Material Challenges
Less than this many years of known material left of many important metals
What is 50 years?
This healthcare company created "innovation hubs" for product repairability
What is Philips Healthcare?
Creating common standards that enable seamless sharing of product information
What is digital interoperability?
The practice of making products closer to where they will be used
What is local manufacturing?
Creating an environment where teams actively share knowledge about repair techniques
What is continuous learning?
This type of economy faces the challenge of limited material resources
What is the circular economy?
This heavy equipment company manages complex flows of components through multiple lifecycles
What is Caterpillar?
This platform distributes manufacturing across thousands of local manufacturers
What is Xometry?
Developing processes that maximize use of existing materials through sharing and repair
What is resource optimization?
Expanding traditional value stream mapping to capture circular opportunities
What is circular value stream?
The process of extending product life through fixing broken items
What is repair?
This company created an open documentation platform supporting repair communities worldwide
What is iFixit?
Type of system that generates detailed digital records of every production run
What is a Manufacturing Execution System?
This company integrates production specifications with lifecycle performance data
What is Materialise?
Establishing processes for ongoing improvement of circular practices based on network learning
What is continuous evolution?
The practice of capturing and reusing materials from products at end-of-life
What is material recovery?
This electronics company creates governance structures to capture innovations from repair networks
What is Samsung?
This company's system creates comprehensive digital records tracking products through multiple lifecycles
What is Authentise?
Standards for measuring product and material performance across multiple use cycles
What are multi-life metrics?
Developing leaders who understand value exists beyond single-use lifecycles
What is circular leadership?
Points in the product lifecycle where materials can be brought back into the system
What are reintegration points?
This vehicle company operates micro-factories producing as few as 200 units per year using 3D printing
What is Local Motors?
Digital records that track a product's complete history through repairs and material changes
What is digital product memory?
Manufacturing approach that combines 3D printing with traditional techniques for complex products
What is hybrid manufacturing?
This company's Loop platform uses these mechanisms to reward participants in reuse systems
What are value-sharing mechanisms (or What is TerraCycle)?