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major cleanup/clarification, added Inter-shop navigation, moving some historical nonsense about how campaigns are valued
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==Features to End User== | ==Planned Features to End User== | ||
===Introduction=== | ===Introduction=== | ||
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*[[Trader]]s ([[export]]er,[[import]]er, [[wholesale]]r etc.) | *[[Trader]]s ([[export]]er,[[import]]er, [[wholesale]]r etc.) | ||
*Exact [[location]]s of manufacture (country -> [[village]] -> [[factory]]) | *Exact [[location]]s of manufacture ([[country]] -> [[village]] -> [[factory]]) | ||
*Exact listing of [[raw material]]s | *Exact listing of [[raw material]]s | ||
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==Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility== | ==Indicators of ethical aspects and social responsibility== | ||
* | * [[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 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]]''' | ||
*Is the product or parts of it [[w:fair trade|fairly traded]]? | *Is the product or parts of it [[w:fair trade|fairly traded]]? | ||
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*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 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]]. | *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 [[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 | *Assessment of [[ethical]]ity of the product group | ||
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*[[Automatic comparison|Automatic]] price, grading, ecologicality and ethicality comparison to other similar products sold '''in the same store'''. | *[[Automatic comparison|Automatic]] price, grading, ecologicality and ethicality comparison to other similar products sold '''in the same store'''. | ||
*[[ | *[[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. | ||
*[[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. | |||
*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. | *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. | ||
*[[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. | *[[Wiktionary|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 [[endorsement]]s or [[boycott]]s ([[campaigns]]) targeted at companies in the [[production chain]], or their [[owner]]s | *Information on consumption [[endorsement]]s or [[boycott]]s ([[campaigns]]) targeted at companies in the [[production chain]], or their [[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. 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. | *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. | ||
**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. | |||
**You can give feedback on your user experience (after you've bought the product). This can accelerate the product development. | |||
*[[Product substitution]] information: Information on what less destructive alternatives there are for some [[Product]] or [[Product Group]]. | *[[Product substitution]] information: Information on what less destructive alternatives there are for some [[Product]] or [[Product Group]]. | ||
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==Special group: Food stuffs== | ==Special group: Food stuffs== | ||
*Connection to the [[ | *Connection to the database containing [[Recipies]]. | ||
*Is the product [[organic]]? | *Is the product [[w:organic|organic food|]]? | ||
*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. | *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 religious [[w:list of diets|diet]]ary customs etc. | ||
*Calculation of [[nutritional value]] of the product | *Calculation of [[nutritional value|]] of the product | ||
*Calculation of nutritional value of [[recepies]] | *Calculation of nutritional value of [[recepies]] | ||
*Calculation of [[material-cost]]s for recepies | *Calculation of [[material-cost]]s for recepies | ||