AMR and the Environment
From Lauraibm
Summaries
European Survey Puts the Environment High on the Business and IT Agenda
Whereas surveys of corporate social responsibility in the USA usually show the environment ranking behind social programmes (such as education outreach), similar studies in Europe indicate the reverse. AMR discovered last year that European companies intended to spend 21% of their IT budget on environment-rlated initiatives. This spending can be expected to increase as more companies insist that their suppliers (and even customers) conform to their thinking on sustainability. Only a proactive approach will provide competitive advantage, given increased customer and legislative pressures to improve environmental performance.
But most companies still don't measure their effect on the environment until after the fact&mdashi.e. very few examine potential impact prior to their actions.
The five technology areas must useful for the management of environmental efforts are: supply chain management (SCM), ERP, compliance management, financials, and manufacturing/production operations. Underpinning this is the need for master data management, the so-called 'single version of the truth'. The enterprise dashboard is also very helpful.
