Short-term planning of product life cycles

Production systems tend to operate on the basis of processing and distribution functions which yield profit, and to neglect other processes involved in the total life of a product. In addition, satisfaction of immediate or superficial consumer desires, can result in inadequate quality control, use of stop gap measures, incomplete planning, and the neglect of the needs of society. In this tradition of manufacturing, there is no future planning to develop technology covering the whole life-cycle of a product, so that resources may be stockpiled at an intermediate stage of production, or discarded as a waste after only partial use. The result is that full potential benefits are not realized.

1. Boards of directors of corporations lack vision, are preoccupied with short-term profits, pay too little attention to detail, alienate workers and emphasize cost saving measures at the expense of customer satisfaction resulting in loss of market share and declining national economies.

1. Unproductivity of capitalist systems
2. Unethical practices in manufacturing
3. Short-range planning for long-term development
4. Inadequate product life cycle analysis
5. Commercial disregard of social responsibility

1. Profit-motivated utilization of construction technology
2. Lack of demolition planning
3. Dumping of consumer waste products

1. Short perseverance span
2. Planned obsolescence
3. Failure to take account of externalities of systems
4. Economic and industrial production instability

1. Unethical practices of engineering

1. Unsustainable short-term improvements in agricultural productivity
2. Imperialistic distribution system

1. Uncoupling consumption from resource consumption
2. Recycling metals
3. Recycling materials
4. Recycling glass
5. Planning of product life cycles
6. Planning business activities
7. Lengthening planning period
8. Increasing product longevity
9. Extending producer responsibility
10. Designing products for recyclability

1. Shortsighted
2. Short-termism