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    ==Features to End User==
    ''' Planned Features to End User '''


    ===Introduction===
    '''Introduction'''


    In the starting phase of the project it is important to chart the possible features so that the demand analysis can be done as precisely as possible before work is begun on the markup language that describes products and their production process and on the software components.     
    In the starting phase of the project it is important to chart the possible features so that the demand analysis can be done as precisely as possible before work is begun on the markup language that describes products and their production process and on the software components.     
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    Below is a preliminary list of features and data to be delivered to the consumer. Each consumer can define to their [[Consumer Agent]] what information they wish to browse in an everyday situation and what criteria the Agent checks and compares automatically.   
    Below is a preliminary list of features and data to be delivered to the consumer. Each consumer can define to their [[Consumer Agent]] what information they wish to browse in an everyday situation and what criteria the Agent checks and compares automatically.   


    All product analyses done by the system should yield such results that can be automatically compared against each other by the Agent. The agent bases its overall analysis on those precalculated analyses that the consumer has chosen as points of interest.  This necessarily implies having trusted mediators who the consumer has chosen to trust, and which makes moral distinctions that the consumer cares about, e.g. [http://act.greenpeace.org/1014917000/1014941204/1024270541/1024347962/index_html#1024421552 Greenpeace distinguishing products harmful to Great Apes and presenting that information instantly via UPC codes].
    All product analyses done by the system should yield such results that can be automatically compared against each other by the Agent. The agent bases its overall analysis on those precalculated analyses that the consumer has chosen as points of interest.  This necessarily implies having trusted mediators (NGOs mainly) who the consumer has chosen to trust, and which makes moral distinctions that the consumer cares about.


    Information that has to be gathered about products and production processes and analyses and indicators based on the raw data (for all types of products eg. foodstuffs, clothing, household items etc.):  
    Information that has to be gathered about products and production processes and analyses and indicators based on the raw data (for all types of products eg. foodstuffs, clothing, household items etc.):
     
    '''Essential Picks:''' [[Feedback]], [[Advertisement Video]]s, [[Workers' rights]], [[Energy Assessment]], [[Materials Assessment]], [[Recyclability]]


    ----
    ----
    ==Raw data==
    <table border=1><tr><th>'''Feature'''</th><th> (Implementation)</th><th>Implemented elsewhere</th></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Manufacturer]]
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Comment]]s and [[score]]s given by other [[consumer]]s to this [[product]] and its [[quality|qualities]]. (In this [[store]] -> In this [[country]] -> In the whole [[w:World|World]]) Possibility to compose comments and scores.
    </td><td>
    ([[Opinion Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[w:NGO|NGO]]s' knowledge on the manufacturer
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Trader]]s ([[export]]er,[[import]]er, [[wholesale]]r etc.)
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Point-of-Production]] (Exact [[location]] of manufacture [[country]] -> [[village]] -> [[factory]])
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    Exact listing of [[raw material]]s
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    Manufacturers of raw materials
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    Locations of raw material manufacturing ([[PoP]])
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    Is a raw material gene manipulated ([[GM]])
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[w:Organic|Organic]] raw materials? (where applicable)
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Usage instructions]]
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Caring instructions]]
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Reuse]], [[Recycling]] or [[waste disposal]] instructions
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    Is the product suitable for [[w:vegan|vegan]]s?
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Ownership]] relations of the manufacturing chain (Companies participating in production or trading), '''if available'''. See [[Research]] for efforts in figuring out how feasible this is
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[w:Monopoly|Monopoly]]: is the company now or has it ever been in a monopoly situation? Has it
    come to a market where someone holds an monopoly?
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
    Does an [[Oligopoly]] situation exist in the market of some [[product group]]? This is important </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    for evaluating price information in the correct context.


