Developing a sustainable operations maturity model (SOMM)Show others and affiliations
2013 (English)In: 22nd International Conference on Production Research, ICPR 2013, International Foundation for Production Research (IFPR) , 2013Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Sustainable development
Sustainable Development
Abstract [en]
The concepts associated with sustainability have been gradually incorporated into business models in recent years. Particularly in the field of Operations Management (OM), the adoption of new performance indicators and the revision of operations strategy content and process frameworks are changing the way companies manage their operations regarding sustainability, creating the right conditions for new operations management model development. Such models were created in order to assess the impact and to characterize the progress of new initiatives in sustainability in the economic, environmental and social spheres (Triple Bottom Line-TBL). This paper, based on academic literature and professional models, proposes a framework for verifying the level of maturity of sustainable operations. Its distinguishing aspect contemplates the integrated approach over TBL along five proposed maturity levels, followed by descriptions of context, structure, processes, value chain and functional recommendations on implementation. The main objective of the Sustainable Operations Maturity Model (SOMM) is to be applied as a managerial tool to support organizations when evaluating the integration of sustainability into their strategies, and especially to provide guidelines for the evolution of sustainable operation processes.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
International Foundation for Production Research (IFPR) , 2013.
Keywords [en]
Maturity model, Operations strategy, Performance measurement, Sustainability, Sustainable operations, Academic literature, Integrated approach, Operations management, Operations strategies, Performance indicators, Performance measurements, Sustainable development
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50409Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84929358940OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-50409DiVA, id: diva2:1461401
Conference
22nd International Conference on Production Research, ICPR 2013; Parana; Brazil; 28 July 2013 through 1 August 2013
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