Sustainable manufacturing
Accelerate sustainable outcomes to design and make a better world
Accelerate sustainable outcomes to design and make a better world
Calculate, analyze, and monitor the sustainability of your products and processes from design to make.
Unlock the power of sustainability in manufacturing
Unlock the power of sustainability in manufacturing
Sustainability concerns are escalating. Driven by diverse factors from regulatory changes to consumer demand and pressure from investors, businesses need to adapt if they want to thrive. Autodesk's innovative solutions enable companies to enhance production processes, reduce waste, and foster a greener future for your business. Read our e-book to explore these topics and discover practical ways to approach sustainable manufacturing.
Sustainability concerns are escalating. Driven by diverse factors from regulatory changes to consumer demand and pressure from investors, businesses need to adapt if they want to thrive. Autodesk's innovative solutions enable companies to enhance production processes, reduce waste, and foster a greener future for your business. Read our e-book to explore these topics and discover practical ways to approach sustainable manufacturing.
Drive impact with sustainable manufacturing processes
Adopt sustainable materials
Adopt sustainable materials
Switch to lighter, better performing, and less carbon-intensive materials to reduce environmental impact and promote resource efficiency.
Switch to lighter, better performing, and less carbon-intensive materials to reduce environmental impact and promote resource efficiency.
Reduce material waste
Reduce material waste
Minimize unnecessary materials use and maximize materials efficiency to save costs, conserve resources, and promote a more circular economy.
Minimize unnecessary materials use and maximize materials efficiency to save costs, conserve resources, and promote a more circular economy.
Improve factory efficiency
Improve factory efficiency
Model, simulate, analyze, and visualize systems to improve processes, reduce waste, and increase efficiencies in energy and water consumption.
Model, simulate, analyze, and visualize systems to improve processes, reduce waste, and increase efficiencies in energy and water consumption.
Comply with standards
Comply with standards
Embed sustainability into development decisions by adopting technologies that provide visibility into compliance with environmental standards and regulations.
Embed sustainability into development decisions by adopting technologies that provide visibility into compliance with environmental standards and regulations.
Solutions that enable sustainable manufacturing
Manufacturing Sustainability Insights (MSI) add-on
The MSI add-on for Autodesk Fusion offers unparalleled and real-time visibility into the carbon impact of design and manufacturing variables, including material selection, manufacturing process, and geography.
The MSI add-on for Autodesk Fusion offers unparalleled and real-time visibility into the carbon impact of design and manufacturing variables, including material selection, manufacturing process, and geography.
FlexSim
FlexSim enables simulation and analysis of factory resource flows, such as energy and waste, to identify bottlenecks and improve overall efficiency. FlexSim provides a risk-free virtual environment to test “what if” scenarios and discover optimal solutions.
FlexSim enables simulation and analysis of factory resource flows, such as energy and waste, to identify bottlenecks and improve overall efficiency. FlexSim provides a risk-free virtual environment to test “what if” scenarios and discover optimal solutions.
Autodesk Fusion
Using generative design in Autodesk Fusion, designers and engineers can reduce embodied carbon and energy by identifying opportunities for lightweight parts, consolidating assemblies, and even exploring different material and design options.
Using generative design in Autodesk Fusion, designers and engineers can reduce embodied carbon and energy by identifying opportunities for lightweight parts, consolidating assemblies, and even exploring different material and design options.
Autodesk Inventor
Achieve sustainable design with Inventor. Inventor enables efficient, sustainable design with capabilities for optimizing material use, ensuring durability, and improving product quality.
Achieve sustainable design with Inventor. Inventor enables efficient, sustainable design with capabilities for optimizing material use, ensuring durability, and improving product quality.
Autodesk Product Design & Manufacturing Collection
The collection enhances sustainability by streamlining processes, improving collaboration, and implementing smart manufacturing practices to reduce material use and environmental impact.
The collection enhances sustainability by streamlining processes, improving collaboration, and implementing smart manufacturing practices to reduce material use and environmental impact.
Vault PLM
Monitor sustainability data with Vault. Vault organizes, manages, and tracks sustainability data to ensure product quality and compliance across the supply chain.
Monitor sustainability data with Vault. Vault organizes, manages, and tracks sustainability data to ensure product quality and compliance across the supply chain.
