Operations Management
MIT Sloan School of Management's course on designing, planning, controlling, and improving manufacturing and service operations. The course opens with a holistic framework linking product development, process management, and supply chain management, then works through each tier in depth, covering process analysis, materials management, production scheduling, quality improvement, and product design. Materials include assigned readings, business cases for discussion and written analysis, and in-class exercises, following MIT's case-method approach to operations strategy. Published through MIT OpenCourseWare under a Creative Commons license, the course provides syllabus, readings, and assignments for self-study, though it carries no instructor feedback or certificate. It suits students or professionals who want a structured, case-driven grounding in how firms coordinate product design, processes, and supply chains to compete on cost, quality, and delivery.