A user interface (71) to a computing device (90) receives geographic locations for a plurality of production sites. A socio-economic relevancy analyzer (72) determines relevancy of socio-economic information for the plurality of production sites. A socio-economic events analyzer (73) performs analysis of potential effects of the socio-economic information obtained by the socio-economic event relevancy analyzer (72) as pertains to the plurality of production sites. A simulator (74) simulates production of each of the production sites. The simulator (74) utilizes analysis of potential effects of the socio-economic information performed by the socio-economic events analyzer (73).