
Master Program: Production and Operations Management
Learning purpose
In order to be prepared to changing markets and relied production and logistic processes, the program presents necessary specific as well as methodical knowledge and praxis oriented tools to improve production and service processes.
Target audience
- Young professionals (age 27 - 40) identified as high potentials in the company who have a forseen career path as an engineering specialist with growing responsibilities or as a „generalist“ in the fields of development, production, logistics, services, product management or related fields or future engineering executives in production and/ or logistics or plant engineering.
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Exemplary positions of HECTOR students and Alumni:
Planning & Operative Purchasing Manager; Performance Manager; Commercial Manager Controlling; Manager Marketing & Sales; Project Director; Logistics Project Leader; Project Engineer; Regional Production Manager; Global Industrial Engineer; Operations Audit Manager; etc.
Programme
Graduates of the Master Program Production & Operations Management (POM) are able to analyze and optimize the efficiency of value-added processes within the operation of production and service systems. They can understand and analyze service and production processes, capture and formally describe requirements, frame boundary conditions and targets and achieve a targeted improvement by means of the skills they acquired in the Master Program concerning production management with special focus on production processes, information technology, logistics and human resources as well as on the technical methods and tools required.
The graduates are familiar with state-of-the-art concepts and methods and are able to apply those problem-oriented and further them. Methods and techniques in conjunction with decision making are especially focused on in Operations Management.
In addition, graduates can identify the possibilities and limitations of formal methods and models as well as the challenges that represent the transmission between the modeled world and reality and handle them in a solution-driven way. Given that nowadays in production and logistics the flow of data, products and money are closely interconnected, graduates are able to solve problems taking into account these tree factors and multi-disciplinary solution approaches.
Main tracks of POM: Virtual Engineering | Industrial Engineering | Operations Research | Logistics and Supply Chain Management| Production Technology and Systems
Entry Requirements
- First degree: Bachelor, Diplom (Uni/FH/BA), M.Sc., ...
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Min. 3 years of relevant work experience with according references
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TOEFL score with a minimum of 570 points pb, 250 points cb and 88 points
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Optional: GMAT, GRE or HECTOR School Assessment
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Recommended background studies: Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Economics, Business Administration or related topics
"It is a challenging program, but you will hardly anywhere get in so close interaction with the professors as at HECTOR School."
"In my case, this program was part of my development career process agreed between me and my company. So, the expectations were very strongly focused on management training and deeper knowledge in logistics and production issues."

