Renewable Material Traceability With Provider Feedback Incentives
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing traceability systems for renewable materials fail to incentivize providers to participate in recycling programs, as they only track disposal and re-manufacturing processes without rewarding their contributions effectively.
Innovation Solution
A traceability system that associates renewable materials with providers, allocates lots of materials to production processes, and notifies providers of evaluation data based on their contributions, using a traceability data group that includes material and production data to encourage participation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If a traceability system tracks disposal and re-manufacturing processes, then material circulation information is acquired, but providers are not incentivized to provide renewable materials
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a feedback mechanism by notifying providers of evaluation data derived from traceability information. This feedback loop transforms passive tracking into active engagement, where providers receive information about their contributions to material circulation, thereby motivating continued participation and improvement of their recycling practices.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of provider motivation by introducing evaluation data as a new metric. Instead of merely tracking material flow, the system evaluates and communicates provider performance, transforming the traceability system from a monitoring tool into an incentive mechanism that encourages higher participation levels.
2Productivity
If evaluation data is calculated and notified to providers, then provider motivation is enhanced, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The traceability system performs multiple functions: it tracks material disposal history, monitors re-manufacturing processes, calculates evaluation data, and notifies providers. By consolidating these diverse functions into a single integrated system, the patent avoids the need for separate tracking and incentive systems, thereby managing complexity while achieving both traceability and motivation goals.
Data Source
AI summary
A renewable material traceability system acquires information on a renewable material provided by a provider and information on the provider, allocates a lot of the renewable material to a product in a production process of the product, and notifies the provider of evaluation data obtained based on data associated with the provider from among a traceability data group, the evaluation data being data as an evaluation related to the provision by the provider, the traceability data group including material traceability data, which is data including a set of information on the renewable material and information on the provider, and production traceability data, which is data including information indicating a lot allocated to each product for each of one or more types of renewable materials used as materials for the product.