Product StewardshipThrough

“Whole Systems Design”

Practicing Product Stewardship:Drivers, Challenges and Strategies

October 25, 2011

Michael ArditoTennant Company

Less Plastic?

Less Packaging?

Less Metal? Lead FreeElectronics?

RecycledContent?

Material Parsimony?

Product-Level Focus

= Incremental Gains

Up to 66% less chemicals and water

Eliminates added detergents. Up to 70% less water usage

Uses 90% less cleaning solution and 70% less water

Up to 80% less water usage

Product Life-Cycle Focus

MANUFACTURE TRANSPORTATI ON USE END-OF-LI FEDESI GN

= Broader Gains

OFF-FLOORCLEANINGLOOP

FLOORCLEANINGLOOP

SCRUBFLOOR

CLEAN, DRYFLOOR

USEFLOOR

SOILEDFLOOR

BUILDINGUSE

SOILEDSURFACES

CLEANINGPROCESS

CLEANSURFACES

Whole System Focus

Office BuildingConvention Center

University

= Step Change GainsWhole System Focus

Product Stewardship by“Whole Systems Design”

• Product-level focus leads to incremental gains. • Larger system analyses may yield bigger opportunities.• Stewardship solutions may lie in other parts of the system.• More radical innovations may also be discovered.• Strategic-fit opportunities arise to keep you competitive.• See Autodesk Sustainability Workshop for great ideas.

PRODUCTFOCUS

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