Consumerium:Intermediate channel page: Difference between revisions

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A Consumerium intermediate channel page, e.g. for friendly retail is an intermediate page that details every comprehensive outcome of buying any commodity, product, or service from a given channel.

Channel relates to the last link in the supply chain from manufacturer to consumer ie. it is a location of a retail chain, for simplicitys sake we are going to make the assumption that all locations of the chain carry the same goods (at least in the begining). It can also be a restaurant, bar or cafe.

Channels have to be divided into separate classes to determine the likeliest product portfolio a channel will have. We will focus on food delievery channels in the begining with the goal of recording close to 100% of all major channels so that these can be referenced from product pages which list the possible places a certain product may be found and bought or not. These classes are (feel free to add):

Hypermarket
Supermarket
Market
Convenience store
Kiosk
Restaurant
Bar
Cafe

Consumerium Services manage these in the Research Wiki. Differences such as the packaging or transport method or waste disposal policy mean that the same product can have a drastically different impact based on how it is bought: consider buying organice rice in bulk that is transported via ship vs. buying it in small packages that are FedExed by air right to your door...!

Such pages help people identify healthy signal infrastructure concerns and make choices to, e.g. minimize tantallum use, or maximize Consumerium Service access. See buy book for examples of how this might be done.

Note that we probably are somewhat more forgiving of various bad practices by suppliers essential to build out the infrastructure initially, but that we must swap out bad suppliers for good ones over time. These pages might go away when the healthy signal infrastructure is stable all over the planet!

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 A [[Consumerium:Itself|Consumerium]] '''intermediate channel page''', e.g. for [[friendly retail]] is an [[intermediate page]] that details every [[comprehensive outcome]] of buying any [[Consumerium:intermediate commodity page|commodity]], [[Consumerium:intermediate product page|product]], or [[Consumerium:service|service]] from a given '''channel'''.
-'''Channel''' relates to the last link in the [[w:supply chain|supply chain]] from [[manufacturer]] to [[consumer]] ie. it is a [[retail]] chain, for simplicitys sake we are going to make the assumption that all [[location]]s of the chain carry the same goods (at least in the begining). It can also be a [[restaurant]], [[bar]] or [[cafe]]
+'''Channel''' relates to the last link in the [[w:supply chain|supply chain]] from [[manufacturer]] to [[consumer]] ie. it is a '''location of a [[retail]] chain''', for simplicitys sake we are going to make the assumption that all [[location]]s of the chain carry the same goods (at least in the begining). It can also be a [[restaurant]], [[bar]] or [[cafe]].
+Channels have to be divided into separate classes to determine the likeliest product portfolio a channel will have. We will focus on [[food]] delievery channels in the begining with the goal of recording close to 100% of all major channels so that these can be referenced from [[product]] pages which list the possible places a certain product may be found and bought or not. These classes are (feel free to add):
+*Hypermarket
+*Supermarket
+*Market
+*Convenience store
+*Kiosk
+*Restaurant
+*Bar
+*Cafe
 [[Consumerium Services]] manage these in the [[Research Wiki]].  Differences such as the [[packaging]] or [[transport]] method or [[waste disposal]] policy mean that the same [[product]] can have a drastically different impact based on how it is bought:  consider buying organice rice in bulk that is transported via ship vs. buying it in small packages that are [[FedEx]]ed by air right to your door...!
-Such pages help people identify [[healthy signal infrastructure]] concerns and make choices to, e.g. minimize [[tantallum]] use, or maximize [[Consumerium Service access]], or otherwise patronize our friends (and punish our enemies out of business entirely).  See [[buy book]] for examples of how this might be done.
+Such pages help people identify [[healthy signal infrastructure]] concerns and make choices to, e.g. minimize [[tantallum]] use, or maximize [[Consumerium Service access]]. See [[buy book]] for examples of how this might be done.
-Effectively these pages are about the [[institutional buying criteria]] of the [[Consumerium Governance Organization]] itself, and how it expands operations.  Note that we probably are somewhat more forgiving of various bad practices by suppliers essential to build out the infrastructure initially, but that we must swap out bad suppliers for good ones over time.  These pages might go away when the [[healthy signal infrastructure]] is stable all over the planet!
+Note that we probably are somewhat more forgiving of various bad practices by suppliers essential to build out the infrastructure initially, but that we must swap out bad suppliers for good ones over time.  These pages might go away when the [[healthy signal infrastructure]] is stable all over the planet!