Discover the relationship between operations, productivity, and competitiveness with this operations management course. This free online operations management course in the fundamentals of operations management will teach you about the central principles, practices, and standards of effective operations management. By the end of the course, you will understand the crucial operations management practices of planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling of all the resources needed to produce a company's goods and services so they are fit for their market.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188406 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like 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 Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Define operations management • Discuss the relationship between operations, productivity and competitiveness • Identify the characteristics of an operations manager • List the nine key strategy areas • Explain the role of quality management in operations • Explain inventory management techniques |
| Course Code | 1272 |

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