operations

noun[plural only]2

1. •
   Any 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.
2. •
   The 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.