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Meet commitments with a sustainable supply chain

Empower your global supply chain to take action on the circular economy, climate change, and other sustainability issues.
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Design recyclable and sustainable products

Help ensure your design process creates products with a minimal carbon footprint, planet-friendly packaging, and a responsible end of life.

Plan to reduce emissions and source materials ethically

Optimize supply chain plans to reduce your CO2 footprint, shrink obsolete inventory, predict end-of-life scenarios, and support circular processes.

Manufacture with minimal waste and environmental impact

Improve the safety of your workforce and our planet by monitoring energy use based on production volume and measuring CO2 emissions against compliance measures.

Deliver products and optimize logistics sustainably

Enhance your logistics processes to support product traceability; help ensure workforce safety; and decrease miles driven, carbon footprint, and energy use.

Operate assets and equipment in an energy-efficient and safe way

Extend the life of your assets and minimize the environmental impact of their operations while keeping your property and workforce safe.

The paradox of the sustainable supply chain

Explore the conflict between sustainability and the need to drive efficiency and revenue goals. This research from Oxford Economics details how companies can overcome the challenges of creating and maintaining greener supply chains.

Design recyclable and sustainable products

Think “sustainable” from the start of the product lifecycle by:

  • Designing products and packaging that are biodegradable and environmentally sustainable
  • Calculating environmental costs throughout the product lifecycle 
  • Simulating manufacturing’s impact on the environment
  • Linking the voice of the customer to sustainable requirements throughout the design process

What product do I need to get started with sustainable design?

The SAP Responsible Design and Production solution can help you prevent waste and pollution, use products and materials longer, and apply circular principles.

Plan to reduce emissions and source materials ethically

Outline the success of your sustainability initiative by:

  • Driving planning processes that strive to reduce emissions and satisfy demand with sustainable, ethically sourced materials 
  • Forecasting with greater frequency and accuracy to reduce obsolete inventory
  • Predicting end-of-life scenarios and supporting circular processes
  • Simulating the CO2 footprint of your plan, from procurement and transport to production
  • Reporting actual results and comparing them against the plan to identify achievements and improvement areas

What product do I need to get started with sustainable planning?

The SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain solution can help you ensure business continuity by synchronizing supply chain planning in real time.

Manufacture with minimal waste and environmental impact

Drive sustainability efforts across manufacturing sites by:

  • Monitoring energy use as a function of production volume
  • Measuring CO2 emissions against compliance commitments
  • Capturing and repurposing co- and by-products to minimize waste
  • Enforcing consistent safety management to create a more sustainable workforce

What products do I need to get started with sustainable manufacturing?

The SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud solution can enable you to optimize manufacturing performance with integrated production execution, visibility, and analysis.

The SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management application can allow you to respond and recover while helping ensure employee and customer safety.

The SAP S/4HANA solution for product compliance can help you ensure compliance throughout the product lifecycle with automated compliance processes.

Deliver products and optimize logistics sustainably

Move goods worldwide with minimal mileage and emissions by:

  • Tracking, measuring, and optimizing CO2 and energy consumption across warehousing and transportation functions 
  • Considering delivery resources that are energy efficient or CO2 neutral, especially for urban or last-mile delivery tasks
  • Optimizing routing to run the shortest and least congested route to conserve energy and reduce miles and the carbon footprint 
  • Leveraging 3D truck load planning to reduce the risk of traveling empty miles

What products do I need to get started with sustainable logistics?

The SAP Transportation Management application can enable you to optimize logistics and improve services by increasing visibility and control.

SAP Logistics Business Network can help you improve freight collaboration, goods tracking, material traceability, and supply chain resilience with an open network.

The SAP Product Footprint Management solution can enable you to lower carbon emissions, make products more sustainable, and disclose product footprints to regulators.

The SAP Extended Warehouse Management application can allow you to take control of your warehouse operations to keep up with changing demand while lowering costs.

Operate assets and equipment in an energy-efficient and safe way

Achieve sustainability through the full product or asset lifecycle by:

  • Gaining visibility into how assets and equipment are performing at a customer’s site or home
  • Extending asset life and reducing energy consumption
  • Calculating and tracking the environmental impact of asset operations
  • Helping ensure operator well-being and compliance with environmental and safety compliance

What product do I need to get started with sustainable asset operations?

The SAP Digital Vehicle Hub application can enable you to open new monetization streams throughout the automotive and mobility value chain.

Integrate sustainability into planning processes

Meet future demand sustainably and profitably. SAP Integrated Business Planning for Supply Chain offers supply chain analytics, what-if simulations, and alerts that support sales and operations planning, forecasting, and more.

Help ensure logistics partners run sustainably

Gain an open network that connects multiple partners for intercompany collaboration and insight. SAP Logistics Business Network provides a central entry point for sustainable logistics with industry benchmarks and shared efficiency.

Minimize the carbon footprint of your factory

Improve visibility into operational sustainability with near real-time data and analytics. SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud can help you execute manufacturing processes and integrate systems cost effectively and resource efficiently.

Minimize your warehouse’s emissions and energy use

Unite logistics with warehousing and distribution processes, delivering visibility and control over sustainability. SAP Extended Warehouse Management helps optimize inventory tracking, cross-docking, multichannel fulfillment, and more.

Reduce miles and CO2 emissions across supply chains

Consolidate orders to conserve resources and the environment while maximizing the return on logistics spend. With SAP Transportation Management, you can forecast demand and shipment volumes accurately to fine-tune transportation planning.

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