Partnerships for achieving sustainable outcomes
Calculate and assess environmental and cost impact of designs
Calculate and assess environmental and cost impact of designs
Connected to the Makersite platform, the Makersite Fusion and Inventor add-ons return CO2eq and cost impacts of designs directly within the CAD environment.
Connected to the Makersite platform, the Makersite Fusion and Inventor add-ons return CO2eq and cost impacts of designs directly within the CAD environment.
Calculate real-time LCA impacts across impact categories
Calculate real-time LCA impacts across impact categories
The EcoDesigner web application, powered by SimaPro, connects to the Autodesk Platform and enables anyone to calculate and access lifecycle assessment (LCA) insights across multiple impact categories.
The EcoDesigner web application, powered by SimaPro, connects to the Autodesk Platform and enables anyone to calculate and access lifecycle assessment (LCA) insights across multiple impact categories.
Sustainability Tech Partner Program (STPP)
Sustainability Tech Partner Program (STPP)
Autodesk’s STPP supports impact partners across design and make with tools, resources, and technical support to build sustainability-focused integrations on the Autodesk Platform.
Autodesk’s STPP supports impact partners across design and make with tools, resources, and technical support to build sustainability-focused integrations on the Autodesk Platform.
Resources on sustainable manufacturing
Easier and earlier sustainable design decision making
Easier and earlier sustainable design decision making
Learn how the Manufacturing Sustainability Insights (MSI) add-on for Autodesk Fusion helps you discover the carbon impact of your design decisions.
Learn how the Manufacturing Sustainability Insights (MSI) add-on for Autodesk Fusion helps you discover the carbon impact of your design decisions.
Innovation, sustainability and digital transformation converge
Innovation, sustainability and digital transformation converge
Read how Fusion empowers engineers to create more sustainable products with material selection tools, energy consumption analyses, and lifecycle assessments.
Read how Fusion empowers engineers to create more sustainable products with material selection tools, energy consumption analyses, and lifecycle assessments.
Embracing the circular economy with Autodesk Fusion
Embracing the circular economy with Autodesk Fusion
Explore how Fusion helps businesses reduce waste and optimize resources during product development for a competitive edge in today’s sustainability-conscious market.
Explore how Fusion helps businesses reduce waste and optimize resources during product development for a competitive edge in today’s sustainability-conscious market.
Meet sustainability challenges with Autodesk
As the manufacturing industry approaches a critical tipping point in addressing sustainability, businesses will need to adapt quickly to remain competitive and meet the evolving landscape. Contact us to discuss the ways Autodesk design and manufacturing solutions can help you embrace new possibilities on your journey to making a greener world.
As the manufacturing industry approaches a critical tipping point in addressing sustainability, businesses will need to adapt quickly to remain competitive and meet the evolving landscape. Contact us to discuss the ways Autodesk design and manufacturing solutions can help you embrace new possibilities on your journey to making a greener world.
Meet sustainability challenges with Autodesk
As the manufacturing industry approaches a critical tipping point in addressing sustainability, businesses will need to adapt quickly to remain competitive and meet the evolving landscape. Contact us to discuss the ways Autodesk design and manufacturing solutions can help you embrace new possibilities on your journey to making a greener world.
As the manufacturing industry approaches a critical tipping point in addressing sustainability, businesses will need to adapt quickly to remain competitive and meet the evolving landscape. Contact us to discuss the ways Autodesk design and manufacturing solutions can help you embrace new possibilities on your journey to making a greener world.
Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Sustainability in manufacturing refers to the practice of creating products through economically-sound processes that minimize negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. It involves reducing waste, lowering emissions, and utilizing sustainable materials and energy sources to ensure that production processes are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient.
Sustainable manufacturing is important because it reduces environmental impact by minimizing waste and conserving resources, thereby protecting the environment. It enhances efficiency and reduces costs, complying with regulations and improving brand image by attracting eco-conscious consumers. Additionally, it drives innovation and ensures long-term business viability by addressing resource scarcity and future-proofing operations.
Some sustainable manufacturing processes include using renewable energy sources, implementing waste reduction and recycling programs, adopting energy-efficient technologies, utilizing sustainable materials, and optimizing production to minimize resource use and emissions.