Operations Strategy
MIT's Sloan School of Management course examines how firms align product, manufacturing, and supply chain decisions into a coherent operations strategy. It builds on Michael Hammer's work on reengineering and process design, manufacturing strategy research from Harvard Business School, and Charles Fine's concept of clockspeed and 3-D concurrent engineering from his book Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage. Topics include process redesign, supply chain configuration, and the integration of product, manufacturing, and supply chain strategies as competitive tools. Materials come from MIT OpenCourseWare and include the syllabus, readings, and assignments used in the original graduate course, free to access under MIT's open license with no certificate offered. The course suits students or managers wanting a strategic, systems-level view of how operations decisions shape a company's competitive position.