Operations Management

Take Operations Management online at your own pace

In this class students learn how companies turn resources into goods and services, from planning, design and development, to organizing resources and labor, to managing quality and making continuous improvements.

Operations Management course stats

• 10247 students successfully completed
• 59 partners accept credit transfer.
• 3.0 semester credits
• Recommended for credit to the ACE® and DEAC college and university networks.
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Assignments & grading

This is a pass/fail course. Students must complete 12 Challenges (formative assessments), 4 Milestones (summative assessments), and 4 Touchstones (project-based or written assessments) with an overall score of 70% or better.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, you'll be able to:

• Examine operations management as a dynamic process in alignment with organizational goals and the external environment.
• Determine ways to optimize efficiency in manufacturing goods or delivering services.
• Describe organizational practices that improve efficiency and quality at all levels of operations.
• Assess operations practices for quality, compliance, and continuous improvement.

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Operations Management reviews

4.78/5

6525 Student Reviews

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by Nicholas M. on July 18, 2026

Awesome

by Daphne C. on July 15, 2026

Very challenging for me

by Joseph C. on July 15, 2026

Received contradicting feedback on touchstone 2 and touchstone 4.

by Precious W. on July 14, 2026

The class was informative, however there's too many touchstones and I didn't enjoy it.

by Marvin D. on July 14, 2026

This is a very challenging course.

by Jesse F. on July 14, 2026

A lot of this is good! It’s what I have been doing for a living, so it was fun to apply what I have learned through working!

by Jennifer V. on July 11, 2026

I submitted what I believed was the correct assignment, but I was told it was the wrong one.

by Carlita S. on July 09, 2026

I enjoyed this class. It did a great job of covering all aspects of operations with a manageable amount of assignments.

by Daniel P. on July 08, 2026

Amazing course

by Juan F. on July 08, 2026

great class highly recommended easy to understand