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Operations management ''can improve firms'' sustainability''

28 January 2011
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Operations management ''can improve firms'' sustainability''Effective operations management can help businesses to improve their sustainability, an expert has stated.

According to Eugene Tebulo, an engineer for Bottling and Brewing Group, companies need to strive for excellence that focuses on waste, reports the Nation.

"The goal is to move our waste up the hierarchy, with the ultimate goal of reducing waste to zero," he said while presenting a paper at a training workshop at the Malawi Institution of Engineers.

He explained that the waste management hierarchy was "reduce, reuse, recycle and recover".

Mr Tebulo asserted that improving operations management in this sector is good for both the environment and society, recommending a variety of different approaches to help deal with the problem rather than a focus on one solution.

This comes after new data from Eurostat revealed that there has been a 1.6 per cent increase in the level of industrial new orders in the European Union, with continuous improvement seen in the production sector. ADNFCR-3058-ID-800371496-ADNFCR
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