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Shift handoffs, tooling, and winter freight—not a PE stamp and not a Silicon Valley ‘ops’ MBA.
Online or on campus
Upper Midwest manufacturing is metals, food processing, medical devices, and job shops that cannot pretend they are software. This degree starts with the physical plant: maintenance backlog, tooling, quality escapes, and the labour market around the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. You will map a value stream that includes a snow day, write a quality memo that does not impersonate a PE, and brief a plant manager who has to make payroll Friday. Dual-pathway design is the product. Campus students do not get participation theatre that online students cannot access; online students do not get an easier exam. You state primary mode at application. Crownshire’s HLC and DEAC story stays on the accreditation page; this MSc does not invent ABET or PE reciprocity. If a plant tour happens for campus students, the assessed artefact is a written operations analysis that an online student can complete from a redacted dataset. Upper Midwest labour markets, apprenticeship pipelines, and three-shift food plants sit beside medical-device job shops in the same metro. You will not be asked to impersonate a PE on a drawing stamp. You will be asked to explain scrap, changeover, and a customer scorecard to a plant manager who has to make payroll. Capstones that ‘optimise’ a factory that has never seen a Minnesota winter will be sent back. The award is academic operations. It is not a licence to practise engineering, not a lockout/tagout trainer card, not a promise of a union or management job. Public copy must keep those fences visible. MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from Discrete and Process Operations in the Upper Midwest through Discrete and Process Operations in the Upper Midwest; Capacity, Takt, and Mix as Management Problems; Labour Markets, Shifts, and Absenteeism; Quality Escapes, Containment, and Customer Communication; Maintenance Backlog and Spare-Parts Politics; Tooling, Changeover, and Small-Lot Reality, and finish on Dual-Pathway Parity in Technical Management Education. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students find where time or cost is lost and recommend one operational change. Reading is a process map, a capacity note, and a disruption case. The artefact a marker expects is a recommendation for one lane, site, or service with the cost and the risk. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Design shift and changeover systems that survive winter absenteeism Write quality and maintenance notes without PE overclaim Plan inbound/outbound freight as a Midwest climate problem Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.
Thirty-six credits: plant systems, quality and maintenance literacy, Midwest logistics and labour, and an operations capstone. Three-credit courses. Identity-checked exams plus plant memos.
Complete your MSc Manufacturing and Operations (Upper Midwest) fully online from anywhere in the world with faculty-led modules and flexible scheduling.
Attend seminars and access facilities in person at Crownshire University. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged.
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| MLT401 | Discrete and Process Operations in the Upper Midwest Students map an order from purchase to delivery and mark where time and cost are lost. The module is Discrete and Process Operations in the Upper Midwest.
| 3 |
| MLT402 | Capacity, Takt, and Mix as Management Problems Students calculate a simple inventory or capacity choice and its stock-out risk. The module is Capacity, Takt, and Mix as Management Problems.
| 3 |
| MLT403 | Labour Markets, Shifts, and Absenteeism Students plan a response to one break in the chain. The module is Labour Markets, Shifts, and Absenteeism.
| 3 |
| MLT404 | Safety Literacy for Managers (Not Trainer Certification) Students recommend a change to one lane, warehouse, or corridor. The module is Safety Literacy for Managers (Not Trainer Certification).
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| MLT405 | Quality Escapes, Containment, and Customer Communication Students map an order from purchase to delivery and mark where time and cost are lost. The module is Quality Escapes, Containment, and Customer Communication.
| 3 |
| MLT406 | Maintenance Backlog and Spare-Parts Politics Students calculate a simple inventory or capacity choice and its stock-out risk. The module is Maintenance Backlog and Spare-Parts Politics.
| 3 |
| MLT407 | Tooling, Changeover, and Small-Lot Reality Students plan a response to one break in the chain. The module is Tooling, Changeover, and Small-Lot Reality.
| 3 |
| MLT408 | Documentation that Survives a Customer Audit (Non-PE) Students recommend a change to one lane, warehouse, or corridor. The module is Documentation that Survives a Customer Audit (Non-PE).
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| MLT409 | Inbound, Outbound, and Winter Freight Students map an order from purchase to delivery and mark where time and cost are lost. The module is Inbound, Outbound, and Winter Freight.
| 3 |
| MLT410 | Contract Manufacturing and Customer Scorecards Students calculate a simple inventory or capacity choice and its stock-out risk. The module is Contract Manufacturing and Customer Scorecards.
| 3 |
| MLT411 | Energy, Utilities, and Plant Continuity Students plan a response to one break in the chain. The module is Energy, Utilities, and Plant Continuity.
| 3 |
| MLT412 | Ethics, Data, and Shop-Floor Metrics that Lie Students recommend a change to one lane, warehouse, or corridor. The module is Ethics, Data, and Shop-Floor Metrics that Lie.
| 3 |
| Code | Course | Credits · hours |
|---|---|---|
| MLT413 | Briefing Plant Leadership without Theatre Students map an order from purchase to delivery and mark where time and cost are lost. The module is Briefing Plant Leadership without Theatre.
| 3 |
| MLT414 | Operations Research Methods for Mid-Size Plants Students calculate a simple inventory or capacity choice and its stock-out risk. The module is Operations Research Methods for Mid-Size Plants.
| 3 |
| MLT415 | Dual-Pathway Parity in Technical Management Education Students plan a response to one break in the chain. The module is Dual-Pathway Parity in Technical Management Education.
| 3 |
| MLT416 | Capstone: Upper Midwest Manufacturing Operations Project Students recommend a change to one lane, warehouse, or corridor. The module is Capstone: Upper Midwest Manufacturing Operations Project.
| 3 |
Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.
The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English. Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.
You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Crownshire. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.
Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. Examination or administrative fees may apply at checkout — never an annual tuition invoice. Check the Fees page for any extras.
Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.
Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.
Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Crownshire University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.
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