lecture 4 Flashcards
life cycle assesment=
analysis technique to assess environmental impact assosiated with all the stages of the products life, which is from raw material extraction through processing, manufacturing, and use.
inventory analysis=
it helps to determine the right amount of stock to keep onhand to fill demand while avoiding spending too much inventory storage.
what are the goals of inventory analysis?
increase profit, dexrease storage and related expenses
impact assesment=
the process of identifying the future consequences of a current ot proposed action
what are the three areas of protection for the impact assesment?
human health, natural environment, natural resources.
social life cycle analysis=
provides a holisticm systematic and rigorous tool to understand social issues that may arise in the value chains of products and services sustaining human life today.
how to score the social aspects in the social life cycle assesment?
through the multi-creteria analysis.
complecated =
not simple, but ultiately knowable. one can useally preducat outcomes by knowing the starting conditions
complex=
hard to control and predict. the same starting conditions can produce different outcomes, depending on their interaction of the elements in the system.
scenario=
a description of how the future may develop, based on a coherent anf internally consistent set of assumptions, abput key drivers, technological innovation, governance, lifestyles, and relationship among these driving forces. it basically is a description of how these things might happen in the future
forecast=
present –> path –> future
scenario=
current realities –> multiple paths –> possible futures
possible=
might happen
plausible=
could happen
probable=
likely to happen
