Introduction to Modeling Sustainable Development in Business Processes

Dr. Ir. Dirk Inghels is a part-time Assistant Professor at the School of Business and Economics (department Supply Chain Analytics) at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam since 2016 where he obtained his PhD on the thesis entitled "Policy Modelling for Sustainable Waste Management" in the same year. In 2006 he received his MSc degree of Industrial Engineering and Management Science at the TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands; in 2000 he received his MSc degree in Industrial Management of the University of Ghent, Belgium and In 1990 he received his MSc degree in Industrial Sciences (Electro-Mechanical Engineering) at currently the University of Antwerp, Belgium. Besides his academic work, he is Quality Assurance and Laboratories manager and member of the Management Team of Aleris Aluminum BVBA in Duffel Belgium a key player in rolled aluminum products for the Automotive, Aerospace and Industrial products markets. In this function he is also responsible for Sustainability. Dirk Inghels has experience in industry for more than 30 years in different domains such as engineering, quality and sustainability and academic experience for more than 10 years in the domain of sustainable supply chain management. Dr. Inghels'research is focused on sustainable supply chain management both in the public as in the private sector. Further research is ongoing with the focus on integrating Operations Research techniques in topics related to sustainable supply chain management and on improvements in Quality Management.

Chapter 1: General Introduction.- Chapter 2: Single Objective Optimization.- Chapter 3: Multiple Objective Optimization.- Chapter 4: Quantifying The Economic Impact.- Chapter 5: Quantification Of The Environmental Impact.- Chapter 6: Quantifying The Social Impact.- Chapter 7: Systems Thinking And Introduction To System Dynamics Modeling.- Chapter 8: Causal Loop Diagrams.- Chapter 9: Structure And Fundamental Modes Of Behavior Of Dynamic Systems.- Chapter 10: Stocks And Flows And The Dynamics Of Simple Structures.- Chapter 11: Delays.- Chapter 12: Nonlinear Behavior.