Siemens Integrates AI-Driven LCA into Teamcenter for Sustainable, Compliant Design and Manufacturing

Siemens adds AI-powered lifecycle assessment to Teamcenter

Siemens Digital Industries Software has added AI-powered Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) to Teamcenter, developed with Makersite. The goal: bring environmental impact, supply chain risk, and cost into the same decisions you already make using the digital twin and a unified data backbone.

For product teams, this means earlier visibility into Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions, ISO-compliant LCA reporting, and embedded trade-off analysis across cost, performance, and sustainability. Less guesswork. Faster choices. Better outcomes at scale.

What's new

• AI-driven, predictive LCA integrated into Teamcenter's bill of materials and digital thread
• ISO-compliant LCA reports with visibility into Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions during early development
• Integrated with mechanical, electrical/electronic, and simulation environments
• Multi-criteria analysis embedded in the BOM to compare cost, performance, and environmental impact
• Collaboration across design, engineering, manufacturing, and sustainability teams on a shared data backbone
• Assessment of environmental compliance, supply chain risk, and cost across the product lifecycle

Why it matters for product development

Impact is decided early. Having LCA and supply chain data in your core PLM flow lets teams make material and supplier choices with full context, not after the fact. That reduces redesign loops, cuts compliance risk, and keeps margins intact.

With shared data in Teamcenter, you remove silos between design, engineering, and sustainability. The result is faster, defensible decisions that align with cost targets, compliance requirements, and company climate goals.

How it works inside Teamcenter

The solution brings Makersite's supply chain intelligence and LCA datasets into Teamcenter's digital twin. Teams can run multi-criteria simulations directly on the BOM, compare options, and document choices with ISO-compliant reports.

Engineers can evaluate eco-design strategies like modularity, recyclability, and reuse while tracking trade-offs in the same place they manage product data. No exports, no disconnected spreadsheets, no waiting for late-stage audits.

Practical use cases you can run now

• Early material selection: Compare two materials for a key component on cost, performance, and Scope 3 impact before you lock the design.
• Supplier swap scenario: Model a new supplier's footprint and risk profile against current sources and quantify the impact on product emissions and cost.
• Design-for-reuse: Score modular design options to support refurbishment or subassembly reuse while staying within cost targets.
• Portfolio rollups: Use BOM-level data to build credible product- and platform-level emissions baselines for reporting and target setting.

What to do next

• Connect your current BOMs and key parts libraries to enable LCA on active programs.
• Set design guardrails: material blacklists, supplier tiers, and emission thresholds tied to program gates.
• Define review checkpoints where LCA results are required alongside cost and performance.
• Establish a feedback loop with procurement so supplier changes are evaluated with the same criteria.

Learn more

Explore Teamcenter Sustainability Lifecycle Assessment on Siemens' site: Teamcenter sustainable product development.

For background on Scope 2 and Scope 3 accounting, see the GHG Protocol: Scope 3 calculation guidance.