Master in Operational Excellence Management: Operational Excellence in the Era of Digitalisation

The second-level master in Operational Excellence Management addresses the topic of operational excellence in the era of digitalisation, preparing managers and engineers able to continuously improve production and industrial management processes. The programme covers Industry 4.0, digital production processes, emerging technologies and industrial management, with the aim of linking improvement methods and new digital tools. Operational excellence is the set of methods and practices with which an organisation continuously improves the quality, timescales and costs of its processes. In the era of digitalisation, these methods intertwine with new tools, such as the collection and analysis of production data, simulation and automation, and require figures able to govern change in complex industrial contexts.

The training combines a theoretical and a practical part. In the classroom, at the Polytechnic University of Turin, 400 hours of teaching are provided. In the company, at Leonardo S.p.A., 1,350 hours of activity are provided, of which 600 are on-the-job training, accompanied by project work and self-learning. The master is in person, lasts two years and is held in Turin. The page does not give the credits, the final examination, the qualification awarded or the exact selection procedures, and does not explicitly state the language, which can be assumed to be Italian. The weight of company training is very significant: the 1,350 hours spent at Leonardo S.p.A. far exceed the 400 hours of university teaching. The 600 hours of on-the-job training allow participants to work in teams with experienced professionals, and the project work makes it possible to tackle real production, logistics or organisation problems, with guidance and concrete objectives.

The aim is to train figures such as operations director, process engineer, production engineer, innovation manager and fluid dynamics specialist, for industrial companies and in particular for the aerospace and defence sector. The master is suited to young master's graduates in engineering, in fields such as aerospace, automation, energy, management, electronics, computer science, mechanics and materials, with a maximum age of 30. Attending the master involves no enrolment fees: the financial investment for candidates is zero euros. The start dates and deadlines are not stated. The page gives an MFGS score of 9 out of 10. The programme requires a commitment of two years and is aimed at a selected audience, with a degree in various areas of engineering and an age limit. The fact that there are no enrolment fees reflects the model of the master, in which the company invests in the training of its future employees, while the university provides academic expertise and the overall teaching framework.