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Online course Essentials in Operations

Discover how to turn operational challenges into opportunities

  • Get a deep understanding of the operational challengers your organization is facing, and how to turn them into opportunities
  • Learn what operational excellence looks like
  • Develop the skills to improve processes across your organisation

What you will learn

Operations management has a direct impact on your organisation’s success – or failure. As business becomes ever-more global, it’s a function that’s becoming increasingly challenging.

By following this operations management course, you’ll:


Official Vlerick certificate


100% online, self-paced programme


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Detailed Programme

Essentials in Operations is divided in 5 modules – each focusing on a different aspect of operations management.

Module 1:

Process analysis

  • Discover operational metrics that measure how effective processes are – including flow time, throughput rate and inventory
Module 2:

Process improvement – lean operations

  • Explore how to reduce and eliminate waste
  • Dive into the processes you can apply lean thinking to – from production through to administration
  • Assess operational excellence practices in your own organisation
Module 3:

Inventory management

  • Dive into inventory management, sales forecasting and operations planning
  • Learn how you can reduce lead time and inventory to make your operations and supply chain more effective and profitable
Module 4:

How digital impacts the supply chain

  • Discover how digital technology can help you develop a truly smart supply chain
  • Explore the technology that’s changing the way we do business
  • Find out how technology can help make your organisation more resilient
Module 5:

Conclusion

  • Evaluate the knowledge and skills you’ve gained throughout the programme
  • Start to plan your next steps

Learn through different learning formats

This online journey brings together learning formats including videos, interviews, questionnaires, case studies and real-life examples - alongside background reading and questions to help you reflect on your experience.

Put theory into practice

You’ll have the opportunity to put what you learn into practice and become confident at analysing your organisation’s operations. 

Study wherever and whenever suits you

You can start Essentials in Operations at any time – and study wherever and whenever suits you. It takes around 10 to 12 hours to complete the programme and you can split this time over a maximum of three months.

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Why this programme?
Who should attend?
Vlerick Business School Faculty

Whatever your area of expertise – whether it’s marketing, finance, HR or legal – your organisation’s operational challenges affect you and your role. This programme gives you the insights you need to understand the processes that take place every day across your organisation – as well as the confidence to discuss operational needs with colleagues and make suggestions for improvements.

  • Professionals who want to make a positive impact on operations management in their organisations
  • Ann Vereecke advises on the supply chain that best fits your strategy and products.

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Essentials in Operations

  • Discover how to turn operational challenges into opportunities
  • Buy the programme now and you can start developing your skills right away