Executive Diploma in Manufacturing

The Executive Diploma in Manufacturing is designed to educate working manufacturing managers at a post graduate level. It has been designed to develop the core knowledge a senior manufacturing manager needs to know.

The programme consists of 7 Core Courses and a compulsory Elective of the student’s choice.

Core Courses

  1. How to develop the best strategy: the value of an enterprise
  2. Innovation: the thought behind the product
  3. Human resources: the role of the HR manager in a modern manufacturing environment
  4. Financial and Cost management
  5. Risk, Operations and Project management
  6. Sales and Marketing
  7. Computerisation and Robotics

Elective Courses (Optional)/Mini Thesis Presentation

All students must take up one elective course. The elective is a means of testing our students by means of a mini-thesis of a minimum of 5000 words. These theses are intended to ensure that the student has understood the core subjects and can apply the knowledge gained on a practical basis.

  1. Workforce skills: the value of knowledge, skills and experience
  2. Expedition and improvement of the manufacturing process
  3. The art of good communication and leadership skills at all levels
  4. The art of best practice and benchmarking
  5. The successful management of a manufacturing supply chain
  6. The Health & Safety at Work Act, with particular emphasis on the safe working of machinery (This Act can of course be substituted for a similar Act in your country of residence if applicable)
  7. Workforce skills and negotiation
  8. Logistics Management
  9. The importance of accurate cost accounting
  10.  Component sourcing

Cost GBP 1,500 (Special discounted price of GBP 1,200 for Institute of Manufacturing Members)

The subjects in the Executive Diploma in Manufacturing can be transferred into the Aldersgate College Professional MBA program.

Graduates of the Executive Diploma in Manufacturing with a minimum of 5 years verifiable management experience may enrol into the Abbey College pre-masters program. This program is recognised by a number of UK Universities for entry into their Masters programs.