2025-2026 | Academic Catalog
Manufacturing Management Short-Term Technical Certificate
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The Manufacturing Management Short-Term Technical Certificate provides students with the skills to enter a new job field or advance in their current one. Short-Term Technical Certificates consist of three to seven courses that can be completed in a year or less. To receive a Certificate of Completion, students must complete required courses with a cumulative GPA of “C” or better and complete an application for certificate.
NOTE Federal Financial Aid is not available for Short-Term Technical Certificate programs, but scholarship assistance may be available.
NOTE Students pursuing a Short-Term Technical Certificate may need to satisfy course prerequisites which may include placement testing.
Program Outcomes ►
The student will
- understand plant safety and industrial hygiene requirements and practices in American business from the perspective of on-the-job requirements for supervisors/employees;
- evaluate what managers do about processes, and the tools that managers can use to make better operating decisions. Includes operations strategy, process management, project management, managing technology, total quality management, and statistical process control;
- understand capacity, location, and layout planning, supply-chain management, forecasting, inventory management, aggregate planning, resource planning, and lean systems; and
- understand manufacturing costs and controls for the non-accountant. After a review of accounting procedures and financial statements, elements of cost (material, labor, and overhead), budget planning, depreciation, and techniques for financial control are studied to make a more cost-conscious job performance.
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