Fundamentals of Operations Management - Revised 2017 Alison Course GLOBAL - Digital Certificate

Operations management is one of core processes taking place in modern companies, organizations and business in general. Our operations management certification online course focuses on fundamental concepts of this subject. Operation management is based on interactions between parties involved in process of transforming resources to goods or services. Principles of managing operations, role and functions of operations management should be implemented and understood by any company or organization engaged in manufacturing or production. Smooth co-operation between departments or companies being part of the supply chain is necessary for the process of producing goods or providing services to be successful and effective. Those professionals who deal with operations management or any other individuals interested in this matter, will find our course a useful, complexly presented introduction to the operations management world. The course goes from explaining of operations management, like definitions, roles and strategies used and then delve further into the subject, providing participants with knowledge and skills referring to, among others, facilities locations, aggregate planning, decision-making process of an operations manager and various internal relations going on between fundamental for this topics areas, like competitiveness and productivity. The course comes together with the certification process and is free of charge. It has been revised as of 2017. The course is run entirely online.What Will I Learn?The course’s content covers topics like: definition of operations management and its role in manufacturing, service provision processes, outlining strategies used in managing operations like facilities location, scheduling, aggregate planning, capacity planning, explanation of dynamics between productivity, competitiveness and operations, description of main traits and roles of operations manager and decision-making he is obliged to conduct, after completion of the course the participants will gain knowledge on what is operations management, what relations take place between operations, competitiveness and productivity, what are characteristics crucial for successful operations manager, what are main strategies in operations management, what it quality management and what role it plays in the process of managing operations and what are key management techniques when it comes to inventory. Passing with minimum 80% score of each assessment, entitles you to obtain a diploma of completion of operations management course, fundamentals.Who is the target audience?The course is aimed at professionals interested in operations management topic and students of business-related studies, as well as to those who plan to undertake in the future ad hoc tasks or permanent job related to managing operation in an organization.RequirementsThis is fundamentals of operations management course designed for new-comers to the subject or beginners, so no pre-acquired knowledge is required to comprehend the course fully.