Sustainability
The ability for our society to exist and develop without depleting all of the natural resources needed to live in the future. Sustainable development supports this long-term goal with the implementation of systems, frameworks, and support from global, national, and local entities.
PTC Servigistics is doing its part by supporting a sustainable aftermarket service by offering the following functionality:
Embodied Carbon
• Buy Less Through Optimized Inventory
Ensure accurate forecasting and optimal placement of parts and modeling carbon impact
• Repair and Reuse More
Optimize the reverse supply chain, part chain, balancing, and de-manufacturing processes
• Make the Circular Supply Chain Financially Viable
◦ Reduce the economic threshold to make repair feasible
◦ Harvest components from returned equipment using de-manufacturing and disassembly
• Increase the Useful Life of a Product
Increase the supportable period by efficient use of Last Time Buy, repair and upgrade opportunities
Emissions, Pollution, Regulatory
• Reduce disposal costs
Reduce excess inventory and increased use of repair; by extending useful life
• Reduce Transportation
Reduce less efficient emergency shipments and consolidate transportation
Embodied Carbon and Emissions
• Support Reliability Improvement
Provide reliability feedback and economic value to product design
Carbon Tax
• Calculate expected carbon tax
Support optimizing to minimize the sum of carbon tax and ROP value while satisfying the Service Group targets, constraints, and overrides.