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Operations Management Certificate

Build practical skills that you can use immediately. Designed for working professionals, the University of Findlay’s Business and Professional Development Institute offers the Operations Management Certificate to enhance operations skills.

Overview

In just 12 credit hours, you’ll build practical operations management skills that help organizations improve efficiency, quality, productivity, and decision-making. This learning experience is designed for professionals who want to strengthen their ability to analyze processes, solve operational problems, and lead continuous improvement initiatives with confidence.

Enhanced Professional Credibility
Add a recognized academic credential from the University of Findlay to your resume and LinkedIn profile while developing knowledge in Lean Six Sigma, ISO quality standards, lean manufacturing, and operations management. These skills demonstrate your ability to contribute to measurable organizational improvement.

Expanded Career Opportunities
Operations expertise is valuable across manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, service organizations, and other industries. Strengthen your preparation for roles involving operations leadership, quality management, process improvement, supply chain coordination, and organizational decision-making.

Practical Skills, Starting Day One
Every course is designed to help you apply what you learn to real organizational challenges. You’ll develop tools for analyzing processes, improving quality, reducing waste, using research to make informed decisions, and identifying opportunities for greater operational performance.

 

  • Designed for full-time professionals
  • Applies toward a MBA degree
  • Earn 12 credit hours in Operations Management focused courses
  • Available fully online

Why a certificate? To advance your career options.

Today’s working professionals are being asked to do more than keep operations moving—they are expected to improve processes, reduce waste, make informed decisions, and help organizations perform more efficiently. Professionals who invest in operations management skills position themselves for greater career mobility, stronger workplace impact, and opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement across the organization. Understanding how to analyze processes, manage quality, use data effectively, and improve operational performance is valuable across manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, service industries, and beyond.

The Operations Management Graduate Certificate teaches you the practical tools and approaches organizations use every day to improve quality, efficiency, and performance.

By strengthening your knowledge of Lean Six Sigma, ISO standards, lean manufacturing, research-based decision-making, and operations analysis, you can become more prepared to identify problems, improve processes, support organizational goals, and make confident, data-informed decisions in a changing workplace.

Program Details

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Certificate Course Requirements

MBA 627: The Lean Six Sigma Green Belt course follows the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) methodology and is designed to help students obtain a Green Belt certification. By completing this course, students will gain fundamental knowledge of the theory, composition and implementation of a Lean Six Sigma initiative. In addition, students will also become proficient in all of the basic analytical tools necessary to define, measure, analyze, improve and control Six Sigma improvement projects. Students will learn team leadership and project management skills as well as how to master the necessary skills to lead a complex process improvement project that produces bottom-line results.

MBA 628: This dual course is designed to provide a basic orientation on the ISO 9000 series of quality standards for the management of quality and a fundamental understanding of how Lean Manufacturing works in a manufacturing company. Students will develop the knowledge and skills to advance companies toward ISO 9000 compliance and registration. The course provides the student with lean implementation suggestions including approaches for addressing people issues, collecting and analyzing data to plan and track lean efforts, process workflow and layout options with rationale and a sequential roadmap.

MBA 640: This course examines research design and methodologies from a business as well as from a traditional academic perspective. The course includes analytical tools and techniques for collecting and processing qualitative and quantitative data for decision-making and problem-solving purposes. Students will learn the research process from problem identification to problem solving. The course also integrates the relationship of statistics into the overall research process. The research process is approached from the five-phase model of analysis, design, implementation, interpretation and action. The course covers all classifications of research including exploratory, descriptive, correlational and experimental research designs. Students are also introduced to statistical and data analysis software programs.

MBA 650: This course is an advanced study of the management of operations and analysis of systems focusing on the relevant processes, systems, decisions and structures. Topics include measures of performance, process and system analysis, forecasting, capacity planning and scheduling, quality assurance, job design and re-engineering.

Operations Management Skills

Lean Six Sigma

ISO Standards

Lean Manufacturing

Decision Making & Problem Solving

Cross-functional Communications

Process Improvement

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FAQ's

How long does the Operations Management Certificate take to complete?

The Operations Management Certificate program is designed to complete in 9 months. It consists of 4 courses, and each course is 8 weeks long. The online format lets you move at a pace that works around your schedule - without disrupting your career.

What credentials do I need to enroll?

The Operations Management Certificate is built for professionals who hold a Bachelor's degree. Admission to the certificate master of business administration program is required.

Will this certificate help me get a promotion or a new job?

Yes, and that's exactly what it's designed for. You'll build credentials that signal initiative to employers, gain practical skills in operations management that you can apply immediately, and add a recognized University of Findlay credential to your resume.

Can I apply these credits toward a degree later?

Absolutely. You can start with the certificate and build toward a full Master's degree on your own timeline.

How much does the program cost and can my employer pay for it?

Tuition details are available through the University of Findlay admissions office. Many employers offer tuition reimbursement or professional development funding — this program's short commitment and clear workplace ROI make it a strong candidate for employer sponsorship. Contact lindsay.fees@findlay.edu for specifics.

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