Free online courseOperations Management

Course content

• Video class: Operations Management FULL COURSE Introduction - A Complete Overview

  01m

• Exercise: What aspect of Operations Management is specifically concerned with the arrangement of physical facilities to optimize the production process?

• Video class: What is Operations Management and the Transformation Model

  02m

• Exercise: What is the primary goal of operations management?

• Video class: Inventory Management in Operations Management

  10m

• Exercise: Which of the following best describes the concept of 'safety stock' in inventory management?

• Video class: What is EOQ vs EPQ ABC Analysis, Vendor Managed Inventory, and JIT

  15m

• Exercise: What inventory control strategy is used for items not involved in production?

• Video class: What is Demand Planning? 4 Types of Demand Reviewed - Unexpected, Seasonal, Peak, and Chase Demand

  06m

• Exercise: Which type of demand involves adjusting the production levels and workforce to align with the fluctuating customer requests, ensuring that the company meets market demand without overproducing?

• Video class: Periodic and Perpetual Inventory Systems

  06m

• Exercise: Which inventory system is more suitable for large businesses with high inventory levels?

• Video class: Operating Ethically and Sustainably - How Ethics and Sustainability Impact Business

  08m

• Exercise: Which of the following principles is NOT one of the three foundational principles that should form the basis of a corporate sustainable initiative according to 'Operations Management by Dr Haywood'?

• Video class: What is a SWOT analysis?

  05m

• Exercise: What does a SWOT analysis involve?

• Video class: What is a Supply Chain and How it Works | Supply Chain Management

  02m

• Exercise: What encompasses the definition of a supply chain?

• Video class: Lean vs Agile - A Comparison of Agile and Lean Supply Chains

  03m

• Exercise: Which supply chain is more suitable for rapidly changing industries?

• Video class: Vertical Integration - The Difference Between Backward and Forward Vertical Integration

  03m

• Exercise: What describes the scenario where Company A, the focal firm, purchases the supplier to gain control over the earlier stages of its supply chain?

• Video class: What is Logistics - Reverse Logistics and Third Party Logistics

  03m

• Exercise: What is reverse logistics primarily concerned with?

• Video class: What is a Strategic Alliance and How They Benefit Organizations

  04m

• Exercise: Which of the following best exemplifies a strategic alliance?

• Video class: What is Benchmarking?

  02m

• Exercise: What is the purpose of benchmarking in business?

• Video class: What is the Theory of Constraints and Overcoming Bottlenecks

  14m

• Exercise: What is the first step in the five-step process of the Theory of Constraints for overcoming bottlenecks within a process?

• Video class: What is Forecasting in Supply Chain Management

  06m

• Exercise: What is the primary purpose of forecasting in supply chain management?

• Video class: Forecasting METHODS - Qualitative and Quantitative Walkthrough in Excel

  20m

• Exercise: Which forecasting technique involves soliciting information from bottom to top within an organization?

• Video class: Master Production Schedule Operations Management - A Review of the Production Planning Process

  11m

• Exercise: What is the role of the master production schedule in the planning process?

• Video class: MRP vs MRP II vs ERP - A Comparison of Planning Systems

  05m

• Exercise: Which system would a company likely upgrade to if it needed to incorporate demand forecasting and production planning beyond just tracking material?

• Video class: Scheduling in Operations Management - Strategies for Scheduling Products and Services

  07m

• Exercise: Which scheduling method is primarily used for services that cannot be inventoried?