Supply Chain Fundamentals: Manufacturing and Service Operations

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Overview

Supply Chain Fundamentals: Manufacturing and Service Operations

Course Description

This course prepares you for the basics of manufacturing and service operations and for your role within an organization’s overall supply chain. The course includes presentations of 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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After you complete your registration follow the "How to Access Your Course Content" instructions which display on the session details (summary) page for this course.

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

Required

  • Computer with speakers to access online content

Provided

  • Access to online course content and optional reading materials until the course end date

Session Details

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for 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.

Supply chain and logistics professionals learning in classroom

What You Will Learn

  • Operations management and infrastructure
  • Capacity management
  • The process choice
  • Planning, control processes, and systems
  • Service operations management
Supply chain professionals collaborating in warehouse

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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