Developing a Leading Edge Operations Strategy

Developing a Leading Edge Operations Strategy

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Course Dates Format Location Duration Time Commitment Price
Apr 9-10, 2024 Live Online N/A 2 days 8 hours/day $4,500
Nov 21-22, 2024 In Person Cambridge, MA 2 days 8 hours/day $4,500

Tracks

Technology and Operations

Certificate Credits

2.0 EEUs

Topics

- Global Economics & Markets

- Operations

- Strategy & Innovation

Course Highlights

  • Helps participants plan the most efficient use of material resources and manage complicated global networks
  • Provides analytical, strategic insights into vertical integration, outsourcing, product strategy, supplier management, process technologies, capacity and risk management, and global networks
  • Confers a certificate of course completion from the MIT Sloan School of Management

 

Why attend Developing a Leading Edge Operations Strategy?

Enterprises are increasingly complex, with supply chains, manufacturing, and service delivery processes spanning cultures, time zones, geographies, and geopolitical situations. To navigate this intricate world filled with new and different kinds of risk, executives need to know how to make the most efficient use of a company’s material, people, and processes; how to manage more complicated global networks; how to optimize service and quality levels of performance; and how to minimize risks yet maintain required capacities.

This program will draw on real issues confronting manufacturing and service companies today, providing strategic frameworks to enable executives to make smart choices so their companies can deliver the high-quality products and services they are committed to providing their customers.

This operations management course offers unique, MIT-developed approaches to business operations strategy based on best-practice research conducted among the world’s leading companies. The program helps participants plan the most efficient use of material resources and manage complicated global networks. It also offers analytical, strategic insights into vertical integration, outsourcing, product strategy, supplier management, process technologies, capacity and risk management, and global networks.

 

Course Experience

Learn more about the live online experience

 

Applying to the Course

We accept enrollments until the offering reaches capacity at which point we will maintain a waitlist. Many of the courses fill up several weeks in advance, so we advise that you enroll as early as possible to secure your seat.

You can begin the application process by using the red 'Enroll Now' bar at the bottom of the screen.

 

Have Questions?

Contact us if you would like to speak with a program director or visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for answers to common questions about our courses.

 

Many participants attend this operations strategy program along with Supply Chain Strategy and Management.

 

Upon successful completion of your course, you will earn a certificate of completion from the MIT Sloan School of Management. This course may also count toward MIT Sloan Executive Certificate requirements.

 

In this course, senior managers will learn new approaches to operations strategy that were developed at MIT and based on best-practice research conducted among the world's leading service and manufacturing companies.

Participants will gain an analytic view of operations and strategic insights into:

  • Vertical integration and the factors that affect strategic decisions
  • Process design and process engineering
  • Integration of people systems with technical systems
  • Global facility network strategies and the future of supply chain management
  • Strategic implications of process technologies
  • Capacity and risk management, including capacity factors, supply and demand management
  • Outsourcing, supplier power, and trends in supplier management

 

Hear from a past participant:

 

Testimonial from past course participant Peter A.

Sample Schedule—Subject to Change

This program is best suited for senior managers from manufacturing and service industries who are responsible for developing and executing operations strategy, including:

  • COOs
  • Strategic planners
  • Vice-presidents of business strategy, operations, supply chain management, services, and product development
  • Operations general managers
  • Senior project and program executives

 

Hear from a past participant:

Testimonial from past course participant Anurag S.

Course Dates Format Location Duration Time Commitment Price
Apr 9-10, 2024 Live Online N/A 2 days 8 hours/day $4,500
Nov 21-22, 2024 In Person Cambridge, MA 2 days 8 hours/day $4,500

Tracks

Technology and Operations

Certificate Credits

2.0 EEUs

Topics

- Global Economics & Markets

- Operations

- Strategy & Innovation

Enroll Now!

$4,500