SAP Brings Product Stewardship and Safety Data to The Cloud
Grazed from TriplePundit. Author: Leon Kaye.
As customers demand safer and more sustainable products, companies such as SAP are in a position to help companies stay informed about their suppliers’ materials–and those of their suppliers’ suppliers. To that end, SAP today rolls out two new cloud computing solutions that provide manufacturers and their supply chains the ability to manage and track sustainability data. True, the need to stay compliant and out of trouble is one driver. But, as sustainability becomes integrated throughout companies’ DNA, and not just a silo, it will become more important for company employees and their partners to access such information in real time–and avoid any pitfalls that could harm a company’s reputation.
And trouble can come in many forms: chemicals that are unsafe and, of course, illegal in some countries; new recalls and regulations that make it more challenging for companies to operate in a cross-border environment; and a sloppy supplier that one manufacturer may have caught using dubious substances yet tries to pass off their products to other companies. So how is SAP leveraging itself in the market?…
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