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About the Course

This comprehensive course delves into operations management and process improvement principles and techniques, providing you with the knowledge and skills necessary to identify and eliminate inefficiencies in your organization. You will gain a solid foundation in operations management by analyzing key concepts such as cost-quality trade-offs, the efficiency frontier, and system inhibitors. Get ready to delve into process analysis, where you'll identify and analyze steps in a process, implementing changes for enhanced outcomes. With practical exercises, including creating process flow diagrams and capacity calculations, you'll strengthen your analytical skills firsthand. Experience the power of optimizing flow within operations as you uncover waste sources and design efficient processes for maximum output, reduced costs, and heightened customer satisfaction. An in-depth exploration of Little's Law will equip you to make informed decisions on capacity planning and process improvements, optimizing inventory levels, reducing lead times, and enhancing supply chain coordination. Additionally, you'll learn to effectively manage variability, laying the groundwork for consistent and exceptional quality standards. Statistical analysis, problem-solving methodologies, and real-time information utilization will empower you to tackle issues, find root causes, and foster continuous improvement. Throughout the course, the focus remains on driving improvements and achieving excellence. Analyze, improve, and reimagine how work gets done, armed with the necessary tools and frameworks to enhance work processes across diverse industries. Join this course to analyze, improve, and reimagine how work gets done and to acquire the necessary tools and knowledge to make meaningful improvements in your organization's operations....

Top reviews

KR

Aug 24, 2020

Great Instruction by Prof Christian - very lucid and with real world examples. Learning a business skill is mostly learning observation.. Now I know what to observe when looking for productivity!

RE

Jan 28, 2021

I found this course to be very informational; the practice and homework were excellent to prepare for the exams, and the instructor covered all material in the lectures that was on the exams.

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By OLIVER S

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Oct 31, 2018

Lectures need to be significantly improved. Practice problems need to be relative to the homework and quiz. This is an introductions course! Be introduction friendly!

By Brian N

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Jun 19, 2018

It was not very clear in the instructions about how to enter numbers (do we round the numbers? Do we enter a 0 before a decimal point?

By Kiran K

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Aug 1, 2020

Course requires knowledge of probability theory and statistics as prerequisites. Too much information for an introductory course.

By Rachael E

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Aug 21, 2023

Answering tests correctly and being marked incorrect. Slowing down my process significantly.

By Erik M

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Feb 4, 2022

Absolute disrespect to students. Is this Wharton? Cannot believe it. Worst experience so far

By Ryan K

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Jan 3, 2018

This module should be redone in order to make the information make more sense.

By yosanon

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Jun 18, 2018

great topic with detail, but exam is super not clarified and no one to help.

By Allen H

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Aug 24, 2021

Wish the lecturer had more passion and enthusiasm at teaching

By Deleted A

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Jul 11, 2020

This course is confusing. I am not sure If I can finish it.

By Johannes G M

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Jun 29, 2017

very poor quality. Both the lectures and the tests

By Jamie M

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Apr 18, 2021

What the hell is this guy talking about?

By Danielle S

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Feb 16, 2024

visually difficult to get through

By reinaldo s

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Aug 11, 2022

the exam so bad :(

By Chadi A G

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Mar 14, 2018

Very advanced

By Gregory G

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Nov 17, 2021

I need help

By Shalewa T O

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May 20, 2023

too hard

By ali r

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Nov 19, 2021

too hard

By Vishesh G

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Aug 30, 2022

worst

By Zhehui Y

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Jul 21, 2019

贼无聊

By sia P

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Oct 19, 2021

EW

By 黄书珮Huang S

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Jul 4, 2017

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