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IIMBx: Operations Management

Name: IIMBx: Operations Management
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Understand key aspects of business operations and lean management including capacity, productivity, quality, and supply chain.

IIMBx: Operations Management is an intermediate-level online course from edX in Operations Management. It is structured in 9 stated learning outcomes, over 7 weeks. It is free to enrol, and a certificate is available on completion. Learners rate it 4.4/5 from 90 ratings on edX.

Part of our Operations Management courses collection, where we compare it against 2 other courses.

★★★★★4.4(90 reviews) English

Course highlights

Provider	edX
Duration	7 weeks
Level	Intermediate
Mode	Self-paced
Language	English
Certificate	Yes — shareable certificate
Rating	4.4★ (90 reviews)
Price	Free

What you’ll learn

Identify an operations system with some known standard configurations

Make an assessment of the complexity of an operations system

Compute cycle times for operations and estimate capacity of the system

Understand the various components of a supply chain and the need to configure them appropriately

Identify methods for reducing bullwhip effect in supply chains

Understand and relate the concept of Lean Management to one’s own business situation

Initiate process & productivity improvement using NVA Analysis

Use specific tools and techniques to analyze quality problems

Monitor a process using control charts

Level and time commitment

edX lists this course at Intermediate level.

It assumes you already have the basics of the subject and want to go deeper, rather than starting from zero.

What the provider says you need first:

Basic concepts in statistics such as Mean and Standard Deviation

Time commitment: 7 weeks.

It is self-paced, so that figure is the material, not a fixed schedule.

Skills you’ll gain

OperationsQuality AssuranceProductivity ImprovementLean ManufacturingBusiness OperationsOperations ManagementSupply Chain

What learners rate it

4.4

★★★★★

90 ratings

Rated 4.4/5 by 90 learners on edX (checked 8 Nov 2026).

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Compare with alternatives

Same topic, different trade-offs — here's who runs each one and what it's best at.

Course	Provider	Rating	Price	Duration	Why pick this one
IIMBx: Operations Management This	edX	4.4★	Free	7 weeks	Free — certificate included
Introduction to Operations Management	Coursera	4.5★	Check price	16h 5m	Highest rated (4.5★ from 2.9K reviews)	View ↗
Operations Management	Udemy	4.4★	Free		Free — and still gives a certificate	Start free ↗

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Common questions

Is IIMBx: Operations Management free?

Yes. edX lists it as free to enrol. A certificate is available on completion — providers often charge separately for the certificate even when the course itself is free, so check the fee on the provider page before you count on it.

Does IIMBx: Operations Management come with a certificate?

Yes — edX lists a certificate on completion. It is a course certificate, not a formal qualification or university credit.

How long does IIMBx: Operations Management take?

edX lists it at 7 weeks. It is self-paced, so that is the volume of material rather than a deadline — how long it actually takes depends on the hours you put in each week.

Is IIMBx: Operations Management suitable for beginners?

edX lists it at Intermediate level, so it assumes some grounding in the subject already. If you are starting from zero, a beginner-level course in the same topic is the better entry point.