Consultants and product footprint software solve different problems. A consultant can be valuable for specialist advice, complex methodology choices or strategic sustainability work.

Software is more useful when teams need repeatable product calculations, portfolio coverage, customer answers and ongoing data maintenance. In many cases, the two can work together.

• Use consultants for expert advice and complex cases
• Use software for repeatable portfolio workflows
• Avoid paying for one-off work every time a customer asks a question
• Keep internal teams closer to the product data

A company uses a consultant for sustainability strategy but needs software for recurring product footprint questions.

Pickler helps teams operationalise product footprint data while still leaving room for expert support where needed.