Siemens expands Teamcenter with AI LCA for sustainable, compliant product development

Siemens adds AI-powered Lifecycle Assessment to Teamcenter for faster, smarter sustainable product development

Siemens Digital Industries Software has expanded Teamcenter to include AI-driven Sustainability Lifecycle Assessment (LCA). For product development teams, this means environmental impacts, compliance, cost, and supply risk can be evaluated early and continuously-inside the tools you already use.

The goal is simple: give designers, engineers, and manufacturers real-time, contextual insights tied to the digital twin and product data. Decisions about materials, suppliers, and design trade-offs become clearer, faster, and aligned with targets for cost, performance, and sustainability.

What's new

• AI-powered, predictive LCA integrated directly into Teamcenter® workflows.
• Access ISO-compliant LCA reports with visibility into Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions during early development.
• Seamless collaboration across design, engineering, and sustainability teams-no data silos.
• Embedded, multi-criteria simulation in the bill of materials to balance cost, performance, and environmental impact.
• Integrated across mechanical engineering, electronic/electrical design, and simulation applications.
• Support for eco-design strategies like modularity, recyclability, and reuse.

Why it matters for Product Development

Most sustainability and compliance issues show up late-after design freeze or during sourcing-when changes are expensive. With Teamcenter Sustainability Lifecycle Assessment, you surface environmental, compliance, and supply risk signals at the concept and design stages, when change is cheap and impact is high.

You ship with fewer material changes, clearer compliance documentation, and stronger supplier choices. The result: faster cycles, lower risk, and products that meet environmental targets without sacrificing unit economics.

How it fits into your workflow

• In CAD/PLM: See material and supplier impacts in context of your assemblies and configurations.
• In ECAD: Check material and component compliance (e.g., RoHS/REACH) while selecting parts.
• In Simulation: Run multi-criteria analyses to evaluate trade-offs across cost, performance, and environmental impact.
• In Teamcenter BoM: Analyze embedded LCA results, supplier risk, and cost implications-tied to the exact product structure.
• Reporting: Generate ISO-aligned LCA reports you can share with leadership, supply chain, and customers.

What leaders are saying

"Driving the development of products with sustainability at the core while maintaining speed, cost efficiency and regulatory compliance requires radically expanded lifecycle intelligence to be available across the entire manufacturing organization," said Frances Evans, senior vice president, Lifecycle Collaboration Software, Siemens Digital Industries Software.

"By integrating with Siemens' Teamcenter, we deliver precise, detailed insights on cost, compliance, risk, and environmental performance-right within an engineer's everyday tools, from early product design to manufacturing bills of materials," said Neil D'Souza, CEO and Founder, Makersite.

Practical outcomes you can expect

• Fewer late-stage redesigns by flagging high-impact materials and suppliers early.
• Clear documentation for audits and customer requests, reducing manual effort and rework.
• More predictable launches by aligning cost, compliance, and sustainability during concept and design.
• Better material choices and module strategies that support recyclability and reuse.
• Shared, trusted data across teams to speed decisions and reduce coordination overhead.

Compliance and standards, built in

Teamcenter Sustainability Lifecycle Assessment supports ISO-aligned LCA and provides visibility into Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions-important for corporate reporting and supplier programs. For reference on Scope 2 and Scope 3 definitions, see the Greenhouse Gas Protocol resources: Scope 2 Guidance and Scope 3 Guidance.

Where the data comes from

Developed in collaboration with Makersite, the solution brings detailed supply chain, cost, and environmental datasets into Teamcenter. Combined with your product data and digital twin, it provides predictive insights engineers can trust inside day-to-day tooling.

Get started

Learn more about Teamcenter Sustainability Lifecycle Assessment and how AI-enhanced lifecycle intelligence fits into your product stack: Siemens Teamcenter Sustainability LCA.

Build your team's AI capability

If your org is upskilling to apply AI across product development and operations, explore curated learning paths by role: Complete AI Training: Courses by Job.