Operations Management

Operations Management focuses on planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling the resources needed to produce/provide a business's goods and/or services. Examples of activities in Operations Management are quality control, scheduling, procurement, and warehousing.

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Continuing Education

Wisconsin Technical Colleges
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- Fox Valley Technical College
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- Gateway Technical College
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- Lakeshore Technical College
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- Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
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- UW-Eau Claire
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- UW-Milwaukee
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- UW-Parkside
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Wisconsin Private Colleges & Universities

Blackhawk Technical College
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Lakeshore Technical College
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Madison College
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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
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Waukesha County Technical College
Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
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