Unlocking Synergies by Combining SAP Supply Chain Management with SAP Sustainability

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to combine SAP Supply Chain Management with SAP Sustainability to maximize the value of the integrated solutions.

Delivering Sustainability from Design to Operate

SAP is uniquely positioned to help customers deliver on the Circular Economy vision by connecting every process, contextualizing every decision, and enabling collaboration across every network in all design to operate processes.

Explore the following IVJ that showcases a sustainable Supply Chain with SAP.

Sustainable Supply Chains with SAP | Interactive Value Journey

SAP Sustainability Performance Management

SAP Sustainability Performance Management depicts a circular product lifecycle process encompassing design, sourcing and marketplace, production, finance, logistics and transport, and consumption recovery and reuse, illustrating a holistic approach to sustainable business practices.

This image illustrates a circular economy model centered around people and the concept of Reuse / Recycle. It showcases various interconnected processes and strategies, including Circulate Consumption Recovery and Reuse, Eliminate Design, Circulate Sourcing and Marketplace, Eliminate Production, Innovate Finance, and Innovate Logistics and Transport. The central cycle involves key activities such as Collect, Track, Deliver, Sell and Service, Manufacture, Plan, Source, Design, and Innovate. Each outer component is linked to the central processes with descriptive phrases like Maintain Value and eliminate Waste, Design for Circularity, Enable sustainable Commerce and Recommerce, Optimize Resource use, Innovate for Circularity, and Manage Takeback. The diagram emphasizes the interconnectedness of these elements in creating a sustainable, circular economic system.

SAP Sustainability Performance Management depicts a circular product lifecycle process encompassing design, sourcing and marketplace, production, finance, logistics and transport, and consumption recovery and reuse, illustrating a holistic approach to sustainable business practices.

Let’s summarize what you’ve learned:

  • SAP can help customers achieve sustainability throughout the entire design to operate process by connecting every process, contextualizing every decision, and enabling collaboration across every network.
  • The key aspects of delivering sustainability from design to operate include calculating environmental costs, integrating sustainable requirements, ethically sourcing materials, improving visibility into manufacturing processes, supporting holistic transportation and freight collaboration, and maximizing asset health and performance.
  • SAP enables customers to simulate the impact of manufacturing on the environment, collaborate to create accurate demand plans, reduce unplanned downtime and outages, and track the environmental impact of asset operations.

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