QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OCCURRENCE RESULTING FROM THE TRANSACTION EXECUTION IN THE ERP SYSTEM
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OCCURRENCE RESULTING FROM THE TRANSACTION EXECUTION IN THE ERP SYSTEM

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to present the result of research on the determination of the carbon footprint that results from the execution of a selected group of transactions in an ERP system - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This article is a part of article series which aim is to verify research hypothesis that management information systems i.e. ERP operating within the cloud generate less carbon footprint than those installed on local servers. Experiment was carried out using CodeCarbon Python package, which is used to estimate the carbon footprint generated by the computer as part of the executed process. The research can be distinguished by the following steps conducting a literature analysis, which made it possible to define the concept of the carbon footprint, its genesis and a description of the study carried out with its results. The result presents carbon footprint for digital interaction involving the capture of data from an ERP system (experi- mental transaction) was much lower than collated transactions i.e., sending email. Secondly carbon footprint does not have an unambiguous definition in science.

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