The Institute of Operations Management Diploma in Operations Management aims to provide students with detailed and specific coverage of the various elements of supply chain, production and inventory management. It aims to equip individuals with the knowledge and skills of operations management to improve business performance within the global environment. It also addresses the internal and external factors which influence operational efficiency and examines the wider context of business strategy and competitive advantage.
On completion of the IOM Diploma in Operations Management, students will be eligible for full membership of the Institute of Operations Management.
The course has led me to challenge the way my department works, asking many fundamental questions that could change and benefit our strategic and operational focus.
Tom Young
Who is this course for?
These courses are suitable for people in management positions, whose role influences operations and production.
You can study at a pace to suit you. Your tutor will create a timetable for you, and will set you work and assignments to complete each week.
If you can spend around 3 hours a week studying, you should be able to complete the course in 30 months. If you can spend more time studying than that, you could fast-track and complete the course faster.
Course Structure:
The course is made up of eight compulsory units and a final project.
Assessments
Four units are assessed by a three hour written exam for each unit. The other four units are assessed by a 3000 word assignment for each unit. There is also a 5000 word "final project" to be completed.
Qualification Received:
You will receive the Institute of Operations Management Level 5 Diploma in Operations Management.
Your Course Fee Includes:
Tuition
Study Materials
12 Month Institute Membership
VAT
Course Details - Unit Breakdown
Compulsory units
You must complete all the compulsory units listed below.
Operations Management Strategy
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This Unit is intended to provide an understanding of how the overall internal and external environment of an organisation has an impact on business performance in an economy. It is designed to demonstrate the need for communicating the strategy in the deployment of supply chain resources. The strategic dimensions of marketing, product and operations are considered from a multinational perspective.
Operations Resource Management
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The Unit is intended to show the importance of managing the physical, human and financial resources of organisations in an effective manner in order to maintain business competitiveness in the continuously changing market place. The Unit will provide knowledge of production/service planning and control to meet ever-changing customer requirements. It will also focus on managing change and the need for continuous improvement in organisations.
Business excellence for operations managers
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This Unit is designed to provide a practical understanding of the Business Excellence concept as it is applied to the Supply/Demand chain. A basic history is included, tracing the origins and philosophy of current thinking on Business Excellence. The Unit goes on to explore, in detail, current practice in operations management excellence, business structure, planning for excellence and rapid market response. Supporting tools and techniques and a case study provide depth and an understanding of the practical application of the Business Excellence concept.
Customer focus in operations management
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This Unit aims to provide the participant with a detailed understanding of customer expectations and the role of the customer in determining the demand for a company's product or service.
The Unit also provides the participant with a detailed understanding of the decision-making necessary to maintain the control and direction of a business in order to provide customers with the highest service in meeting their needs.
Supply chain and inventory management
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This Unit explores the role of inventory within supply chain operations and how differing business philosophies and policies impact the amount of inventory required to support operations. The Unit provides an understanding of the reasons for inventory, the role it plays in supporting customer service, and how it may be managed. It also examines the role that suppliers play and how they may be managed in order to support efficient and effective operations.
Enterprise planning for operations managers
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This unit follows the evolution of simple planning and scheduling systems in the late 1960s to today's systems that can plan and control multiple plants in multiple countries worldwide. The advantages of modern advanced planning systems are also considered. Project planning is included in the Unit to cover the implementation of such systems and the managing of other major projects. The unit also deals in some detail with the structure and methodology of enterprise planning and shows how a master schedule is developed and maintained. Final assembly scheduling and some different types of commonly used master schedules are explored.
Manufacturing planning
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This unit is designed to provide the student with a working understanding of the various techniques used to schedule work in production areas. The unit explores how material and factory data may be applied to a master production schedule to build detailed material and capacity plans which drive and control the purchase of materials and components and the manufacture and assembly of product. The need for timely, accurate data throughout the process is examined.
Added value for manufacturing
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This Unit is designed to provide the student with an understanding of how traditional shop floor control systems can be used to manage operations and processes to ensure that products and services are provided to schedule. To complement this, the Unit also explores the philosophies of lean and agile manufacturing - evolved from JIT; how they can be applied and how they impact upon the business in general and upon the shop floor in particular.
Operations management project
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The project is an important and integral element of the Diploma course and must be completed satisfactorily for the candidate to be eligible for the award. The aim of the unit is to allow learners to apply the knowlege and skills gained from the taught units into their individual work environment benefiting both their own development and the business of their employer.
