Model: A0: Produce in a circular economy

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Description

The full production model consists of five life cycle activities (Design Product, Acquire Materials, Produce Product, Use and Consume, and Treat at End of Life) that are consistent with manufacturing economic models. Click each shaded activity box to view further decompositions.

Parent Activity: Produce in a circular economy

Activities

Concepts

industrial/virgin feedstock

metals

minerals

fossil fuels

scrap (from manufacturers)

packaging

product

captured by-products

supply chains

regulations

government incentives

standards

design bill of materials

use and consumption data

recovered feedstock

recovered product

company dfx goals

design software

virgin-equivalent feedstock material

biomass

landfilled product

incinerated product

emissions

recovered energy

material availability data

designer/design team knowledge

physical model

product model

product design

instructions from product

design constraints

technological constraints

company business strategy

production data

treatment at end of life data

emerging technologies

water

electricity

raw materials

usable by-products

by-products

product business model

materials/products (recovered)

materials/products

energy

information

energy (recovered)

information (new/updated)

market data

previous design iterations

operational improvement

resource reduction

point of sale

corporate social responsibility (CSR)

leakage and unmanaged dumps

environmental contamination (air, soil, water)

design guides

mining operations

industrial symbiosis

secondary material markets

used product for end-of-life treatment

used packaging

landfilled packaging

new end-of-life treatment technologies

global infrastructure

municipality infrastructure

raw material prices

demand for production

consumer behavior

operation costs

recovered by-products

used sub-assembly/component for end-of-life treatment

spare parts

recovered components and/or sub-assemblies

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