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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Planned degradation in product quality

Planned degradation in product quality

Nature

In order to improve profit margins, commercial enterprises may deliberately choose to gradually diminish the quality of a product whilst continuing to create the impression that it remains unchanged (or is even being improved).

Broader

Manufacture of substandard products
Presentable
Lack of quality
Presentable
Commercial erosion of standards of quality
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Short-term profit maximization
Excellent

Related

Planned obsolescence
Presentable

Strategy

Ensuring competent production of consumer goods
Yet to rate

Value

Unplanned
Yet to rate
Quality
Yet to rate
Degradation
Yet to rate

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Industry » Products
  • Research, standards » Quality unification
  • Management » Planning
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    F7741
    DOCID
    11677410
    D7NID
    139832
    Last update
    Nov 28, 2022