    ==Raw data==
    </td><td></td></tr>
    </table>
     
    ==Indicators of Environmental Friendliness==
     
    <table border=1><tr><th>'''Feature'''</th><th> (Implementation)</th><th>Implemented elsewhere</th></tr>
     
     
    <tr><td>


    *[[Manufacturer]]


    *[[Comment]]s and [[score]]s given by other [[consumer]]s to this [[product]] and its [[quality|qualities]]. (In this [[store]] -> In this [[country]] -> In the whole [[World]]) Possibility to compose comments and scores.
    [[Recyclability|Recyclability Assessment]]
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    *[[w:NGO|NGO]]'s and [[consumerist]]'s knowledge on the manufacturer
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *[[Trader]]s ([[export]]er,[[import]]er, [[wholesale]]r etc.)


    *Exact [[location]]s of manufacture (country -> [[village]] -> [[factory]])
    [[Energy Assessment]] (includes [[production]] and [[transport]]) ([[energy|type]]s and [[amount]]s of [[energy|energies]])
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    *Exact listing of [[raw material]]s
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *Manufacturers of raw materials


    *Locations of raw material manufacturing
    [[Materials Assessment]] - materials consumption in manufacturing ([[type]]s and [[amount]]s of [[material]]s)
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    *Is a raw material gene manipulated ([[GM]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *[[Usage instructions]]


    *[[Caring instructions]]
    [[Emission]]s during production
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    *[[w:Recycling|Recycling]] or [[w:waste disposal|disposal]] instructions
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *Is the product suitable for [[w:vegan|vegan]]s?


    *[[Ownership]] relations of the manufacturing chain (Companies participating in production or trading)
    [[Waste]] generated during production
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    *[[w:Monopoly|Monopoly]]: is the company now or has it ever been in a monopoly situation? Has it come to a market where someone holds an monopoly?
    </td><td></td></tr>
    ----
    <tr><td>
    [[Organic]] status


    ==Indicators of [[Environmental Friendliness]]==
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    *Recyclability assessment of product [[packaging]] (packaging material weight per product weight, information on usage of recycled materials and future recyclability of packaging material)
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *Assessment of the [[energy]] consumption (includes manufacturing and [[transport]])


    *Assessment of the material consumption in manufacturing ([[type]]s and [[amount]]s of materials)
    Assessment of environmental effects of the [[product group]] or [[commodity]] group. Attempts to  describe environmental effects common to all products of same product group. This is necessary, because it'll be very difficult to aquire this information for a reasonable amount of [[product]]s so we must do with generic assesments.
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    *[[Emission]]s during production
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *[[Waste]] generated during production
    Assessment of environmental effects of the product comparable to other products in same category (Automatic Product Comparison). This is rather [[depracated]] due to the Revised [[Design paradigm]].


    *Assessment of environmental effects of the [[product category]]. Attempts to  describe environmental effects common to all products of same [[category]].
    </td><td></td></tr>


    *Assessment of environmental effects of the product comparable to other products in same category
    </table>


    ----
    ==Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility==
    ==Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility==


    *The [[ratio]] of [[asset]]s of the producer compared to average assets of all known producers of same type of product. (Is the company a small, medium, or huge one?) In Finland information on LLC's assets from the previous fiscal period are publicly available from The Board of Patents and Registry http://www.prh.fi. '''If you have knowledge of the public availability or inavailability of this information in other coutries, please help us on our [[Research]]'''
    <table border=1><tr><th>'''Feature'''</th><th> (Implementation)</th><th>Implemented elsewhere</th></tr>


    *Is the product or parts of it [[w:fair trade|fairly traded]]?
    <tr><td>


    *Information about how well or how badly the production chain treats it's [[employee]]s. This information has quite different meanings in countries of different development stages. For example in Finland the right to and the ability to belong to a trade union can be taken for granted. Also laws exist to ensure equality and work place safety, prohibit discrimination and granted is also the right to have maternal and parental leaves without the fear of losing one's job and so forth. In less developed coutries such laws may not exist or they are not upheld. If this is the case, then examination of these matters  should be conducted on a regional or per company level. Due to the radically varying [[worker's rights]] situation in different parts of the world it seems impossible to form a unified, comparable indictor.


