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Operations Management Principles and Practices short course

R 13,999
Starts 25th January

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Course Details

Operations managers are responsible for streamlining an organisation’s strategic goals to improve efficiency in achieving profitable outcomes. This short course aims to instill a critical understanding of value creation from an operations viewpoint to clarify and simplify your business objectives.

Become familiar with the dynamics of supply chain management, the importance of inventory management, and grapple with fundamental project management protocols in order to administer operational oversight. Learn processes that will ensure that risks and inefficiencies are kept to a minimum.

Expert faculty and attentive course coordination will ensure that your progress is informed, focused, and enjoyable.

What will I learn?

  • Gain an understanding of the pillars of a business and how these relate to operations management and the achievement of an organisation’s strategic goals
  • How to evaluate processes for managing operations and interactions between external and internal stakeholders
  • Apply quantitative approaches for decision making in operations specific scenarios
  • Identify and apply project management methodologies for the execution of operational plans

Course breakdown

Week 1 - Orientation to the course
Week 2 - Orientation to Operations Management
Week 3 - Supply Chain Management - Part 1
Week 4 - Supply Chain Management - Part 2
Week 5 - Demand Forecasting
Week 6 - Inventory Management
Week 7 - Capacity Planning
Week 8 - Facilities and Process Design
Week 9 - Project Management
Week 10 - Quality Management
Week 11 - Complete the final assignment

Is this right for me?

Junior or mid-level managers with responsibilities in operations management will discover expert insights that will set them up for career advancement. This course also aims to consolidate existing knowledge of operations management with proven practices. For those who require a more thorough understanding of the scope and function of an operations manager, this short course will prove essential.

Course details
Course:

Operations Management Principles and Practices short course

Registrations Close:

24 January 2022

Start Date:

25 January 2022

Duration:

11 weeks

Price:

R 13,999

Weekly

6 - 8 hours

Payment options

The debit order payment option offers you a convenient, affordable, and easy way to pay off your online course with monthly interest-free instalments. Our debit order process allows you to track your payment history, minimizing the stress of manual payments and tailored to your lifestyle. On debit order the enrolment is available at 25% of the course fee. *From as little as R4000pm over 5 months.

*The above amount is illustrative and will be calculated on the actual course price and the start date of the course.
  • A Credit Card payment is the easiest way to ensure an effortless transaction. We accept credit card payments from VISA and Mastercard. We accept a small, 25% initial instalment to enrol and start your course with us.
  • An electronic funds transfer (EFT) allows a simple and effective payment process between two parties by using electronic signals to transfer money. EFT payment options allow for affordable instalments through payment plans and monthly instalments. On EFT, enrolment is available at 25% of the course fee.
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  • Mobicred is an online credit facility that is a smarter, simpler and more convenient way to help you pay for your online course, today. Repayments options of up to 12 months, making it a flexible, affordable and stress-free way to pay.
  • Knowledge is power, and by upskilling it allows your company to benefit and tap into the knowledge and expertise gained from your chosen online course.
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Course faculty

Grant Evans (MBA)

GJ Evans is an entrepreneur and business consultant, and holds an MBA from the Stellenbosch University. He has over 20 years’ experience in implementing the operations of start-up companies in agriculture, international IT services, Long-Haul logistics, retail and financial forecasting. He has extensive knowledge in forecasting and prediction modelling across private, international government and academic sectors. He is a part-time faculty member for the MBA programme at the Stellenbosch University Business School in the fields of Business Analytics and Statistics and is a member of the Operations Research Association of South Africa.