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Supply change: Risks and Opportunities
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Natural Resources
Positive: Responsible mining of valuable resources
Negative: Forced and dangerous labor, environmental degradation of land and rivers
Component issues
Positive: Single material constructions
Negative: Long complex disassembly time, designs containing toxic materials
Design issues
Positive: Designs for disassembly, refurbishment & reuse of valuable resources
Negative: Poor quality design, toxic components, designed for obsolescence and multiple configurations
Assembly issues
Positive: Highly motivated and productive workforce
Negative: Sweatshops and discharging toxic waste
Transportation issues
Positive: Real time visibility and trading schemes will create new markets
Negative: Excessive cost with airfreight, excessive time with ocean freight
Sales issues
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Negative:
Product Usage
Positive: Consumer preference drives consumption
Negative: Excess energy usage, overconsumption and overproduction
Product Refurbishment opportunities
Positive: Extending lifecycle at low investment
Negative: Poorly designed products with short lifecycles
E-waste issues
Positive: Effective collection of product remains
Negative: Dispersed product discarding
Recycling issues
Positive: Money for valuable resources
Negative: Landfill shortages and groundwater and soil contamination