With a breadth of regulations impacting the depth of bill of materials (BOM) in the case of products, manufacturers have to become smart in managing their product compliance information. Gone are the...
days when one could just collect compliance certificates and sell products. Today, one needs to be accountable for the key composition (material and substances) of one’s products and be proactively (than reactively) compliant.
At a time when organizations are coming under increasing scrutiny by regulatory authorities and other stakeholders, a thought leader at Infosys Sustainability Consulting practice examines...
the various drivers behind the regulations around material composition declaration (such as REACH and RoHS), issues organizations typically face in meeting these mandates, and how the solution provider landscape is evolving to address this need.
All companies in the UK will have to mandatorily report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from April 2013. This legislation supports the various international initiatives in response to global...
warming. It provides an opportunity for all companies to demonstrate that they are considering GHG emissions management as part of their activities and being environmentally responsible. This paper provides recommendations on how companies can prepare themselves to comply with this upcoming regulation.
There are several ways to improve green IT efficiency, and most organizations today are executing one or many steps towards this goal. But much of these initiatives towards energy efficiency tend...
to be ad hoc and disjointed, only targeting the low hanging fruits. This white paper presents a structured approach that organizations could adopt to realize their green IT goals and objectives.
Whether an organization manufactures or resells a product, the responsibility to comply makes the manufacturer and the reseller legally accountable. Product compliance is a constantly evolving...
process, whose role is enhanced in product proliferations and complex supply chains. The recent increase in compliance-related penalties, fines, and recalls, has left no room for non-compliance. Manufacturers, retailers and suppliers are pressed to innovate quickly to not only create compliant products, but also to declare it ‘compliant’ by placing it on store shelves. Our expert presents perspectives on product risks and their changing dimensions, product compliance, and its declaration.
Environmental sustainability is no longer a choice; it is an imperative. Measuring and tracking an organization's environmental resource usage is a vital step towards environmental sustainability. However, this invariably leads to the challenge of assessing...
what data to capture, how to capture that data from disparate systems, how to convert the captured raw data to useful information and report it. Our experts have proposed a 3M model to overcome this challenge and achieve environmental sustainability - Measure, Monitor and Manage. The 3M model will give organizations greater visibility into their performance and usage patterns.
Organizations are adopting an eco-friendly approach to business and developing green products. Our experts propose green processes across the PLM (Product Lifecycle Development) lifecycle to reduce the environmental impact. Infosys' GreenPLM framework...
is based on the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) model. It addresses the complete green product development lifecycle that encompasses the environment, materials and energy.
Infosys' GreenPLM framework adopts a process-oriented, tool-based approach to transform the product development process for sustainable products that comply with regulations. Our experts propose approaches to implement GreenPLM depending on the size of the...
organization, the maturity of its green development program, the budget and time available for process re-engineering, and support of the top management. The 'single green view' provided by the framework significantly reduces the consumption of resources, enhances operational efficiency and improves cost management across supply chain activities.
Organizations are adopting an eco-friendly approach to business and developing green products. Our experts propose green processes across the PLM (Product Lifecycle Development) lifecycle to reduce the environmental impact. Infosys' GreenPLM framework is based...
on the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) model. It addresses the complete green product development lifecycle that encompasses the environment, materials and energy.
The manufacturing industry must comply with Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemical (REACH) regulation in the European Union. According to our experts, a holistic view of REACH requirements reveals that an integrated PLM backbone can achieve REACH compliance through...
its functionalities. They demonstrate how the Infosys PLM solution can be leveraged to achieve REACH compliance and eventually help organizations to reduce time-to-market and deliver process improvements during product creation.
Compliance with directives such as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) is no longer a choice for organizations in the high-technology industry. To avoid the consequences...
of non-compliance in terms of revenue losses, low brand equity, reduced customer base and potential penalties, organizations must have a well-defined strategy for compliance with these directives.