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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Volume 21, Issue 5-6, Pages 666-686Publisher
MCB U P LIMITED
DOI: 10.1108/01443570110390390
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environment; sustainability; manufacturing
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The natural environment and the manufacturing function are becoming inextricably linked. As the new millennium approaches and progresses, profitability, Productivity and environmental consciousness are increasingly viewed as integral goals of manufacturing organizations. The issues facing manufacturing organizations in general, and the manufacturing Junction in particular are discussed in this paper. Some of the current practices and future requirements for an environmentally sustainable manufacturing enterprise are included in this discussion. Even though the focus is on manufacturing strategy and operations, issues relevant to the overall organization and other functions are also included In the final analysis, this field and topic is relatively novel to most organizations, ample room exists for both Practitioners and researchers for making progress in the next millennium.
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