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Scaling Operations: Linking Strategy and Execution
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10 h
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- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - The VCAP Framework
We start by explaining the concepts of operating systems and operations strategy. Then we introduce the main "VCAP" framework, which connects the key components of operations strategy and identifies three main views to analyze it. The module also describes the... - Week 2 - Value Creation and Operations: The Investor View
We start by reviewing the main idea of using operations to create value (and the VCAP framework). We briefly discuss the key questions and introduce the main firm we are going to use (the Mafia restaurant chain). We discuss the key idea of measuring financial ... - Week 3 - Capabilities and Competition: Defensibility and Trade-offs
Module 1 introduced the capability view of operations as the natural link between competitive strategy and operations. In this module we will investigate this link in greater depth and use the capability view to assess the competitive risk the firm faces. A go... - Week 4 - Process Strategy: Strategic Sourcing
In the previous modules, we introduced the VCAP framework for operations strategy and studied value and capabilities. We learned how to invest assets in the face of uncertain demand. Now we turn our attention to structuring operational processes. In this modul... - Week 5 - Asset Strategy: Capacity Sizing
Modules 1 through 3 of the course introduced the VCAP framework for operations strategy and outlined the main diagnostic tools. We discussed how operations create value V and the role of capabilities in a competitive environment. In this module, we adopt the r...
Prerequisite
None.
Instructors
Gad Allon
Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences
Jan A. Van Mieghem
Harold L. Stuart Professor of Managerial Economics; Professor of Operations Management
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