Manufacturing Operations Management Certification Course

Explore process management within operations management by showing how inputs become outputs through a system, guided by feedback, capacity planning, and continuous improvement audits.

Explore how operations management guides decision making, from resource planning and scheduling to inventory, capacity, quality, and layout, and distinguish strategic versus tactical decisions for competitive advantage.

Analyze how inventory levels, capacity, scheduling, planning, and quality decisions shape operations, then examine process choices (intermittent, repetitive, cellular) and technology, location, layout, and supply chain decisions.

Learn the overall equipment effectiveness (oee) definitions, elements, and model, focusing on availability, performance, and quality as a key operations management KPI for diagnosing and comparing factory equipment.

Learn to analyze losses with the six big losses model—downtime, speed, and quality losses—using root-cause and SMED methods to reduce setup time and improve OEE.

Explore lean production systems as a philosophy and tools to reduce muda, mura, muri, and seven wastes, to maximize ROI, and learn MRP I and II for integrated planning.

Master production planning to forecast demand, allocate materials, labor, and equipment, align capacity with customer requirements, and minimize costs; use scheduling to assign tasks and monitor progress to prevent bottlenecks.

Learn how production planning and scheduling optimize resources, ensure timely delivery, and improve quality and flexibility, using steps like demand forecasting, capacity planning, and material requirements planning.

Advance production planning and scheduling by addressing demand uncertainty, resource constraints, and complex processes; apply Gantt charts, ERP, just-in-time, Kanban, and lean practices.

Explore how quality management drives consistency and value in operations by monitoring processes through quality control, certifying via quality assurance, and applying total quality management.

Coordinate the supply chain as an operations manager, ensuring goods flow from suppliers to end customers. Counteract the bullwhip effect with real-time demand data and electronic data interchange and barcodes.