Environmental product lifecycle management - customizing the enterprise specific manufacturing processes

摘要: Due to the newest EU Directives environmental responsibility of producers regarding their products and lifecycles rises continuously. This means that methods tools for lifecycle assessment (LCA) will become more important industry. Highly sophisticated tools, offering a wide range data functionalities, are available. However, due this high scientific level, these tools’ applications very complex, resulting in lack integration day-to-day work practice. paper describes approach “Environmental Product Lifecycle Management” which integrates LCA standard software systems like mySAP Business Suite. be realized by extension SAP modul Compliance Products (CfP) TechniData AG. Nowadays CfP manager provides many solutions concerning material declaration (e.g. check fulfillment certain lists), RoHS other based questions. The product structure within Manager extended processes lifecycle: production, manufacturing, use disposal. main focus lies on manufacturing phase particular customizing enterprise internal processes. In context, customization preset all process information needed an LCA. aim is enable calculation impact specific tool. After customization, user just has enter information. background tool combines calculates energy flows defined advance.