The Course aims to foster a thorough understanding of Manufacturing Strategies and Operations, exploring the key activities, the multi-level decisions and the processes adopted by companies and supply chains in industrial sectors. The students will learn how organizations manage their operations strategically as a major source of competitive advantage, combining the need to satisfy customers’ requirements with the operational and supply processes and resources. The course will conjugate the guiding principles and objectives of general operations strategy with the actual trends of globalization, digitalization and sustainable development.