Safe and Sustainable Value Creation by Design: Proceedings of the 21st Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing (GCSM 2025) September 10–12, … 1 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering)

holistic view is limited due to the type of models presented. As the field of SM is extensive and diverse, many other models can be found, that address specific mathematical or technological problems. The limited transferability and comparability of the models leads to a lack of clarity and restricts their applicability. Moreover, there is a large number of related standards, norms and management systems.
When establishing and implementing SM, the social dimension, including human and organizational factors, are significantly less considered [18, 19]. Physical health and safety indicators related to equipment and processes are included in the social indicators to assess sustainability, e.g., noise, pollution, and accidents [12]. Other ergonomic aspects such as organizational ergonomics with methods of optimizing sociotechnical systems (e.g., organizational structure, policies, and procedures), and cognitive ergonomics with improving human interaction to system components by optimizing mental processes [6] are often lacking.