Georgia Tech Announces Professional Master's Degree in Manufacturing Leadership

Georgia Tech’s (Atlanta, Ga., USA) Professional Education in partnership with The College of Engineering and Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI), this week announced the new professional master’s degree in manufacturing leadership (PMML), the first of its kind in Georgia. The program is geared to science or engineering graduates, with at least one year’s work experience in manufacturing. The degree is intended to prepare professionals to assume positions of business and technical leadership on a manufacturing site or at the corporate level.

The program is almost exclusively online so students may keep their jobs while enrolled:

•Hybrid Delivery—Only three non-consecutive weeks on campus are required over two years

•Hybrid Content—The design is contained in four quadrants

1.Management & Business—The relevant parts of an MBA (capital assets, profit and cost drivers, etc.)

2.Manufacturing Excellence—How to optimize operations (supply chain management, reliable maintenance systems, six-sigma, lean manufacturing, etc., and the underlying principles and tools)

3.Leadership—Exploration of one’s personal assets and style; how to move an organization to excellence

4.Industry-Specific Concentration—Forest bioproducts or chemical manufacturing

•Hybrid Career Development—Designed for the working professional who continues to contribute in a mill environment while taking courses.

The registration deadline is May 1, 2016, for classes beginning in August, 2016.

Join us for our first Live Online Q&A!

View our website for more information on the Professional Master’s in Manufacturing Leadership. If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about the program, we have scheduled a Live Online Q&A for 6 p.m. (EDT) on Oct. 13, 2015.

Click here to sign up today.

For more details or to discuss prospective nominees for the program, contact Chris Luettgen (404-894-6908), associate director, Pulp and Paper Renewable Bioproducts Institute (formerly IPST), Georgia Institute of Technology.

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