Introduction to Operations Management
MIT Sloan School of Management's core course on designing, analyzing, and improving operational systems across industries. The curriculum covers production control, risk pooling, quality management, process design, and revenue management, with consistent attention to how uncertainty complicates decision-making and how operational choices connect to financial objectives. Materials include case studies, guest lectures, and simulation games that let students test concepts like inventory pooling or process bottlenecks in practice rather than only in theory. Delivered through MIT OpenCourseWare, the course provides lecture notes, assignments, and related readings free of charge, with no certificate offered. It suits students who want a rigorous grounding in operations strategy before applying it to manufacturing, services, or supply chain problems.