Operations and supply chain management

The distinction at the heart of it

The course draws a clear line between operations management, which concerns planning and operational decisions inside one organization, and supply chain management, which covers a network of organizations working together. Holding those two levels apart makes it easier to see which problems belong to a single site and which need coordination across partners.

How it is taught

Taught by IIT Madras faculty over a 12-week run, the emphasis is on core concepts and on building quantitative models of decision problems. That means the course rewards those willing to work through the mathematics rather than just watch.

Who it is for

• Learners new to the field who want an academic grounding.
• Anyone comfortable with models and calculation.