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Business Operations Management

Streamline processes, reduce waste, and build high-performing operational systems that scale with your business.

🎓 Intermediate 🕑 14 hrs 🎉 Certificate of Completion 📋 Exam: Certificate of Completion

Course Overview

Operational excellence is the engine behind successful businesses. This course teaches you to analyse, design, and optimise business processes using proven methodologies including Lean, Six Sigma basics, and process mapping. Topics include supply chain fundamentals, workflow design, capacity planning, quality management, business continuity planning, vendor management, SLA frameworks, and using data to drive operational decisions. Suitable for operations managers, business analysts, and business owners.

What You Will Learn

  • Map and analyse business processes for improvement opportunities
  • Apply Lean and Six Sigma principles to reduce waste
  • Design efficient workflows and capacity plans
  • Manage suppliers and vendors with structured frameworks
  • Build operational KPIs and performance dashboards
  • Create business continuity and risk management plans

Course Modules

  • What is operations management? Key concepts and frameworks
  • Process mapping: flowcharts, swimlane diagrams, value stream mapping
  • Lean principles: waste identification (MUDA), 5S, kaizen
  • Six Sigma basics: DMAIC, variation and root cause analysis
  • Capacity planning and workload forecasting
  • Supply chain fundamentals: procurement, logistics, inventory
  • Quality management: ISO 9001 overview, PDCA cycle
  • Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and KPI frameworks
  • Vendor and contractor management
  • Business continuity and risk management
  • Using data for operational decisions: dashboards and reporting
  • Automation opportunities: where to start without coding

Who Is This Course For?

This course is designed for professionals seeking practical, hands-on skills in Business Operations. Whether you are starting out or advancing your existing expertise, our structured approach and real-world labs prepare you thoroughly for both the workplace and certification exams.

Prerequisites

Foundational courses have no prior experience requirements. Intermediate and Advanced courses benefit from some prior exposure to the subject area — specific requirements are noted in the course overview above.

Delivery & Access

  • Blended, online, onsite or on-demand delivery — your choice of format
  • Hands-on labs with real environments
  • Instructor Q&A support for 30 days
  • Verified certificate of completion by BITA
  • Study guides, practice questions and reference materials included