324: Source Smarter, Design Greener and Collaborate Faster, with Makersite
Neil D'Souza is the founder of Makersite, a software-as-a-service company he established in 2018. With over 20 years of experience in the sustainability sector, his passion is to empower the people who design and make products with the data they need to reduce waste and environmental impact. Neil believes that the responsibility for sustainability lies with manufacturers and that small, data-informed decisions at the design stage can lead to massive positive changes at scale. He advocates for shortening innovation cycles to accelerate the transition to sustainable practices and aims for Makersite to become the 'Intel Inside' for sustainability data in tools that engineers and designers already use.
Today I’m joined by Makersite, an award-winning, sustainability-driven software-as-a-service provider helping manufacturing enterprises solve complex challenges around their products and supply chains.
Makersite develops next-generation product data management tools for the global manufacturing industry, providing AI, data and apps for sustainable product and supply chain decisions at scale. Founded in 2018, the platform is the only cloud-based platform combining data aggregation and live applications for agile product life cycle management.
Today Neil D’Souza, Founder and CEO at Makersite, joins me to chat all about the brand and what they do; using automation to help achieve Net Zero; the importance of shortening innovation cycles; and transforming visibility into resilience.
Neil’s background, his early interest in sustainability, and why he founded Makersite.
How things have changed since Makersite was founded in 2018, why they’re still helping clients to do the same thing, but with vastly different decision-making criteria, and why everyone is looking for the next big thing to drive innovation forward.
An overview of Makersite – what they do and how they help their customers.
The ideal client for Makersite.
A case study showing how Makersite helped Microsoft figure out where to invest money to reduce impact, by quickly analyzing component data to allow them to optimize and drive effective change.
Sustainability and the goal of Net Zero, the struggle with translating big ESG ambitions into practical action and how Makersite are helping businesses to ‘automate their way to net zero.’
How Makersite are empowering manufacturers to accelerate product design, and the importance of shortening innovation cycles to design better products faster.
Supply chain risk, the importance of resilience and how Makersite are helping to transform visibility into resilience.
What integration and onboarding looks like with Makersite.
The future for Makersite.
Resources & Links Mentioned
- Head over to Makersite’s website now to find out more and discover how they could help you too. You can also connect with Makersite and keep up to date with the latest over on LinkedIn or Twitter, or you can connect with Neil on LinkedIn.
- If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear from more brands talking about sustainability and a Net Zero goal, check out episode 312, featuring Mark Ang, Co-founder and CEO at GoBolt, where he talked all about bringing sustainability to an industry notorious for its heavy impact on the environment, and his organization’s goal to reach carbon-negative deliveries by the end of 2023.
- Or why not check out my blog, Combating Climate Change with Supply Chain Solutions, for a quick read on going green.
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