Global industrial operations are confronting numerous challenges, including geopolitical and economic instability, sustainability challenges and environmental regulations, heavy reliance on complex supply chains, technological integration, and the availability of skilled labor.

These challenges impact the entire industrial process from sourcing and production to distribution and customer satisfaction. Maximizing efficiency requires an end-to-end consideration of how actions in one area affect all other parts of the process, including overall outcomes and customer perception.

Those who develop new capabilities and focus on delivering customer value with speed and agility throughout the entire process will be best positioned to succeed. Embracing change and innovating at every step are key to thriving in this complex environment.

Why this program?

Managers within operations and supply chain need to enhance effectiveness and efficiency throughout the entire end-to-end flow from suppliers to customers. This program explores innovative ways of thinking and working to optimize this end-to-end flow, which in reality is a complex supply-, production- and distribution network.

Additionally, the program prepares participants for the next step in their careers.

 

What will you learn?

  • How focusing on the entire industrial process from sourcing to production and distribution is key to enhance effectiveness and efficiency in your company
  • How to leverage new digital technology
  • How to lead in uncertainty and lead change in a multicultural context

How will you learn?

  • You will learn from our faculty of top academics and experts, as well as through interacting with visiting business leaders and your fellow participants.
  • With a focus on your actual challenges, you connect the themes of the program with your day-to-day work. We encourage the sharing of experiences and maintain a high degree of interactivity.
  • The learning sessions take place in face-to-face classroom sessions and include visits to world-class industrial sites.

Very good program, covering a lot of ground within the scope of Supply Chain with deep dives in many relevant areas. Great discussions with experienced peers from other companies providing inspiration and valuable insights!

Fredrik Knopp Anjou — Head of Supply Chain Planning, Scania CV AB

I fully recommend the program!

Frida Johansson — Superintendent, Internal Logistic Body Shop, Volvo Car Corporation

Participating in this program has been a highly positive experience. I value its balanced mix of lectures on supply chain and operations management, site visits to world-class plants, and insightful discussions with fellow participants. The networking opportunities with peers from top industrial companies and the seamless integration of theory and practice are, in my view, its key strengths.

Jörgen Wallin — Supply Chain Manager Rotating Parts, GKN Aerospace

Program information

For whom
Key managers, for instance Supply chain managers, Logistics managers, Procurement/Sourcing managers and Production managers

Program start, length and location
The 2025 program begins on May 6 and consists of four modules, each spanning three days. Participants are not required to complete any assignments between modules. The program is hosted at KTH Campus in Stockholm, with accommodation within walking distance.

Calendar 2025

Module 1     6-8 May
Module 2    26-28 August
Module 3    14-16 October
Module 4    9-11 December

Language
English

Fee
The program fee is SEK 120,000, excluding VAT. This fee does not include room, board, or travel expenses.

Please note that KTH Executive School will handle meal expenses separately. Therefore, an additional fee of SEK 15,000 will be charged upfront to cover meals for the duration of the program.

Regarding hotel accommodations, KTH Executive School reserves rooms for all participants, who are expected to settle the bill upon checking out on each occasion.

 

Benefits to you

  • Expand your knowledge: Broaden your perspectives and learn cutting-edge strategies to optimize value from suppliers to customers
  • Enhance leadership skills: Tackle your challenges with enriched leadership insights
  • Acquire modern tools: Gain practical tools to improve your area of responsibility effectively
  • Network and learn: Build relationships with fellow managers facing similar challenges and learn from the experiences of international industrial leaders

Benefits to your organization

  • Enhance key capabilities: Equip key managers with the skills needed to drive success
  • Optimize the entire value flow: Improve preconditions to enhance overall effectiveness and efficiency in the end-to-end industrial flow from suppliers to customers
  • Increase agility and resilience: Develop better prerequisites for agile and fast response to change and resilience to upcoming emergencies
  • Strengthen business growth: Create conditions that foster enhanced business results

For further information you are welcome to contact

Per Gårdnäs
Director Business Development
+46 (0)72 511 74 71
per.gardnas@es.kth.se

 

Program content

Perspectives on industrial operations in transformation

• The ongoing shift in international industrial operations
• Strategies to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing business environment
• The impact of organizational designs and governance models on operational efficiency

Digital technologies and new ways of working

• Strategies for leveraging AI (artificial intelligence)
• Approaches for selecting new technologies and methods
• Smart Factory and Industry 4.0 applied in world-class industrial operations

Industrial production and logistics

• Production and logistics in the age of dynamics
• Production systems and approaches for circularity and       continuous improvement
• Experienced-based methods for rethinking production

Supply chain management and strategic sourcing

• The end-to-end supply chain and how it is changing
• Market understanding and supply chain responsiveness
• Strategic sourcing and supply networks

Leading day-to-day operations and change

• Leading day-to-day performance and change at the same time
• Managing uncertainty, paradoxes and multiple stakeholders
• Communicating effectively and leading in a global, multicultural context