Graduate Certificate in Advanced Manufacturing Management

Gain a competitive edge in the job market and start on a path to professional advancement in manufacturing management.

Fast-track your studies

Designed for students with degrees or diplomas in related programs, Advanced Manufacturing Management condenses a range of advanced production management skills into one year of intensive study. Plus, with the co-op portion of the program, you're gaining real-world experience and contacts while earning your certificate.

Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

• Make management level decisions within a manufacturing environment including operations management, supply chain management and lean manufacturing.

• Use effective human relations, leadership, interpersonal, and team skills in an organizational environment.

• Analyze planning, professional and engineering decisions within a manufacturing environment.

• Differentiate among general management decisions that are beyond strictly manufacturing, and includes skills to manage projects, energy, costs and budgets.

• Generate written, oral, and graphic communications, including the use of current technology, persuasively and accurately in a professional manner.

• Formulate the principles and practice of team-building in an interdisciplinary setting, and integrate negotiation and problem-solving skills.

• Support manufacturing decisions based upon data derived from leading edge information technology systems.

• Create a basic energy management plan in compliance with the ISO 50001 Energy Management System Standard.

• Conform to applicable legislation, regulations and guidelines based upon an assessment of the environmental, legal and safety implications of manufacturing practice.

• Evaluate cost effectiveness of manufacturing products, processes and operations.

• Manage a sustainable supply chain using a variety of effective tools and techniques.

• Develop a strategy to minimize business rick and maximize new opportunities derived from improving processes and products.

• Recommend the technologies required to increase productivity and reduce waste in a manufacturing facility.

• Select manufacturing processes to create high quality products that respond to the customer and society with minimal environmental impact.

• Analyze the product life cycle and the product impact on the environment.

Flexibility for working professionals

We've scheduled our classes as efficiently as possible, keeping in mind that many of our Advanced Manufacturing Management students are already working professionals. The program uses a variety of teaching methods, including case studies, simulations, state-of-the-art software, group work and labs.

Great opportunity for newcomers

If you're an engineer who lives in Canada, or you're about to immigrate to Canada, Advanced Manufacturing Management is a great program to help you launch your career. Through projects that connect you directly to industry, you'll start real-world networking while finishing your program.

Today's manufacturing management career

Manufacturing has evolved to sophisticated IT-based processes — efficient, productive, integrated and controlled. Advanced manufacturing incorporates manufacturing plus the ability to quickly respond to customer needs through production and supply chain innovation. And manufacturers are increasingly focused on lean-sustainable practices leading to improved performance and reduced waste.

Outstanding career preparation

Sheridan's Advanced Manufacturing Management program is ideal for you if you're interested in advanced manufacturing, sustainable manufacturing, innovation, lean manufacturing, energy management, sustainable supply chain, and a variety of challenges faced by manufacturing and service organizations.

Working in a safe, controlled environment, you'll develop expertise in every aspect of manufacturing management, including:

• Advanced manufacturing

• Lean manufacturing

• Enterprise resource planning

• Resource planning

• Sustainable manufacturing

• Operations management

• Supply chain and resource planning

• Manufacturing processes and control

• Energy management

• Advanced programmable controls

• Plant layout

• Quality assurance

• Leadership

• Project management

• Siemens Plant simulation, SAP, Solid Work, Plant Work, Retscreen, Minitab 16, Microsoft Project, PLC

• ISO 9000, 14000 and 50000

Hands-on experience

In the second semester you'll solve a real industry problem, and have the responsibility to diagnose the problem, gather information, analyze it and recommend solutions to the managers and personnel of the organization. You'll also have the chance to apply for a four-month co-op work term at the end of your academic work. The combination of classroom work and on-the-job training will allow you to explore different careers, gain work experience and apply classroom learning to real industry situations.

State-of-the-art education

You'll make use of facilities in the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design Technologies (CAMDT), one of the most sophisticated manufacturing management college facilities in North America. Fully equipped, CAMDT features a suite of laboratories in which Sheridan instructors create realistic simulations that reflect actual shop-floor conditions and manufacturing management situations.

Additional certification

As a graduate of this program, you'll have the opportunity to pursue the following external accreditations:

• International standard ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems

• ASQ certification (Quality)

• ASHRAE level 1 (Energy)

• PMI (project management)

• Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems

Advanced Manufacturing Management courses are held at our Davis Campus in Brampton, Ontario.