    *Information about massive [[lay-off]]s during a [[profit]]able [[fiscal period]]. (Supposing that the data is available, a numeric, comparable indicator can be calculated. Different formulas for calculating this are being discussed) This is a quite common practise in industrialised economies to boost [[stock]] value to [[yield]] valueble [[bonus]]es and greater stock option gains to the [[highest management]].
    Is the product or parts of it [[fair trade|fairly traded]]?
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    *Assessment of [[ethical]]ity of the product group
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *Information about how [[animal]]s are treated, if the product contains animal based raw materials.


    ----
    Is the Point-of-Production [[SA8000]] (Social Accountability International) certified?
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Is the Point-of-Production enrolled in [[Business Social Compliance Initiative]] ([[BSCI]]) ?
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Track record of [[Workplace Upgrade]]s
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    [[Company size]]
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    [[Workers' rights]]
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    ([[Opinion Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
    [[Employability]] - How much does the [[company]] provide employment
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
    [[Greedy lay off]]s
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Assessment of [[w:List of ethics articles|ethicality]] of the product group:<br>
    Information about how [[w:Animal rights|animals are treated]], if the product contains animal based raw materials.
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Track record of [[Charitable contribution]]s done by the [[company]].
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
     
    </table>
     
    ==Other services==
    ==Other services==
    <table border=1><tr><th>'''Feature'''</th><th> (Implementation)</th><th>Implemented elsewhere</th></tr>
    <tr><td>
    '''[[Checkout Consumerium]]''' Grab all the [[GTIN]] codes to your mobile terminal if in a hurry and examine your buying habits in the comfort of your own home when you have the time</td><td>
    ([[Friendly retail]] systems)


    *[[Automatic comparison|Automatic]] price, grading, ecologicality and ethicality comparison to other similar products sold '''in the same store'''.
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *[[Personal navigation]] in the store. The consumer can choose a product from a tree-like menu or enter it's name and the system tells on what row, on which side of the row, on what part of the row and on which shelf the desired product can be found. This feature can have a small effect on [[employment]] provided by the store since customers require less service from the store staff.


    *Possibility to watch [[advertisement video]]s and [[informational video]]s on the product and producer created by the [[producer]], [[importer]] or [[marketer]]. This requires terminals equipped with color displays and powerful video decoding features, which are projected to hit the mass markets in the first decennium of the 21st century. Big producers can utilize their tv-adverts with minor changes, so that they can be streamed to mobile terminals. Small producers enjoy the benfits of being able to convey marketing materials to consumers in a video-form with extremely low cost. Informational videos could deal with eg. working conditions, treatment of production animals and the enviromental and other principles of the company.
    Information on consumption [[endorsement]]s or [[boycott]]s ('''[[campaigns]]''') targeted at companies in the [[supply chain]], or their [[Research|owner]]s.
    </td><td>
    ([[Opinion Wiki]])


    *[[Multi-language support]]. Foreigners and travellers can use the system in their own language, which is a big help when doing shopping in a foreign store. Immigrants can have the system function in two languages simultaneously, which makes adapting to their new homeland and language swifter and less troublesome.


    *Information on consumption [[endorsment]]s or [[boycott]]s ([[campaigns]]) targeted at companies in the [[production chain]], or their [[owner]]s. The endorsers or boycotters "value weight" is calculated using weightmultipliers. This is necessary in order to filter out non-credible campaigns and campaigns that are started on false grounds, even [[lie]]s, to undermine the [[integrity of information]] offered by the system. The consumer can define these weightmultipliers to the Consumer Agent themselves or use weightmultipliers defined by NGOs. NGOs will be instructed on creating weigtmultipliers in an unified way. When evaluating the weight of an organisation the criteria will include at least the following: General reputation, the quality of their research work, quality of their arguments,  number of members and age of the organisation. The weight of the campaign consists of weight of the initiator of the campaign and those organisations that decide to support the campaign.
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    *Sending [[feedback]] to the producer. (I bought / I didn't buy your product because... arguments prepared by NGOs, opinions for and against. Of course there is the possibility to compose your own text, but it takes time and effort on a mobile telephone. You can give feed-back anonymously or with your e-mail address included.) Delievery method of the feed-back is e-mail or direct transfer to the company's database if this has been arranged.


