König & Bauer
Detailed product carbon footprint for complex systems
“With TELUSIO, we have found a competent partner who, in addition to the scientific approach to determining the PCF, also takes care of the data preparation for us in a first-class manner.”
Sascha Fischer
Head of Product Management & Product Marketing Koenig & Bauer Sheetfed
Starting Position
The Koenig & Bauer Group claims to be the oldest printing press manufacturer in the world with the broadest product portfolio in the industry. Koenig & Bauer’s core competence is the development and manufacture of technologically innovative and cost-effective printing systems and associated peripheral equipment.
Herausforderung
Koenig & Bauer was looking for a solution provider that could quantify the product carbon footprint based on good master data and automate manual calculation steps.
Koenig & Bauer began its first CO2 calculations for its systems back in 2011. At the customer’s request, the carbon footprint was occasionally determined on the basis of the total mass of the system and a correction factor, whereby the main material was taken as the basis in a highly simplified manner.
Since 2021, the demand for the product carbon footprint and the CO2 neutrality of printing presses has been increasing. The previous simplified model was no longer sufficient; instead, a detailed calculation according to the GHG protocol (activity-based approach) was sought.
The biggest challenge was the incomplete data situation: the necessary master data on masses and materials was only available for around half of the parts list entries. There was also a lack of time for extensive familiarization with the methodology, while pressure from customers regarding the PCF continued to increase.
Missing information in parts lists (especially for weights and materials)
Complex systems consisting of >10,000 individual parts
Previously manual, time-consuming and Excel-based quantification
Solution
With TELUSIO, the data quality was significantly improved and an exact product carbon footprint was determined on a parts list basis.
TELUSIO increased the master data quality by automatically deriving weights from other Koenig & Bauer core IT systems and correctly assigning additional materials as well as composite and purchased components. As a result, all relevant information for PCF determination was available for over 95% of the parts list entries.
Now all CO2 key figures for articles, product groups, assemblies and materials can be viewed and analyzed at the touch of a button. This forms the data-based foundation for further development of new systems.
The PCF result can now also be passed on to customers and enables CO2 compensation via climate protection projects depending on the system configuration. Koenig & Bauer has thus come much closer to its goal of a CO2-neutral press.
What characterizes the collaboration?
Over the past two years, Koenig & Bauer has reviewed all providers in the carbon accounting sector. None of them were able to present a sensible solution concept – except for TELUSIO: Koenig & Bauer was convinced by its individual approach to the preparation and completion of master data.
Completion of the master data to over 95% of the information required for the PCF calculation.
Overview and detailed CO2 emissions for every assembly, component and material with just one click. This provides a fact-based foundation for EcoDesign and sustainable purchasing decisions.
Establishment of an exact data-based foundation to be able to offer CO2-neutral machines.
“I was impressed by the individual, customized approach to the data preparation and PCF calculation. Finally a provider that doesn’t just use its standard template.”
Dr. Petra Schottke,
Senior Product Manager Sustainability
What are the next steps in the collaboration?
Following the successful pilot project, Koenig & Bauer and TELUSIO will now determine the PCF for further assemblies and systems. This is not done manually, but automatically. The main objective is to integrate the correct and exact PCF value into the company’s quotation calculator in real time, depending on the machine configuration or customer request, and thus provide customers with full transparency about their CO2 emissions.
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