Sustainable operations management

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kleindorfer, PR; Singhal, K; Van Wassenhove, LN
• 署名单位: University of Pennsylvania; University System of Maryland; University of Baltimore; INSEAD Business School
• 刊物名称: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1059-1478
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 482-492
• 关键词: sustainable operations; closed-loop supply chains; green products; lean and green operations; environmental management and operations; eco-logistics; Competitive advantage

摘要

Operations management researchers and practitioners face new challenges in integrating issues of sustainability with their traditional areas of interest. During the past 20 years, there has been growing pressure on businesses to pay more attention to the environmental and resource consequences of the products and services they offer and the processes they deploy. One symptom of this pressure is the movement towards triple bottom line reporting (3BL) concerning the relationship of profit, people, and the planet. The resulting challenges include integrating environmental, health, and safety concerns with green-product design, lean and green operations, and closed-loop supply chains. We review these and other sustainability themes covered in the first 50 issues of Production and Operations Management and conclude with some thoughts on future research challenges in sustainable operations management.