Operations Strategy – Level 2

London Business Training & Consulting

Course

In Hammersmith

£ 2,725 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    Hammersmith

  • Duration

    1 Week

The analytical dimensions for identifying the technical, managerial and ‘operations strategy’ characteristics of technology.
The technology options that exist, ‘why’ potential investments in process technology investments work in practice, and ‘how’ to make such investments work in practice.
The risks associated with implementation due to the number of high-profile failures and claims of waste that seem to go hand-in-hand with such investments.
The more general issues of how companies can shape the routines that encourage the ongoing developments of their operations.
Product and service development as a core issue for operations strategy.
The formulation and implementation of the process of operations strategy.
The monitoring and control of the process of operations strategy.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Hammersmith (London)
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W6 0NB

Start date

On request

About this course

Chief operations officers and chief executive officers
Operations directors and managers
Heads of departments
Senior operations executives, officers and staff
Those who wish to gain a comprehensive understanding of the interaction between operational resources and market requirements.
Those who wish to transform their companies’ prospects through the way they manage their operations resources strategically, turning their operations capabilities into a formidable asset.
Those who wish to use operations strategy as a major source of competitive advantage in for-profit businesses or the route to achieving social welfare in not-for-profit enterprises.
Those who appreciate operations strategy as central, ubiquitous and vital to any organisation’s sustained success.

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2018

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Subjects

  • Monitoring
  • Technology
  • Strategy
  • Information technology
  • Operations
  • Product and Service
  • Development
  • Organisation
  • Innovation
  • Market requirements
  • Strategic control

Course programme

Process Technology Strategy
  • Process technology should reflect volume and variety
  • The product-process matrix
  • The challenges of information technology (IT)
  • Evaluating process technology
Improvement Strategy
  • Operations improvement
  • Setting the direction
  • Importance-performance mapping
  • Developing operations capabilities
  • Deploying capabilities in the market
Product and Service Development and Organisation
  • Innovation, design and creativity
  • The strategic importance of product and service development
  • Product and service development as a process
  • A market requirements’ perspective on product and service development
  • An operations resources perspective on product and service development
The Process of Operations Strategy – Formulation and Implementation
  • Formulating operations strategy
  • What is the role of alignment?
  • Maintaining alignment over time
  • What analysis is needed for formulation?
  • The challenges to operations strategy formulation
  • How do we know when the formulation process is complete?
  • What is operations strategy implementation?
The Process of Operations Strategy – Monitoring and Control
  • What are the differences between operational and strategic monitoring and control?
  • How is progress towards strategic objectives tracked?
  • How can the monitoring and control process attempt to control risks?
  • How does learning contribute to strategic control?

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