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Learn how the “Most Sustainable Company in the World” utilizes PLM and digitization to support sustainability initiatives past, present, and future.
Watch the InterviewToday’s manufacturers make decisions that can have a significant impact on the future of the environment and the people within it. There are solutions that enable ‘eco-friendly’ product development processes which lessen an organization’s carbon footprint.
Green Engineering is the practice of leveraging PLM data not only to help calculate the C02 footprint of a product but also to evaluate design and supply chain decisions with sustainability in mind.
A great sustainability strategy requires real actions. When designing a product, engineers must take into consideration the environmental impact of the processes and materials used.
In addition to the social and environmental good they generate, green strategies can also have tremendous business benefits including:
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There are many disciplines and tools that can support green engineering initiatives. Key among them include:
With PLM, everything from the products’ parts and components to its electrical, mechanical, and software systems are supported and managed based on a single source of truth. By leveraging this product data more broadly, manufacturers can automate and standardize sustainable processes and provide insights in real-time. This not only results in more environmentally friendly practices with public health benefits but also increases cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
Waste Reduction
A digital thread provides complete data about a product and its parts. Manufacturers can utilize this to select and design products with recyclable parts which minimizes waste, increasing recyclability and revenue.
Materials Management
By creating a circular lifecycle plan that enables materials management, your organization can use less, use better, and use again, as well as manage supplier and parts classification of sustainable materials.
Pollution Prevention
Sustainable engineering along with a green PLM strategy helps manufacturers minimize the depletion of natural resources by reusing materials and eliminating waste. This protects nature while safeguarding human health.
Product Enhancement
Green processes enabled by a digital thread allow products and their lifecycles to be designed sustainably. Real-time product data is used to manufacture a product, making it less prone for errors and recalls.
Design and develop products sustainably by connecting globally distributed design and engineering teams for a seamless workflow. By working more efficiently while tracking and tracing all design data, this information can be used when a product must be recycled.
MBSE applies modeling, tools, and methods to improve your systems engineering programs and projects. Product simulations can highlight potential failures before a physical product is built, avoiding scrap and waste. Manufacturing simulations can also help reduce energy and material usage during product generation. MBSE provides support by optimizing the use of resources to be more sustainable while complying with industry standards.
Enable supplier collaboration with vendors and partners that align with your green engineering goals. Sometimes, buyers and engineers struggle to understand supply chain dependencies, offerings, and overall supplier sustainability vision. By leveraging out-of-the-box processes for global supplier management, your organization can partner with suppliers that are also doing their part to help protect the environment.
Product complexity leads to thousands of parts. Often times many are duplicates because engineers can’t find what they need, when they need it. Parts classification helps engineers find and reuse parts, so material usage is optimized, duplicate parts are avoided, and waste is minimized. This approach helps reduce scrap, energy consumption, and drives costs down.
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Learn how the “Most Sustainable Company in the World” utilizes PLM and digitization to support sustainability initiatives past, present, and future.
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