2.NounAny practically minded combination of business administration, management science, operations research, systems engineering, and industrial engineering.
"They get the job done, but operations is the area in which they're weakest."
3.NounThe department or interdepartmental team within a company that works on optimizing the company's execution of such things.
"She works in operations, and her job involves data analysis and business intelligence.; The operations center was pregnant with dread."