Northwestern Kellogg
Digital Transformation in Operations online short course
Harness the power of cutting-edge digital technologies through a practical guide to strategically optimize the quality and speed of your operations, and elevate your business performance.
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Start date
15 May 2024
Course duration
5 weeks
Excluding orientation
Language
English
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Effort
4–6 hours per week
Self-paced learning online
Course overview
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Duration: 5 weeks (late enrollment may be considered until the start of Module 1)
Digital transformation is no longer just a productivity advantage but an imperative shift for effective operation alignment with the future of business. The Digital Transformation in Operations online program offered by Kellogg Executive Education at Northwestern University will prepare you to transform your operations management practices and drive organizational success.
The program introduces essential concepts in operations management, enabling you to recognize the value that digitalization and digital transformation can bring to your operations. You’ll also acquire the tools to identify opportunities for digital transformation in your operations and understand how fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies, including automation, smart controls, big data, machine learning, and analytics, can be employed. You will learn how to enhance the speed and scale of processes and management, personalize your approach using a digital framework, and directly impact your business's profitability.
Is this program for you?
This online executive education program caters to professionals engaged in operations management or related fields who aim to leverage the advantages of digitizing conventional operations. By enrolling in this program, these professionals can keep themselves updated with the latest digital advancements in operations and learn how to enhance performance management and boost efficiencies through digitization and analytics.
Course overview
Introduction
Duration: 5 weeks (late enrollment may be considered until the start of Module 1)
Digital transformation is no longer just a productivity advantage but an imperative shift for effective operation alignment with the future of business. The Digital Transformation in Operations online program offered by Kellogg Executive Education at Northwestern University will prepare you to transform your operations management practices and drive organizational success.
The program introduces essential concepts in operations management, enabling you to recognize the value that digitalization and digital transformation can bring to your operations. You’ll also acquire the tools to identify opportunities for digital transformation in your operations and understand how fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies, including automation, smart controls, big data, machine learning, and analytics, can be employed. You will learn how to enhance the speed and scale of processes and management, personalize your approach using a digital framework, and directly impact your business's profitability.
Is this program for you?
This online executive education program caters to professionals engaged in operations management or related fields who aim to leverage the advantages of digitizing conventional operations. By enrolling in this program, these professionals can keep themselves updated with the latest digital advancements in operations and learn how to enhance performance management and boost efficiencies through digitization and analytics.
What will set you apart
The skills to digitally transform your organization's operational performance and discover new technologies fit for this purpose.
In-depth understanding of how technologies such as automation, big data and analytics, and machine learning are being applied to transform traditional operations management practices.
The tools and frameworks to increase operational efficiencies, including improving process throughput and product customization.
The ability to measure the performance of operations using KPIs, including the impact of digitalization, and improving the link between financial and operational metrics.
Unlimited access to edX’s Career Engagement Network, offering you exclusive resources and events to support your professional journey and drive your career forward.Program curriculum
Orientation module
Welcome to your Online Campus
Module 1
Aligning strategy and operations: A digital framework
Module 2
Driving financial performance through operational metrics
Module 3
Digitalization: Delivering scale and speed
Module 4
Digitalization: Improving quality through machine learning
Module 5
Personalization and evaluation of disruptive technologies
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Academic Directors
Achal Bassamboo
Charles E. Morrison Professor of Decision Sciences, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
Jan A. Van Mieghem
Harold L. Stuart Professor of Managerial Economics and Professor of Operations, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
About the certificate
Acquire the knowledge and skills to align your digital and strategic operations for increased productivity and efficiency, and earn an official certificate of completion from the Kellogg School of Management.
Assessment is continuous and based on a series of practical assignments completed online. In order to be issued with a certificate, you’ll need to meet the requirements outlined in the course handbook. The handbook will be made available to you as soon as you begin the course.
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