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


    ==Raw data==


    * [[Manufacturer]]
    <tr><td>


    * [[Comment]]s and [[score]]s given by other [[consumer]]s to this [[product]] and its [[qualities]]. (In this [[store]] -> In this [[country]] -> In the whole [[World]]) Possibility to compose comments and scores.


    * [[w:NGO|NGO]]s' knowledge on the manufacturer
    [[Recyclability|Recyclability Assessment]]
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    * [[Trader]]s ([[export]]er,[[import]]er, [[wholesale]]r etc.)
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


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


    * Exact listing of [[raw material]]s
    [[Energy Assessment]] (includes [[production]] and [[transport]]) ([[energy|type]]s and [[amount]]s of [[energy|energies]])
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    * Manufacturers of raw materials
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    * Locations of raw material manufacturing ([[PoP]])


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


    * [[w:Organic|Organic]] raw materials? (where applicable)
    </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), '''if available'''. See [[Research]] for efforts in figuring out how feasible this is
    [[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


    * Does an [[Oligopoly]] situation exist in the market of some [[product group]]? This is important for evaluating price information in the correct context.
    </td><td>
    ----
    ([[Content Wiki]])
    ==Indicators of [[Environmental Friendliness]]==


    * [[Recyclability|Recyclability Assessment]] of product [[packaging]] (packaging material weight per product weight, information on usage of recycled materials and future recyclability of packaging material). For optimal results it'd be best to distinguish between [[functional packaging]] and [[decorative packaging]]. Building a [[packaging matrix]] to automatically assess [[pro]]s and [[con]]s of different alterenative styles of packaging for some [[product group]] should be done
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    * [[Energy Assesment]] (includes [[manufacturing]] and [[transport]])


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


    * Assessment of environmental effects of the product comparable to other products in same category ([[Automatic Product Comparison]])
    </table>


    ----
    ==Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility==
    ==Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility==
    * Is the product or parts of it [[fair trade|fairly traded]]?


    * Is the Point-of-Production [[SA8000]] certified?
    <table border=1><tr><th>'''Feature'''</th><th> (Implementation)</th><th>Implemented elsewhere</th></tr>
     
    <tr><td>
     


    * [[Company size]]: 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. '''If you have knowledge of the public availability or inavailability of this information in other coutries, please help us on our [[Research]]'''
    Is the product or parts of it [[fair trade|fairly traded]]?
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]])


    * [[Worker's rights]] - 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.
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>


    * [[Greedy lay off]]s: Information about massive [[lay off]]s during a [[w:profit|profit]]able [[w:fiscal year|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 [[w:share|stock]] value to [[yield]] valueble [[bonus]]es and greater stock option gains to the [[highest management]].


    * Assessment of [[ethical]]ity of the product group
    Is the Point-of-Production [[SA8000]] (Social Accountability International) certified?
    ** Information about how [[animal]]s are treated, if the product contains animal based raw materials.
    </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>


    * Track record of [[Charitable contribution]]s or [[Social service]]s done by the [[company]]. For example some Jordanian merchants donated 40 [[transport|truckloads]] of [[food]] and other supplies to Iraq after the war, which could be used as a reason for [[endorsement]] of the companies responsible
    ----
    ==Other services==
    ==Other services==
    * [[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]].
    <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)
     
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    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]])
     
     
    </td><td></td></tr>
    <tr><td>
     
     
    '''[[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>
     


    * [[Intra-shop 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.
    [[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)


    * [[Inter-shop navigation]]. If a [[product group]] you require is not sold at this store the system can instruct you to the geographically closest store that sells what you need.
    </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]], [[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.


    * [[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.
    [[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.
    *[[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)


    * Information on consumption [[endorsement]]s or [[boycott]]s ([[campaigns]]) targeted at companies in the [[production chain]], or their [[Cascading Campaign|owner]]s.


    * 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. [[Bluetooth|Bluetooth keyboards]] are emerging to markets at the moment. If retailers offer these for use, then it makes feedback more versatile.
    </td><td></td></tr>
    ** 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.
    <tr><td>
    ** You can give feedback on your user experience (after you've bought the product). This can accelerate the product development.
     
     
    [[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>


    * [[Product substitution]] information: Information on what less destructive alternatives there are for some [[Product]] or [[Product Group]].
    ----
    ==Special group: Food stuffs==
    ==Special group: Food stuffs==


    * Connection to the databases containing [[Recipies]].
    <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 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.
    Calculation of material-costs for recepies
    </td><td>
    ([[Content Wiki]], [[Delivery Engine]], Retail systems, Unclear)


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


    * Calculation of nutritional value of [[recipies]]
    </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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