SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

INTRODUCTION
• SOM integrates the profit and efficiency orientation of traditional O.M. with
broader considerations of the companies internal & external stake holders and its
environmental impact.
• SOM helps companies to become agile, adaptive and aligned balancing the people
and the planet with profits.
• Sustainable Operations Management (SOM) has started receiving attention from
both operations management and management science researchers.
• SOM includes topics such as:
- Green supply chain
- Green procurement
- Reverse logistics (RL)