EADA Business School, Executive Education
Master en Dirección de Operaciones y Supply Chain Management
Barcelona, Spain
Master degree
DURATION
9 months
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
06 Nov 2026
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
The Master in Operations and Supply Chain Management, delivered entirely in Spanish, prepares experienced professionals to acquire the skills and knowledge needed to lead and manage operations and supply chain functions across industrial and service sectors. The programme fosters an analytical and practical understanding of process management, strategic operations, supply chain design, Industry 4.0 technologies and project leadership in complex business contexts.
Participants combine conceptual learning with practical applications including decision-making simulations, analytics and cross-functional alignment techniques. Through a blend of academic rigour and real-world scenarios, the programme strengthens strategic thinking, leadership and operational excellence.
Why choose EADA?
Operations and SCM strategic focus: The programme emphasises the strategic dimension of operations and supply chain to deliver value to the business in both product and service organisations.
Decision-making practice with simulators: Participants apply decision-making tools using supply chain simulators and business games that reflect real operational environments.
Preparation for career advancement: The combination of content, executive coaching and leadership development supports progression to senior roles within operations and supply chain functions.
Professionals with a higher degree and responsibility in Operations Management (Production, Supply Chain Management, Quality, Logistics, Purchasing, R&D, Customer Service, Technology Management, Organisation, etc.), both in industrial and service companies, with a minimum of 5 years’ experience.
The EADA Foundation, through its scholarship program, facilitates the development and growth of the professional career of the candidates, whether due to their professional profile, trajectory, or future objectives.
The body responsible for awarding the scholarship is the Scholarship Committee, which evaluates the application and establishes the amount of the scholarship based on the following criteria:
- Professional profile of the applicant
- Personal circumstances, income level, and employment situation
- Concurrence of requests and budget available
Types of Scholarship:
- EADA Foundation Scholarship
- Female manager scholarship
- SME company scholarship
- Corporate scholarship
- Entrepreneurial scholarship
- Elite Athlete scholarship
- Third-sector scholarship
In the case of granting a scholarship, the participant will have 10 days to formalize the registration in the program by paying the amount of the place reservation. Otherwise, once the term has elapsed, the granting of the scholarship will be without effect.
Block 1 – Process Analysis
Objective: To characterise, control and improve processes focused on delivering value to the customer.
- Types of processes
- Process performance
- Design dilemmas in processes
- Alignment of customer/product/process
- Experience curve
- Service development and delivery processes
Block 2 – Economic Management
Objective: To apply basic economic and financial concepts to analyse the implications of changes in operations and supply chain.
- Basic financial statements (balance sheet and income statement)
- Asset analysis
- Liquidity and profitability
- Fixed cost and variable cost structures
- Traditional and activity-based costing systems
- Investment analysis
- Evaluating the introduction of new product lines
Block 3 – Operations Management
Objective: To understand critical aspects of operations planning and lean philosophy aligned with competitive improvement.
- Lean production principles
- Push vs pull systems
- Total quality management
- Capacity management
- Inventory management
- Sales & operations planning
Block 4 – Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Objective: To align and improve supply chain strategy and its main components in a sustainable manner to add organisational value.
- Supply chain design
- Global distribution
- Stock and warehouse location
- Strategic purchasing
- Supplier-customer relationships
- Sustainability and closed-loop supply chain
Block 5 – Industry 4.0, SCM Analytics and Big Data
Objective: To exploit and manage data-related projects using Industry 4.0 technologies to increase organisational competitiveness.
- Value of data and data exploitation
- KPI definition in the supply chain
- Data project management and analytics
- Industry 4.0 technologies strategy and management
- Big Data challenges
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning applications
Block 6 – Project Management
Objective: To implement efficient and successful changes in operations and supply chain through project leadership.
- Project management fundamentals
- Scope, time, cost, quality, risk, communication, suppliers and stakeholder management
- Project tools integration
- Key skills for project directors
Block 7 – Operations Strategy and Innovation
Objective: To align operations strategy with innovation systems to maximise organisational value.
- Sector and competitive analysis
- Focus vs vertical integration
- Global operations
- Complexity management
- Types of innovation
- Innovation process and capabilities
Final Project
Objective: To apply the knowledge learned to a specific company’s problem and develop a comprehensive action plan.
- Identification of opportunity/problem
- Root cause analysis
- Identification of feasible solutions
- Critical analysis of proposed solutions including bottom-line impact
- Action plan development
Executive Skills Module
Objective: To build strategic leadership and decision-making competencies essential for operations and supply chain leadership.
- Leadership competencies in operations/SCM
- Negotiation and communication
- Critical thinking and cognitive biases in decision-making
- Collaboration with multidisciplinary professionals to broaden leadership perspective
Additional Modules – Executive Coaching
Objective: To support personal and professional development through tailored coaching to strengthen leadership capabilities.
- Personalised executive coaching sessions
- Deepening self-awareness and decision competence
- Enhancing strategic leadership impact
- Graduates will be able to improve organisational competitiveness through enhanced expertise in operations and supply chain strategy.
- They will manage and control processes, applying lean and quality principles to operational improvements.
- Participants will integrate supply chain design and sustainability considerations to deliver value across the network.
- They will use Industry 4.0 technologies, analytics and Big Data to strengthen decision-making and performance measurement.
- Graduates will lead projects effectively, coordinating cross-functional activities to achieve successful implementation.
- They will demonstrate strategic decision-making and leadership skills relevant to operations and supply chain roles.
Graduates of the Master in Operations and Supply Chain Management are prepared for senior roles responsible for operations and supply chain performance and strategy.
Thanks to advanced competencies in process improvement, supply chain design, analytics and project leadership, participants may pursue careers such as:
- Operations Manager
- Supply Chain Manager
- Logistics Director
- Head of Procurement
- Production Manager
- Quality and Service Operations Leader
- Strategic Supply Chain Analyst
- SCM Project Manager
- Innovation & Operations Consultant
- Director of Supply Chain Strategy
