•15 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 2•15 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 3•15 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 4•15 minutes
Week 4 - Theory of Constraints
Module 4•3 hours to complete
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The principles of the Theory of Constraints allows for the identification and management of bottlenecks in operations systems; the ToC continuous improvement process allows for the ToC to be continually applied for operations improvement
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6 videos4 readings5 assignments
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6 videos•Total 47 minutes
How much money can you make?•7 minutes
How much money can you make? Solution•12 minutes
The objectives of Theory of Constraints •2 minutes
Principles I•15 minutes
Principles 2•5 minutes
The ToC improvement and use of ToC in services•7 minutes
4 readings•Total 75 minutes
Theory of constraints in operations•10 minutes
Theory of constraints in operations•15 minutes
Theory of constraints in operations•30 minutes
Theory of constraints in operations•20 minutes
5 assignments•Total 61 minutes
Graded Quiz - Week 4•21 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 1•10 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 2•10 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 3•10 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 4•10 minutes
Week 5 - Process improvement
Module 5•5 hours to complete
Module details
Process analysis concepts and tools, Quality management concepts and tools.
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5 videos4 readings4 assignments
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5 videos•Total 99 minutes
Process analysis - introduction•6 minutes
Process analysis - tools•6 minutes
Quality management - Introduction•7 minutes
Quality management - tools•5 minutes
Recording of Live Session - Operations Management on 22-07-11 20:17:14 [15:31]•76 minutes
4 readings•Total 125 minutes
Process Analysis•50 minutes
Process Analysis•15 minutes
Managing Quality•30 minutes
Managing Quality•30 minutes
4 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 1•15 minutes
New Quiz•15 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 3•15 minutes
Quiz - Lesson 4•15 minutes
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