Operations Management school training courses in Chicago, IL (public, in-house or online)

A great product and a lot of cash are not enough for success. Along with having strong finance and marketing plans, a business idea needs to be "operationalized." Look at some of the most admired companies: Amazon, Southwest Air, Ritz-Carlton, Toyota, FedEx. These operational giants stand out because of how they create value.

We approach operations by examining the impact of management decisions on the day-to-day running of a company, as well as the reverse: how the daily workin...

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Our operations and supply-chain management concentration provides you with a foundation in the theories and practice of management in businesses where operations and supply-chain management are critical to success. You can take a variety of operations management courses to cover an overview of the field, or choose to focus on a specific area such as project and systems management, or procurement and supply-chain management.

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree intended for those who aspire to increasing levels of responsibility in business and industry. Colorado Technical University’s MBA degree program with a concentration in Operations Management is designed to help prepare students to lead organizations in the planning, development, operation and management of business systems.

Operations Management examines managerial concepts and strategies relating to the management of operations in both manufacturing and service environments. Emphasis is placed on methods to streamline and drive inefficiencies out of a firm’s internal processes to build a highly efficient organization. The course also focuses on external processes by examining ways to achieve greater supply chain integration with suppliers and customers. Quantitative and qualitative methods and tools are intro...

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This course provides an introduction to the field of operations management from strategic and global perspectives. It covers the principles, concepts, and techniques of production/operations management as they relate to the entire company. It stresses the importance of achieving a strategic balance between the conflicting interests of individual corporation functions and demonstrates how to make decisions in the area of operations management.