This Manufacturing Insights executive summary is an excerpt of the full report and provides highlights of key issues and findings.
Our research applies the term sustainability primarily to include company initiatives or policies related to environmental or green issues.
There are several basic sustainability issues related to IT’s role in company initiatives including:
- Material selection
- Sourcing policies
- Resource consumption and emissions
- End-of-life (EOL) postponement and management
- Customer and demand fulfillment