Material and Operations Sustainability: An Approach towards Make in India

Abstract

This special issue of the Journal of Graphic Era University is primarily devoted to papers
from the National Conference on Material and Operations Sustainability: An Approach
towards Make in India, which was successfully held at the Graphic Era University,
Dehradun, India on August 22-23, 2016.
Currently, Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Management scholars and practitioners
are facing new challenges in integrating issues of manufacturing and operations management
with their conventional areas of interest. There is an increasing concern for industry in terms
of material selection, material properties and its structure, operations sequence, operations
optimization, process performances etc. In recent years, there has been a growing awareness
and pressure on industries to inculcate ecological concerns and nature friendly means in
business with a sustainability orientation. Sustainability involves fulfilling the needs of
present without compromising the needs of the future. By virtue of which, academicians,
researchers and practitioners all around the world are talking about sustainability of
resources, material, operations and processes for sustainable development initiatives from the
industrial perspective. Thus, there is an urgent need for transition from traditional
manufacturing and operations management to sustainable operations management.