The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Madras) is launching a course on ‘Operations and Supply Chain Analytics for Strategic Decision Making’ to train managers in to equip them to take critical decisions based on available information and data. The programme is being offered through the Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE).
The programme focusses on analytical skills such as optimisation, game theory, probability theory and statistical modelling among others. There are modules on applications of these analytical tools to day-to-day decisions the managers are required to make.
Further, it offers a comprehensive perspective on most of the operations and supply chain problems faced by the industry.
There is no specific eligibility criteria to apply for the programme but it will require a basic understanding of mathematical and statistical concepts. Participants are expected to have an interest in analytical model building and data-driven decision-making.
The candidates will learn various methods of analytical modelling, application of modelling to areas of supply chain management and formulate an operations and/or a supply chain problem as an analytical model and solve it using appropriate methodologies and more.
The last date to apply for the course is September 20. Interested and eligible candidates can apply at the official website— code.iitm.ac.in/operations-and-supply-chain-analytics-for-strategic-decision-making. The course is six months long and will be completely online. The course will begin on October 2 and the fees is Rs 1 lakh + 18 per cent GST.
Courtesy : The Indian Express