    *Browsing and querying the Company-database
    '''[[Product substitution]]''' information: Information on what less destructive alternatives there are for some [[Product]] or [[Product Group]].
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]], [[Opinion Wiki]])


    ----
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Sending '''[[feedback]]''' to the [[supply chain]].
    </td><td>
    ([[Opinion Wiki]], [[Delivery Engine]])
     
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Possibility to watch [[Advertisement Video]]s and [[Informational Video]]s on the product and producer created by the [[producer]], [[import]]er or [[marketer]]. This requires terminals equipped with color displays and powerful video decoding features, which are projected to hit the mass markets in the first decennium of the 21st century. Big producers can utilize their tv-adverts with minor changes, so that they can be streamed to mobile terminals. Small producers enjoy the benfits of being able to convey marketing materials to consumers in a video-form with extremely low cost. Informational videos could deal with eg. working conditions, treatment of production animals and the enviromental and other principles of the company.
    </td><td>
    ([[Delivery Engine]])
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
     
    <tr><td>
     
     
    [[Wiktionary|Internationalization]]. Foreigners and travellers can use the system in their own language, which is a big help when doing shopping in a foreign store.
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]], [[Wiktionary]], [[EURONICE]], Other)
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    [[Multi-language support]] - Immigrants can have the system function in two languages simultaneously, which makes adapting to their new homeland and language swifter and less troublesome.
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]], [[Wiktionary]], [[EURONICE]], Other)
     
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    [[Inter-shop navigation]]. If a [[product group]] or [[product]] you require is not in-stock in this store Inter-shop navigation will guide you to a shop where it is available
    </td><td>
    (Yet to be decided)
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    [[Intrashop navigation]] in the store.
    </td><td>
    ([[Retail]] systems)
    (Yet to be decided)
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
     
    <tr><td>
     
     
    [[Out-of-stock notification]].
    </td><td>
    ([[Retail]] systems)
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Automatic Product Comparison - price, grading, ecologicality and ethicality comparison to other similar products sold '''in the same store'''. This is rather [[depracated]] due to the Revised [[Design paradigm]]. Maybe it's more sensible to rely on human-to-human communications to fullfill this not-so-automatically
    </td><td>
    (UNKNOWN)
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
     
    </table>


    ==Special group: Food stuffs==
    ==Special group: Food stuffs==


    *Connection to the [[Recipe]]-database (Contains recipies submitted by the producer, consumers and 3rd parties)
    <table border=1><tr><th>'''Feature'''</th><th> (Implementation)</th><th>Implemented elsewhere</th></tr>
     
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Connection to the databases containing [[Recipies]].
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]], [[Cookbook]], [[Wikipedia]], Legacy systems, Retail Systems)
     
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Is the product suitable for [[w:vegetarian|vegetarian]]s, [[w:vegan|vegan]]s, people with [[w:allergy|allergies]], [[w:Lactose intolerance|lactose intolerant]]s or people with [[w:list of religions|religious dietary customs]] etc.
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])
     
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Calculation of [[nutritional value]] of the product
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]], Other)
     
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    Calculation of nutritional value of [[recipies]]
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]], Other)
     
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     


    *Is the product [[organic]]?
    Calculation of material-costs for recepies
     
    </td><td>
    *Is the product suitable for [[w:vegetarian]]s, [[w:vegan]]s, people with [[w:allergy|allergies]], [[w:Lactose intolerance|lactose intolerant]]s or people with religious [[diet]]ary customs etc.
    ([[Content Wiki]], [[Delivery Engine]], Retail systems, Unclear)


