Logistics Education And Pathways: Manufacturing and Service Operations

  • Overview
  • Course Content
  • Requirements & Materials
Overview

Logistics Education And Pathways: Manufacturing and Service Operations

Course Description

This course prepares students in the basics of manufacturing and service operations and their role within an organization’s overall supply chain. The course includes presentations of the following concepts; defining the role of manufacturing and service operations, linkages between market requirements and the selection of manufacturing processes, facility location strategies, and facility layout, the importance of production planning and control in synchronizing operations, the importance of quality management and performance measurement, and the role of emerging technologies in operations.

Course Content
  • Manufacturing and Services Management Overview
  • Strategic Considerations in Manufacturing
  • Production Planning and Control
  • Operations Management Improvement Techniques
  • Manufacturing Service Related Operations
  • Assessing Performance
  • Systems and Technology
Requirements & Materials

Important Information

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This is a self-paced online course.  You may register anytime while registration is open and will have access to the course through the published "Access Ends" date.

Materials

Provided

  • Access to online course content and optional reading materials.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed manufacturing and operations management professionals, learners seeking to enter the profession, and other supply chain professionals seeking an understanding of the operations management domain. Typical titles include: manufacturing planners, supervisors, directors, engineers, controllers, superintendents, foremen; industrial engineers; plant engineers; and operations managers.

What You Will Learn

  • Operations management and infrastructure
  • Capacity management
  • The process choice
  • Planning, control processes, and systems
  • Service operations management

How You Will Benefit

  • Review the basics of the field.
  • Gain a solid understanding of the basics of manufacturing and service operations and its role within an organization’s overall supply chain.
  • Prepare for entry-level and supervisory roles in manufacturing and service operations.

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