Brian W Sanders

US Patent:

20080319812, Dec 25, 2008

Filed:

May 19, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/123211

Inventors:

Maria Ines Silva Sousa - San Francisco CA, US
Terry Swack - Brookline MA, US
Brian Sanders - Boston MA, US
Greg Canavera - Cambridge MA, US
Philip White - Phoenix AZ, US
Hugh Keith Lehman - Lexington MA, US

Assignee:

Sustainable Minds, LLC - Brookline MA

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 99/00

US Classification:

705 7, 705 1

Abstract:

A software application providing system and methods for using Web Services to connect an Analysis calculator, a Recommendations engine, Social Networking, and Knowledge Management technologies in a platform for operationalizing sustainability into Product Life Cycle Management (e.g., conception, design, manufacture, service, end-of-life disposition) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (including enterprise-wide activities of manufacturing, supply change management, financials, human resources, customer relationship management, and external stakeholder engagement). A Web Service Framework integrates Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software technology with product design, manufacturing, and distribution process design tools. A logic layer can perform sustainability estimates within a Knowledge Management System. A Web Service Framework is utilized for constructing or entering LCA models, methodologies and source data. A social software-based participation environment is integrated with sustainable product design and LCA tools and processes.