    *Calculation of [[nutritional value]] of the product


    *Calculation of nutritional value of [[recepies]]
    </td><td></td></tr>
    </table>


    *Calculation of [[material-cost]]s for recepies
    ==Future services==
    <table border=1><tr><th>'''Feature'''</th><th> (Implementation)</th></tr>
    <tr><td>
    [[Fairtrade On Demand]] [[(NEW)]]
    </td><td>
    [[Content Wiki]] + External System for Payment Traffic
    </td></tr>

    Latest revision as of 11:29, 9 September 2023

    Planned Features to End User

    Introduction

    In the starting phase of the project it is important to chart the possible features so that the demand analysis can be done as precisely as possible before work is begun on the markup language that describes products and their production process and on the software components.

    Below is a preliminary list of features and data to be delivered to the consumer. Each consumer can define to their Consumer Agent what information they wish to browse in an everyday situation and what criteria the Agent checks and compares automatically.

    All product analyses done by the system should yield such results that can be automatically compared against each other by the Agent. The agent bases its overall analysis on those precalculated analyses that the consumer has chosen as points of interest. This necessarily implies having trusted mediators (NGOs mainly) who the consumer has chosen to trust, and which makes moral distinctions that the consumer cares about.

    Information that has to be gathered about products and production processes and analyses and indicators based on the raw data (for all types of products eg. foodstuffs, clothing, household items etc.):

    Essential Picks: Feedback, Advertisement Videos, Workers' rights, Energy Assessment, Materials Assessment, Recyclability

    Raw data[edit | edit source]


    Feature (Implementation)Implemented elsewhere

    Manufacturer

    (Content Wiki)


    Comments and scores given by other consumers to this product and its qualities. (In this store -> In this country -> In the whole World) Possibility to compose comments and scores.

    (Opinion Wiki)


    NGOs' knowledge on the manufacturer

    (Content Wiki)


    Traders (exporter,importer, wholesaler etc.)

    (Content Wiki)


    Point-of-Production (Exact location of manufacture country -> village -> factory)

    (Content Wiki)


    Exact listing of raw materials

    (Content Wiki)


    Manufacturers of raw materials

    (Content Wiki)


    Locations of raw material manufacturing (PoP)

    (Content Wiki)


    Is a raw material gene manipulated (GM)

    (Content Wiki)


    Organic raw materials? (where applicable)

    (Content Wiki)


    Usage instructions

    (Content Wiki)


    Caring instructions

    (Content Wiki)


    Reuse, Recycling or waste disposal instructions

    (Content Wiki)


    Is the product suitable for vegans?

    (Content Wiki)


    Ownership relations of the manufacturing chain (Companies participating in production or trading), if available. See Research for efforts in figuring out how feasible this is

    (Content Wiki)


    Monopoly: is the company now or has it ever been in a monopoly situation? Has it come to a market where someone holds an monopoly?

    (Content Wiki)


    Does an Oligopoly situation exist in the market of some product group? This is important

    (Content Wiki) for evaluating price information in the correct context.

    Indicators of Environmental Friendliness[edit | edit source]


    Feature (Implementation)Implemented elsewhere


    Recyclability Assessment

    (Content Wiki)


    Energy Assessment (includes production and transport) (types and amounts of energies)

    (Content Wiki)


    Materials Assessment - materials consumption in manufacturing (types and amounts of materials)

    (Content Wiki)


    Emissions during production

    (Content Wiki)


    Waste generated during production

    (Content Wiki)

    Organic status

    (Content Wiki)


    Assessment of environmental effects of the product group or commodity group. Attempts to describe environmental effects common to all products of same product group. This is necessary, because it'll be very difficult to aquire this information for a reasonable amount of products so we must do with generic assesments.

