Overview
- Discusses sustainable practices from various aspects, such as manufacturing, logistics and maintenance
- Highlights the challenges faced in adopting sustainable practices
- Offers empirical evidence and case studies from the Indian context that help readers understand the progress made towards sustainable operations
- Assists the reader in planning for initiatives towards sustainability
Part of the book series: Managing the Asian Century (MAAC)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Sustainable Manufacturing Management
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Sustainable Process Management
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Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
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Sirish Kumar Gouda is an Assistant Professor in the Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques area at Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India. His research interests include Sustainable operations and Behavioral operations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from NIT Warangal. He worked as a software consultant for Manhattan Associates, a supply chain management solution provider and, Content Developer for Abhyaas, an educational start-up. He then joined the FPM in Production and Operations Management Department at IIM Bangalore. Before joining IIM Trichy, he also had a short stint with Center for Digital Financial Inclusion as an Associate Research Manager. He has a publication in the European Journal of Operational Research. He has also presented his research work in several National and International Conferences.
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Gajanand is an Assistant Professor in the Operations Management and Quantitative Techniques area at Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India. He holds a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai and a Ph.D. from the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He worked for Ernst and Young Global Shared Services, Bangalore before joining the Ph.D. programme. He has publications in reputed International Journals such as International Journal of Production Research, Transport Reviews, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications and in the International Journal of Operational Research. He has presented his research work in various leading International Conferences. His current research interests include distribution planning, vehicle routing and Green Logistics. He is a Lifetime Member of the Operational Research Society of India (ORSI) and the Society of Operations Management (SOM).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Operations in India
Editors: Ayon Chakraborty, Sirish Kumar Gouda, M. S. Gajanand
Series Title: Managing the Asian Century
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8010-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-8009-8Published: 01 March 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4040-6Published: 20 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-8010-4Published: 21 February 2018
Series ISSN: 2364-5857
Series E-ISSN: 2364-5865
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 196
Number of Illustrations: 37 b/w illustrations
Topics: Operations Management, Sustainability Management, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes