Why are environmental concerns and sustainability often addressed in the operations function?

Describe the process view of operations in terms of inputs, processes, outputs, information flows, suppliers, and customers.

many U.S. firms have moved their manufacturing operations to overseas locations in the past decade. Although there can be sound financial benefits to this choice, moving production overseas can also raise new challenges for operations managers. Identify several of these challenges, and offer suggestions for how operations managers can use the concepts to minimize or solve them?