{"id":3243,"date":"2016-07-31T08:53:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-31T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Teamcenter-Blog\/Support-Your-Sustainable-Products-Initiatives-With-The-Right\/ba-p\/354455"},"modified":"2026-03-26T08:45:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T12:45:50","slug":"support-your-sustainable-products-initiatives-with-the-right-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/teamcenter\/support-your-sustainable-products-initiatives-with-the-right-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Your Sustainable Products Initiatives With The Right Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>Developing sustainable&nbsp;products is a must for any company that competes in today\u2019s global marketplace. In a previous blog, I talked about the importance of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Teamcenter-Blog\/Product-Stewardship-and-the-Greening-of-the-Brand\/ba-p\/348216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">greening of the brand<\/A> and leading markets with sustainable, green products. Companies are redefining their processes in efforts to achieve <a title=\"emcs software\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/our-story\/glossary\/environmental-compliance-management-software\/31376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">product sustainability<\/A> and bring compliant, winning products to the market.In practical terms, this means product manufacturers&nbsp;must design for compliance by choosing green, compliant materials to use in their products.&nbsp;<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>&nbsp;A big step in moving towards sustainable products includes deploying the right technology. In a July 2016 article published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adandp.media\/articles\/sustainable-manufacturing-there-are-apps-for-that\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Automotive Design and Production<\/A>, author Lawrence Gould states \u201cSoftware that supports sustainable manufacturing and environmentally conscious products help make going green somewhat easier.\u201d<\/P><br \/>\n<P><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-left\" style=\"width: 400px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/09\/sustainable-products-1.jpg\" alt=\"sustainable products.jpg\" title=\"sustainable products.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/P><br \/>\n<P>&nbsp;Design for compliance should be embedded into your overall product lifecycle strategy. Key steps to improving your design for compliance process include:<\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI>Intelligently integrating material and substance information into your design environment<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Granting your designers access to an approved materials library when creating material assignments from CAD tools<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Automating the data exchange of material and substance declarations with suppliers as early as possible<\/LI><br \/>\n<LI>Capturing and reporting on the material content of your products early on in the design process<\/LI><br \/>\n<\/UL><\/p>\n<p><P><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/environmental-compliance\/index.shtml#lightview%26url=\/en_us\/Images\/Siemens-PLM-Teamcenter-Substance-Compliance-for-Sustainability-wp_tcm1023-204793.pdf%26title=White Paper: Substance Compliance for Sustainability%26description=Teamcenter Substance Compliance for Sustainability: Turning Requirements into Opportunities%26docType=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Read the white paper, Substance Compliance for Sustainability<\/A><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/environmental-compliance\/index.shtml#lightview%26url=\/en_us\/Images\/Siemens-PLM-Teamcenter-Substance-Compliance-for-Sustainability-wp_tcm1023-204793.pdf%26title=White Paper: Substance Compliance for Sustainability%26description=Teamcenter Substance Compliance for Sustainability: Turning Requirements into Opportunities%26docType=pdf\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">,<\/A> to find how to turn your sustainability requirements into opportunities.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Check out the Teamcenter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/en_us\/products\/teamcenter\/environmental-compliance\/index.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Environmental Compliance and Product Sustainability<\/A> web page and download assets including fact sheets, infographics, eBooks, white papers, to learn more.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>Also, check out our other articles on this topic, located on the <a href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Teamcenter-Blog\/bg-p\/Teamcenter-Blog\/label-name\/sustainability%20and%20environmental%20compliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\">Teamcenter blog<\/A>.<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>About the Blogger:<\/P><br \/>\n<P>Kerri Doyle is a Siemens PLM Software product marketing manager for Teamcenter Product Sustainability, Materials Management, Quality and Supplier Integration solutions. 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