Postgraduation Lean and Operations Management

• Presentation

  Presentation

  This postgraduate course arose from the desire to compile the most relevant and current topics in industrial management and engineering into a single advanced programme, with a view to creating value for organizations by managing and continuously improving the performance of their processes. To this end, an innovative syllabus has been developed that reflects the state of the art in terms of the topics covered in each of the curricular units that make up the program. With a group of prestigious trainers with extensive professional experience in their areas of expertise, all the postgraduate courses are taught in an integrated and very practical way. The course will be taught in English with the possibility of simultaneous translation into Portuguese (subtitling on the online platform); The course will be taught in e-learning format.

• Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired

  Knowledge, abilities and skills to be acquired

  The syllabus is designed to provide professionals with the knowledge and skills to perform their duties in different areas of business activity, namely: managing organizational processes, continuously improving working methods to increase productivity, evaluating and optimizing performance indicators, designing appropriate corporate governance strategies, managing the life cycle of assets more effectively, evaluating and minimizing strategic and operational risks, among others. SYLLABUS Corporate Strategy and Governance - Corporate Mission, Vision, Values and Policies - Strategy planning and deployment (Hoshin Kanri) - Stakeholders management - Corporate governance and business ethics - Leadership and corporate culture Risk Management & Business Continuity Plan - ISO 31000 and ISO 22301 standards - Business impact analysis & business continuity planning - Risk management procedure - Risk assessment techniques - Operational risk management Entrepeneurship & Innovation Management - Entrepreneurship theory and Innovation management - Learning organization - Product-market research based on lean start-up - Creativity and the Voice of the Customer - New Product/Service Development Operations & Flow Management - Value Stream Management - Enterprise Resource Planning - Work study methods - SMED - Production flow and logistics flows - Operational efficiency - Balancing of production/assembly lines Logistics & SCM - Logistics strategy and supply chain integration - Procurement and purchasing - Planning and controlling SC flows - Demand and capacity management - Customer Relationship Management - Inventory management Lean Process Management - Systems theory and process approach - Process mapping techniques - Redesign of business processes - The BPM cycle and its phases - Value-added analysis of a business process - Control and monitoring of processes Reliability & Assets Management - Asset management systems (ISO 55001) - Maintenance planning and scheduling - Spare parts optimization - Autonomous maintenance - Total productive Maintenance (TPM) - KK for maintenance TQM & Enterprise Excellence - TQM & Excellence Models - EFQM Model - Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001 & ISO 9004) - Integrated management systems - Audits to management systems Lean Management & Six Sigma Methodologies - Daily Kaizen - Lean, Six Sigma, and Theory of Constraints (TLS) - DMAIC methodology - Design for Lean Six Sigma - Shingo Model + KBS (Kaizen Business System) Green and Business Sustainability - Lean & Green - Environmental management systems (ISO 14001) - Business sustainability management - Corporate social accountability - Lean Safety

• Program

  Program

  • [Anual]
  • Corporate Strategy and Governance 3 ects
  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 3 ects
  • Green and Business Sustainability 3 ects
  • Lean Management and Six Sigma Methodologies 3 ects
  • Lean Process Management 3 ects
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management 3 ects
  • Operations and flow management 3 ects
  • Reliability and Asset Management 3 ects
  • Risk Management and Business Continuity Plan 3 ects
  • Total Quality Management (TQM) and Enterprise Excellence 3 ects

• Course Team

  Course Team

  Francisco Pinto

  João Rodrigues

  João Reis

  Miguel Vieira

  Pedro Marques

  Ricardo Mateus

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• Invited Teachers

  Invited Teachers

  The teaching staff is made up of professors from Universidade Lusófona, namely from the Faculty of Engineering and the School of Economic and Organizational Sciences (ECEO), Kaizen Institute and the European Lean Managers Society.

• Career Opportunities

  Career Opportunities

  Management graduates can work in organizational or operations management roles, including those related to process coordination, management control, quality planning and control, continuous improvement, management systems consultancy, among many others.

• Scientific Areas

  Scientific Areas

  Engenharia e técnicas afins - programas não classificados noutra área de formação

• Observations

  Observations

  The Postgraduate Course in Lean and Operations Management includes Master Class sessions involving companies. The diploma of this postgraduate course grants (under the terms of the legislation - crediting of competencies) 12 ECTS for the Master's Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management at Lusófona University. Information on discounts: APQ members have a 10% discount; Members of the European Lean Managers Society have a 10% discount; Kaizen Institute clients have a 5% discount; Other discounts established with partner institutions.

This Postgraduate Programme also has the collaboration of the Kaizen Institute.