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Diploma in Production and Operation Management

Online
10-15 hours
Free

Course Content

The free online course on the role of production and operation management in an organization, and program forecasting. This free online production and operations management course will teach you the role of production and operation management in organizations, as well as the phases of product design development. The course will teach you about the requirements for effective inventory management.

You will also learn about production planning problems using linear programming, as well as the concept of total quality management, and probabilistic time estimates.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID187879
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Diploma
Course Duration10-15 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Discuss the concept of manufacturing and sources of wealth creation
• Identify the typical phases of product design development
• Explain the concept of time series forecasting and various forecasting models
• Identify the classification of exponential smoothing models
• Discuss the concept of regression analysis and developing the regression equation
• Discuss the concept of material requirements planning and MRP inputs
• Explain the concept of lot sizing and various models of lot sizing
• Explain the cost of quality and the evolution of quality management
• Explain the concept of process capability analysis and the capability index
• Discuss the concept of six sigma and the components of six sigma
• Explain network analysis using PERT and CPM, as well as their distinctions
Course Code2307

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