System Optimization and Analysis for Manufacturing
A graduate-level MIT OpenCourseWare course from the Sloan School of Management, cross-listed with Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. The course introduces modeling, optimization and simulation techniques for analyzing manufacturing systems and supporting operational decisions. Lectures build a framework of optimization models and algorithms to address problems such as production planning, inventory control and process design, then connect these tools to broader operations management concepts through a range of applied case examples. Materials include lecture notes, assignments and readings drawn from MIT's 15.066J curriculum. No tuition is required to access the materials, and there is no certificate offered through OpenCourseWare. The course suits students or professionals who want a quantitative grounding in manufacturing systems analysis alongside the operations management principles that inform real factory and supply chain decisions.