    (Content Wiki)

    Assessment of environmental effects of the product comparable to other products in same category (Automatic Product Comparison). This is rather depracated due to the Revised Design paradigm.

    Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility[edit | edit source]

    Feature (Implementation)Implemented elsewhere


    Is the product or parts of it fairly traded?

    (Content Wiki)


    Is the Point-of-Production SA8000 (Social Accountability International) certified?

    (Content Wiki)


    Is the Point-of-Production enrolled in Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) ?

    (Content Wiki)


    Track record of Workplace Upgrades

    (Content Wiki)


    Company size

    (Content Wiki)


    Workers' rights

    (Content Wiki) (Opinion Wiki)

    Employability - How much does the company provide employment

    (Content Wiki)

    Greedy lay offs

    (Content Wiki)


    Assessment of ethicality of the product group:
    Information about how animals are treated, if the product contains animal based raw materials.

    (Content Wiki)


    Track record of Charitable contributions done by the company.

    (Content Wiki)

    Other services[edit | edit source]

    Feature (Implementation)Implemented elsewhere


    Checkout Consumerium Grab all the GTIN codes to your mobile terminal if in a hurry and examine your buying habits in the comfort of your own home when you have the time

    (Friendly retail systems)



    Information on consumption endorsements or boycotts (campaigns) targeted at companies in the supply chain, or their owners.

    (Opinion Wiki)



    Product substitution information: Information on what less destructive alternatives there are for some Product or Product Group.

    (Content Wiki, Opinion Wiki)



    Sending feedback to the supply chain.

    (Opinion Wiki, Delivery Engine)



    Possibility to watch Advertisement Videos and Informational Videos on the product and producer created by the producer, importer or marketer. This requires terminals equipped with color displays and powerful video decoding features, which are projected to hit the mass markets in the first decennium of the 21st century. Big producers can utilize their tv-adverts with minor changes, so that they can be streamed to mobile terminals. Small producers enjoy the benfits of being able to convey marketing materials to consumers in a video-form with extremely low cost. Informational videos could deal with eg. working conditions, treatment of production animals and the enviromental and other principles of the company.

    (Delivery Engine)


    Internationalization. Foreigners and travellers can use the system in their own language, which is a big help when doing shopping in a foreign store.

    (Content Wiki, Wiktionary, EURONICE, Other)


    Multi-language support - Immigrants can have the system function in two languages simultaneously, which makes adapting to their new homeland and language swifter and less troublesome.

    (Content Wiki, Wiktionary, EURONICE, Other)



    Inter-shop navigation. If a product group or product you require is not in-stock in this store Inter-shop navigation will guide you to a shop where it is available

    (Yet to be decided)


    Intrashop navigation in the store.

    (Retail systems) (Yet to be decided)


    Out-of-stock notification.

    (Retail systems)


    Automatic Product Comparison - price, grading, ecologicality and ethicality comparison to other similar products sold in the same store. This is rather depracated due to the Revised Design paradigm. Maybe it's more sensible to rely on human-to-human communications to fullfill this not-so-automatically

    (UNKNOWN)

    Special group: Food stuffs[edit | edit source]

    Feature (Implementation)Implemented elsewhere


    Connection to the databases containing Recipies.

    (Content Wiki, Cookbook, Wikipedia, Legacy systems, Retail Systems)



    Is the product suitable for vegetarians, vegans, people with allergies, lactose intolerants or people with religious dietary customs etc.

    (Content Wiki)



    Calculation of nutritional value of the product

    (Content Wiki, Other)



    Calculation of nutritional value of recipies

    (Content Wiki, Other)



    Calculation of material-costs for recepies

    (Content Wiki, Delivery Engine, Retail systems, Unclear)


    Future services[edit | edit source]

    Feature (Implementation)

    Fairtrade On Demand (NEW)

    Content Wiki + External System for Payment Traffic

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