As businesses are increasingly developing sustainable products, managing materials and regulatory data is becoming one of the most complex challenges across the consumer industry today. The recently launched SAP Responsible Design & Production solution enables businesses to gain better visibility of material flows through their processes and comply with rapidly changing regulations especially those concerning product packaging and plastics.

Build sustainability directly into your supply chain planning: Based on the footprint data from SAP Product Footprint Management, you can monitor the greenhouse gas emissions of your plants based on the results of the supply planning heuristic run. SAP IBP allows you to monitor the greenhouse gas emissions of your plants on a geographic map and to make them visible in the production plan. Global supply chain planners can use the Intelligent Visibility app to analyze the footprint which is calculated based on the production receipts of the long-term production plan multiplied by the footprint of the product-location. They can then create scenarios in the Planner Workspace to solve the alerts.

SAP just made it easier to become a sustainable business and reduce carbon footprint. The recently launched SAP Product Footprint Management enables businesses to move toward lower carbon emissions and more sustainable operations.

Create a positive tomorrow and drive growth with solutions that allow you to embed sustainability into core business processes, manage your carbon footprint, support climate change, and much more

Ai Group General Manager James Scotland interviews Indrasen Naidoo, to explore the latest thinking and practice for supply chain sustainability