The Necessity of Sustainability in Operations Management in Terms of Various Sectors

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to explain the necessity of sustainability in operations management processes. Sustainability in all areas is a key factor for long term successes and operations management is the baseline for nearly all other business units. Thus, the sustainability of operations management becomes critical for all business units in an organization. The chapter starts with a brief description about the both concepts sustainability and operations management then continues with the strong relationship between them. The applications in the work area are analyzed and real-life examples are also proposed. Health, Retailing and Banking sectors are analyzed on the basis of the previous studies from the literature. The contribution aim of this chapter to the literature is to take attention to the strong relationship between sustainability and operations management.