Executive Program in Operations & Supply Chain Management
Managing the complexity of Operations and Supply Chain
To keep pace with evolving markets, companies need to manage Operations and Supply Chain as strategic levers, continuously realigning their decisions with the competitive context and ensuring consistency with the company strategy. This requires integrating technical, managerial, economic and relational aspects in the pursuit of efficiency, flexibility, customer satisfaction and sustainability.
This program will enable you to:
- Develop an Operations and Supply Chain strategy aligned with the relevant business context
- Design and manage resilient Supply Chains that can respond to changes both within and outside the company
- Understand the impact of Operations and Supply Chain Management decisions on the company’s economic and financial performance
- Adopt a management approach that transforms Operations and Supply Chain Management functions from cost centers into strategic processes for the company’s sustainable growth
- Manage not only the technical aspects related to products and markets, but also the managerial, economic and relational aspects required to make informed decisions
- Define, set up and lead industrial performance improvement projects
- Organize lean and digitalized production processes to support continuous improvement
Is this program right for you?
This program is designed for professionals with responsibilities in Operations and Supply Chain Management. It is particularly suited to Operations Directors, Supply Chain Managers, plant or production unit managers, and professionals responsible for planning, logistics and distribution. The program is also valuable for General Managers and Business Unit Managers from other corporate functions who aim to drive change within their organizations. The course is suitable for professionals from all manufacturing and distribution sectors.
Connect with our advisors
Learning is never linear. It takes shape over time, combining specific learning needs with practical tools matched to your own challenges.
Talk to our team of Program Advisors to identify the path that best fits your goals and find out how to build a broader development plan through the SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate.
Get in touch with Erica Pizzelli
SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate
Your initial conversation with our Program Advisors helps shape your path, clarifying your goals and participation options. It is also the required first step toward earning the Executive Education Certificate.
The SDA Bocconi Executive Education Certificate is the formal recognition awarded upon completion of a learning plan designed around your managerial needs. With the Certificate, every program you attend becomes part of a broader design, built on your growth objectives.
What you will learn
The program consists of 3 days totaling 24 equivalent hours and is built on 2 pillars:
How you will learn
Lectures
A key learning method that encourages continuous interaction with Faculty and peers.
Rialto Global Supply Chain Challenge
A simulation to apply what participants have learned on campus.
Business Cases
Real business situations that enable participants to explore specific managerial challenges by analyzing strategic decisions and the growth path of an organization.
Simulations
Real-life business scenarios recreated in a safe learning environment with the support of technology.
Business Game
An interactive learning tool that enables participants to apply knowledge and methodologies acquired during the program through a business simulation, strengthening analytical, strategic and decision-making skills.
Guest Speakers
Opportunities to exchange ideas and perspectives with managers and entrepreneurs, gaining first-hand insights into business challenges and leadership experiences. Sessions may take place either in the classroom or at the guest company's premises.
Company Visit
A unique opportunity to connect directly with leading companies.
Rialto Global Supply Chain Challenge
Program direction & faculty
- Marco BettucciDirectorArea: Strategy and OperationsResearch domains: Operations & Supply Chain Management
- Pietro De GiovanniArea: Strategy and OperationsResearch domains: Operations & Supply Chain Management
- Luca GhezziArea: AccountingResearch domains: Management Control Systems
- Maurizio PoliArea: Economics, Politics and Decision SciencesResearch domains: Business Data Analytics
- Marco MorelliArea: AccountingResearch domains: Management Control Systems
- Gianluca SalviottiArea: Leadership, Human Resources and Digital TechnologiesResearch domains: Digital Transformation
- Giuseppe StabiliniArea: Strategy and OperationsResearch domains: Procurement & Supply Management, Operations & Supply Chain Management
- Vittoria VeronesiArea: Strategy and OperationsResearch domains: Operations & Supply Chain Management
With us, the program becomes reality
The Program Management team supports participants from enrollment through to the end of the program, coordinating and managing every organizational aspect.
SDA Bocconi Campus - Milano
Information
Location
SDA Bocconi School of Management
Via Sarfatti 10, 20136 Milano.By attending at least 80% of the classes, you will receive a Certificate of Participation and a digital badge to share with your network on LinkedIn.
Fees
€ 3.300 + VAT
The fee is exclusive of VAT.
Contacts
Program Advisor
Erica Pizzelli
tel. +39 02 5836 6605
erica.pizzelli@sdabocconi.itProgram Manager
Diana Nasreddin
tel. +39 02 5836 6605
diana.nasreddin@sdabocconi.it
Special payment terms
Bocconi Alumni
Bocconi Alumni are entitled to a 20% reduction on participation fees. To take advantage of the discount, please enter your Alumnus status when registering by indicating “ALUMNI 20” in the notes section. Remember that without this indication, the discount will not be applicable.
Women are good for business
To foster and contribute to women’s professional development, SDA Bocconi School of Management offers them until 8 March 2028 a 20% discount on the participation fee for all Executive Open Programs and Executive Online Programs.
Multiple enrollments
Companies, institutions and public bodies that enroll at least 3 participants in a single program are granted a 20% discount for each registration fee. The concession is not applicable for personal enrollment and must be formalized by the start date of the course.
Corporate education programs
In the case of learning needs involving several resources of the same company enrolled in more than one program, it is possible to define a customized plan from the specific needs of the organization. In this case, our Program Advisors are available to build with the client organizations ad hoc training plans with special pricing.
Partnerships and channel agreements
SDA Bocconi offers the possibility to initiate collaborations that allow them to expand the portfolio of educational trainings to be offered to their members. In this case, the School is available to evaluate partnerships and channel agreements so as to respond in a timely manner to the specific needs of the organization.
By attending at least 80% of the classes, you will receive a certificate of participation in the program and a digital badge to share with your network on LinkedIn.
Additional benefits
Bocconi Alumni Community
After completing the Executive Education Certificate, you will become part of the Bocconi Alumni Community, a global network of more than 150,000 alumni worldwide connected by the Bocconi experience.
This international community creates opportunities, opens new perspectives and brings together people who share ambition, a sense of belonging and the desire to make a lasting impact.
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The full calendar
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Participant stories
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