# Operations Strategy

This Kansas City plant uses a flexible manufacturing system to produce and inspect a wide variety of materials. (Image courtesy of Department of Energy Digital Archive.)

### Instructor(s)

Prof. Charles H. Fine

Prof. Michael Hammer

### MIT Course Number

15.769

### As Taught In

Spring 2003

### Level

Graduate

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Some Description
Instructor(s) | Prof.
As Taught In | Spring 2002
Course Number | 2.24
Level | Undergraduate/Graduate
Features | Lecture Notes, Student Work

## Course Description

## Course Features

- Selected lecture notes

## Course Highlights

A bibliography and study questions for readings used in the course are provided.

## Course Description

This course will address operations strategy by building on the concepts of:

1. Reengineering and process design developed by Dr. Michael Hammer.
2. Manufacturing strategy as developed in the literature, primarily by people at HBS.
3. Supply chain design and 3-D concurrent engineering literature as developed in Charles Fine’s book, Clockspeed: Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage. Perseus Books, 1999.

The concepts there emphasize the necessity of integrating product strategy, manufacturing strategy, and supply chain strategy. As a result, each of these will be touched upon in the course.

## Other Versions

## Other OCW Versions

OCW has published multiple versions of this subject.

- 15.769 Operations Strategy (Fall 2010)

## Related Content

## Course Collections

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### Cross-Disciplinary Lists

- Entrepreneurship Courses

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- Operations Management
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Charles Fine, and Michael Hammer. 15.769 Operations Strategy. Spring 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

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