Hi Tim,
yes, we have started to do calculations for this, as it is becoming increasingly important to be on track with this kind of things. We do not use Epicor for this, as our GHG emissions are more on Scope 2 and 3.
BR CH
We are working on this at the moment. We are looking to calculate and report the embodied carbon value on all our products.
To date we are updating our parts data using the ICE Database to get an embodied carbon value for each component / part. This is no small undertaking!
In line with this, I have written a function which examines the BOM for each job and calculates the weight and embodied carbon value for each component material and ultimately produces a weight and carbon value for the final manufactured product.
We also have various carbon values for different ship via entries in the database and I have integrated the google maps API to calculate shipping distance and subsequently derive a carbon value for shipments. This is a pretty blunt instrument at the moment and needs further work but it meets our needs for now.
Yes, currently we have added a UD field on the PO, so that if a person buy LPG and other fuel products, they have to set that field so that we can track how much of those products that we are using. It is one of the initiative for business to look after the “Planet”
Hi Tim,
We just got a request from Executive Management for this ability in ERP. Track Carbon output from Finished Goods and our material / labor. Would love to hear if there’s anything in the works.
We do have an initiative to address Carbon Tracking. This is becoming a big issue worldwide, but especially in Europe. Europe has a due date of 2025 to have financial reporting on carbon tracking, and then by 2029, they require reporting down to the individual part number.
WE will not have anything done for 2024.1, but we do have studies in place to proceed with getting this functionality in a future release. safe harbor
Note that we do have an Epicor Idea called “Build out Carbon Tracking functionality within Kinetic” that we will be using to help define “what does this mean”… there are already 28 votes for it… please add your votes so that you can be on the list of people who we will survey, have Polls, and Empathy sessions to better define what we will do in future releases.
QUESTION for all of you…
) that are being implemented in Europe 
requiring tracking and reporting using GHG accounting?
) want to know if this is important, and if so, how important?
here… this is a true and honest question).