Over the past several decades, operations strategy has played an increasingly important role in business鈥� success. In this course, we will equip you with concepts and tools to build operations in a way that not only supports your competitive strategy, but also allows you to create new opportunities in the market place. Scaling operations: Linking strategy and execution is a five-week course dedicated to making strategic decisions that are grounded in operational reality. Together, we will study how to build and evaluate the 鈥渙perating system鈥� of the firm to maximize value. This involves tailoring the firm鈥檚 operational competencies, assets, and processes to a specific business strategy. Each week, we鈥檒l explore case studies, engage in discussions and examine realistic data. Thanks to our data-driven approach, you鈥檒l be able to implement your learning directly into practice. At the end of this course, you鈥檒l be ready to build an effective, actionable plan to scale your department or organization.
5.3 A Framework for the Outsourcing Decision
Skills You'll Learn
Financial Analysis, Operations Management, Operational Analysis, Supply Chain, Capacity Planning, Asset Management, Strategic Decision-Making, Business Strategy, Supplier Relationship Management, Data-Driven Decision-Making, Value Engineering, Competitive Analysis
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4.6 (261 ratings)
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AA
Nov 25, 2021
I learned so much from this and have applied a great amount of it in my profession as a Business Development Lead. Thank you very much to the instructors!
AR
Jun 2, 2018
It was a great course and would be beneficial to the the people who has basic idea on operations and have some work experience in the industry
From the lesson
Asset Strategy: Capacity Sizing
Taught By
Gad Allon
Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences
Jan A. Van Mieghem
Harold L. Stuart Professor of Managerial Economics; Professor of Operations Management