Product Lifecycle Mgmt in Support of Green Manufacturing: Addressing..

The focus of this paper is to investigate why companies practice green manufacturing and how product lifecycle management (PLM) supports environmentally friendly initiatives. The investigated companies are taken from the Global Round Table on Climate Change. In particular, this paper examines how PLM drives green manufacturing to improve environmental performance while meeting financial and long-term sustainability. Mechanisms to increase energy efficiency, de-carbonization, reduction of harmful emissions and better land management practices, such as reducing landfill waste, will be studied. This paper also includes a review of interviews and examples from previous studies. Authors: L.V. Barreto, H. Anderson, A. Anglin, C. Tomovic (Purdue University)