Every organization runs processes, and most of them were never designed. They accumulated. Steps were added when something went wrong, approvals were inserted after an incident, and a workflow that once made sense now takes four days for reasons nobody can reconstruct. Operations management is the discipline that makes those processes visible, measurable, and improvable, and it applies to a factory, a hospital, a bank, and a service desk alike.

Operations Management For Dummies

What you'll learn
Analyze and design processes using flow, capacity, and bottleneck measures, accounting for shared resources and rework.
Apply forecasting, capacity planning, inventory management, and operational planning against real variability.
Improve operations through lean thinking, disruption proofing, quality management, and a quality organization.
Manage supply chain, sourcing, life cycle scaling, and project delivery including estimating, scheduling, and risk.
Skills you'll gain
- Operations
- Capacity Planning
- Process Management
- Lean Methodologies
- Operations Management
- Operational Analysis
- Business Process
- Performance Measurement
- Process Analysis
- Process Design
- Forecasting
- Process Improvement
- Supply Chain Management
- Inventory Management
- Demand Planning
- Strategic Sourcing
- Operational Efficiency
- Business Operations
- Quality Management
- Process Mapping
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Taught in English
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October 2026
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