Abstract
With increasing obligations on manufacturers to reduce their ecological footprint, there is currently a clear trend towards lifecycle assessment to measure the CO2 footprint. Many manufacturers, especially in the automotive value chain, have to assess the emission values of their products both for the preparation of quotations and for current and new product orders. Many companies are therefore currently working on linking LCA software systems with existing ERP systems in order to determine the carbon footprint of a product as automatically as possible at the touch of a button. Current ERP systems are not yet designed for this and do not currently offer the necessary data for an LCA. One example is the routes between delivery locations along the supply chain, which are necessary for calculating the emissions for transportation. This paper uses a case study from the automotive supply sector to show how this can be done using an ERP-based and automated route calculation. The results of the work are particularly relevant for practitioners