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Design for Environment
80 percent of a product’s environmental impacts are determined during the design process—so it’s imperative that sustainability efforts begin early in the design process, and are reinforced by feedback further on in the process.
From material decisions to the inclusion of specialist parts, designers’ decisions have a huge impact across the supply chain. To drive sustainability, designers need to see that impact as they make those decisions, and have access to the information they need to make informed decisions, for the environment and for the business.
The challenge is enabling designers to make sustainable decisions effectively by giving them all the product, material, and process information they need—and laying down and enforcing clear standards, without limiting design or stifling innovation.
Key Supply-Chain Sustainability Initiatives
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to supply-chain sustainability. But there are a number of common sustainability initiatives that we see many businesses explore in their journey to more efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally sound operations.
The Best Practices of Sustainable Design
- Designers need to be able to clearly see the supply-chain impact of the decisions they make
- Once they can see the impact of their decisions, they need to be equipped with access to data and collaboration tools that can help them make better-informed choices
- Design needs to function as a connected and integrated part of the supply chain, not a separate entity that simply outlines what the supply chain needs to deliver
- Clear sustainability standards need to be set and enforced from the beginning of the product lifecycle, so designers can act with the whole life of a product in mind from the outset
Tailored Action Plan
Enable designers to collaborate with the rest of the supply chain, and make informed decisions on materials and other choices based on current resourcing best practices.
Set standards for designers to follow, and enable them to define clear standards for the products they design—for both regulatory compliance and best practices moving forward.
Give everyone in your supply chain the same view of the product and its requirements at every stage of its lifecycle, to avoid deviation from the original sustainable design.
Extend product visibility to third parties, so everyone is on the same page and working towards the same sustainable goal.
Include an environmental review as part of the standard product phase gate.
How Oracle enables sustainable product design.
Find out how Oracle uses its own solutions to establish standards for sustainable product design and to ensure that sustainability is enabled from the moment a new product concept is conceived.
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