Courses from the Institute for Manufacturing

IfM open courses last between one and three days, developing your knowledge and practical skills to have an immediate impact in the workplace. You will be introduced to IfM tools and techniques and shown how they can be applied through highly interactive, hands-on courses.

Business ecosystem strategy

Change the way you collaborate with members of your ‘business ecosystem’ to improve the delivery of products, services and value to the end customer.

Developing next-generation digital supply chains: Deploying I4.0 technologies to transform supply chain performance

Gain insights into the application of I4.0 technologies across the end-to-end supply chain that have the potential to deliver totally new operating and business models leading to differentiated competitive positioning.

Management and strategy for technology and innovation

Learn about the IfM’s technology and innovation management approaches that help to ensure that R&D activities turn into successful products, processes and services which deliver significant value.

Manufacturing footprint strategy: Making the right things in the right places

Learn how to strategically review your global network of factories and supply partners, leading to decisions on how to reconfigure a supply network to deliver real business impacts in term of cost, customer service, resilience and sustainability.

Roadmapping for strategy and innovation

This course provides a thorough introduction to strategic roadmapping. As part of the learning process you will develop your own roadmap covering your own strategic / innovation management scope.

Product-technology roadmapping

Delivered by Cambridge Advance Online, discover how you can use roadmapping to ensure technological decisions and developments are aligned with product and business plans.

Strategic intellectual property management

This course builds your capabilities to approach IP strategically so it contributes to your overall business objectives.

The new era of customer experience: Optimising engagement across digital, physical and social channels

Using frameworks and methods that have been tried and tested with over 100 companies worldwide, we will give insights into how you can create new customer experiences and roll them out consistently across digital, physical and social channels.