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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 Jay P

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Feb 20, 2017

Overall good course, but the wordings in the graded assignments and exams are sometimes ambiguous

By John P S

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Dec 16, 2016

Probably the toughest course I've attended on Coursera, but there's a lot of good info in here.

By Khalid A G M

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Dec 9, 2019

Exams as lengthy and boring, other courses exams test concepts without taking too much time

By Shantan K

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Apr 1, 2017

Very mathematical course. First week was nothing. No need of this being a 4week course.

By Michael K

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Oct 30, 2016

Course material was great. Some confusing test questions and limited mentor assistance wa

By Chukwuemeka N

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May 16, 2020

great tutorship. although the questions are tough. That means we need to practise more.

By Carlos L

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Nov 29, 2017

There have to be more examples on how to equate different aspects of the questions.

By Moncef S

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Jun 20, 2016

Very interesting and broad course, the six sigma session could be more enriched

By bhanu

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Dec 25, 2016

Good course.Lays strong foundation of operations and its uses in the industry.

By Omkar M

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Mar 26, 2016

Great Introductory course offered with well explained concepts of operations

By Deleted A

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Aug 19, 2017

The problems were very interesting and were challenged no yiurunderstanding

By Virendra S

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Sep 25, 2021

Additional reading material should be provided to support what is taught

By Tarun b

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Oct 14, 2016

Good course to start with operation management. very basic and precise.

By Denise S

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Jun 17, 2020

I enjoyed the class, Professor Christian did an excellent job.

By yogendra c

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Mar 6, 2019

Good for those who are looking from quantitative prospective.

By Mohammad A A

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Sep 22, 2020

Great course. It would be good to include real case studies.

By Vaibhav B

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Jul 15, 2018

Final quiz should contain questions from all the 4 sections.

By Yevgenii P

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Oct 4, 2018

Course is informative, while assignments are often unclear.

By Eric H

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May 29, 2016

The content is good and it's a good overview of operations.

By José M P G

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Feb 22, 2016

Good course to begin and explore the Operations Management.

By Erica C

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Dec 11, 2022

Harder than expected, but very comprehensive and useful.

By Juliana F

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Feb 10, 2021

Es un buen curso pero demasiados problemas prácticos

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Mar 26, 2022

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By omkar K

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Aug 27, 2021

It will give you idea of Operations for begineers

By Abhishek D

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Jan 13, 2018

Good for and introductory course on the subject.