Obstacles To Sustainable Production And Suggestions For Solutions

In recent years, the rapidly increasing population and the constantly increasing demand, as well as rapidly depleting resources and the deterioration of physical conditions such as global warming, environmental pollution, and increase in energy prices have increased the awareness of sustainability on a global scale. Thus, manufacturing businesses have had to adopt a holistic approach that includes the welfare of all stakeholders, beyond profitability. Sustainable production that represents this approach; has an understanding that minimizes negative environmental effects, protects energy and natural resources, and aims to provide a safe environment for employees and consumers. This approach has become very important in the last ten years, especially thanks to its significant contributions to sustainable performance increases for businesses and countries. In order to achieve sustainable performance increases, it is necessary to remove the obstacles to sustainable production. With this study, it is aimed to determine the obstacles in front of sustainable production and to prioritize these obstacles according to their importance levels. In addition, it is another aim of the study to determine the solution proposals for the elimination of these obstacles according to the level of importance. The 8 inhibitory factors determined by the literature research were evaluated using the Entropy method, and the 9 solution proposals determined were evaluated with the SWARA method. The findings show that financial constraints are the most important obstacle to sustainable production. Again, the results showed that the strong implementation of legal regulations and the enactment of supportive laws for sustainable production is the most important solution.