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E L I T E C H A N N E L PA R T N E R simulation@rand.com | RandSIM.com | 888.483.0674 It's also easy in Ansys Granta MI to rapidly assess the environmental footprint of a bill of materials and assess restricted substances content for a product. A Materials Management Framework: Creating an Authoritative Source of Truth for Materials Data Companies maintain a variety of proprietary materials information such as material properties, aesthetics, detailed engineering properties, simulation models, and supplier specifications, as well as data related to testing and analysis, in-service experience, compliance, and sustainability. Gathering proprietary, in-house data, however, can be time consuming. Ansys offers a large set of generic data from reference databases that can be used as a baseline for rapid environmental assessment and other tasks. This delivers value to organizations in several ways: • More educated choices about materials. Ansys Granta MI offers best-in-class selection tools like the Ashby plot which help design teams balance technical, economic, and environmental properties of different materials. Designers can promote sustainability through carefully considered materials decisions, build traceability, and innovate in environmentally responsible ways. • Standardization on sustainable materials. Based on company preferences, organizations can use Granta MI to publish preferred materials lists which ensure that engineers use the best possible materials from a sustainability perspective. • Higher quality sustainability reports. By incorporating specific, in-house information into reports, companies gain more clarity about their carbon footprint and other sustainability metrics. To make informed design decisions quickly, engineers and designers need access to materials information directly within native CAD, PLM, and simulation systems. Integration between Ansys Granta MI and these other systems creates a single source of truth for materials data. Integration allows organizations to publish preferred materials and processes to CAD and PLM tools, flag sustainability metrics directly in design tools, and transfer BoMs directly in Granta MI so teams can assess the environmental footprint or restricted substances content. Materials as an Avenue to Sustainability Figure 2: Supplement In-House Materials Data with Ansys Reference Data

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