Definition of social sustainability criteria for the simulation of OHS in manufacturing entities

Abstract

This paper highlights the common factors of social sustainability criteria with economic and environmental criteria for the modelling and simulation of manufacturing entities. Its intended purpose is to demonstrate how and what kind of social criteria can be integrated in such simulation without having to change the model drastically. In addition, the paper presents the prototype of a plugin, as part of a software suite (MILAN), aimed to provide technical analysts with the means to simulate various sustainability criteria in manufacturing companies. The plugin is intended to enable analyst to freely define relevant social influence indicators as well as influence functions and combine them with the existing environmental and economic modeling approach.