Outcome: Operations Management

What you’ll learn to do: define operations management in manufacturing and production

The best way to understand operations management in manufacturing or production is to consider the things you use on a daily basis: they were all produced or manufactured by someone, somewhere, and a great deal of thought and planning were needed to make them available.

Two rows of yellow and pink Easter PeepsWatch this video on the manufacturing of the amazing Peep. It will serve as a point of reference as you work through this module because it features all the different parts of operations management.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The learning activities for this section include:

  • Reading: Operations Management in Manufacturing and Production
  • Self Check: Operations Management

Take time to review and reflect on this activity in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.