IT for Circularity: Vendor Offerings and Best Practices (Part Two)

Description

This IDC Perspective evaluates six leading technology vendors in the IT for circularity space, highlighting their solution portfolios, capabilities, and best practice examples. It provides guidance for tech buyers navigating regulatory requirements that seek to leverage traceability, data management, and AI-powered tools to accelerate circularity initiatives, achieve compliance, and unlock business value. This is the second of two documents analyzing key tech vendor offerings and real-world applications."In the race toward circularity, technology is not just an enabler but the catalyst redefining value, resilience, and innovation across tomorrow's supply chains," says Katharina Grimme, AVP and EMEA sustainability research lead, IDC.

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Vendor profiles
- Cisco
  - Key circularity offerings
  - Best practice cases
- IBM
  - Key technology assets for circularity solutions
  - Best practice cases
- SAP
  - Key circularity offerings
  - Best practice cases
- Siemens
  - Circularity offerings and capabilities
  - Key offerings and capability areas
  - Best practice examples
- TCS
  - Circularity offerings and capabilities
  - Best practice examples
- T-Systems
  - Circularity offerings and capabilities
    - DPP and traceability enablement via trusted dataspaces
    - Catena-X onboarding and integration services (SMB-to-OEM scaling)
    - Engineering backbone: PLM, digital thread, and enterprise integration
    - IT circularity execution: Asset recovery and responsible end-of-life operations
    - IT circularity accelerator
  - Best practice examples