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Identification of trade-offs for sustainable manufacturing of a Bamboo Bike by System Dynamics
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2013
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Shaker Verlag
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We develop a generic System Dynamic model to simulate the production, machines, employees, waste,
and capital flows of a manufacturing company. In a second step, this model is specialised by defining suitable
input data to represent a bicycle manufacturing company in a developing country. We monitor a set
of sustainability indicators to understand the social, environmental and economic impact of the company,
and to estimate managerial decisions to be taken in order to improve on these criteria. We show that the
social and environmental situation can be improved over time without sacrificing the economic success of
the company's business.