Operations Management and Sustainability: Novel Research and Future Development
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Engineering and Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 3538
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supply chain management and its applications; sustainability in operations and supply chain; logistics network design and improvement; enterprise risk and sustainability management; TQM applications
Interests: supply chain management; corporate social responsibility and sustainability; supply chain resilience; risk management; inventory control; forecasting; operations management-marketing interface
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The pursuit of sustainability has received extensive attention in recent decades in both practice and research. Increased awareness of climate change, resource depletion, waste generation, employee well-being, and other social issues have urged corporations and governments to take up the challenge and formulate strategies to positively impact the economy, society, and the environment. Innovations in operations management have provided effective tools to help sustainability advancement through, for example, product development and eco-design, lean manufacturing processes, ethical material sourcing, streamlining shipping and distribution, reverse logistics, etc.
This Special Issue aims to stimulate novel research in operations and supply chain management that helps realize sustainable development goals. Contributions exploring sustainability progress and challenges from diverse areas in operations and supply chain management are welcome. Sustainability research on both highly developed societies and emerging economies is encouraged. Contributions that identify and assess innovative sustainable development under the influence of the pandemic/post-pandemic economic environment or supply chain disruption are encouraged.
Dr. Taeho Park
Dr. Shu Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainability
- sustainable operations and supply chains
- environmental impact
- ecological impact
- sustainable product development
- reduce, reuse, and recycle
- recover, redesign and remanufacture
- lean manufacturing process
- operations and supply chain risk management
- streamlining logistics/reverse logistics
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