Traceability system for capturing, processing and providing consumer-relevant information about wood products: system solution and its economic feasibility

Appelhanz, Shanna; Osburg, Victoria‐Sophie; Toporowski, Waldemar; Schümann, Matthias

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.02.034

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“…The provision of detailed information may increase consumers' resistance; not least as detailed information empowers consumers to make a more informed purchase decision through the reduced information asymmetry between producers/sellers and consumers. Similarly, Appelhanz et al (2016) discuss that a high perceived usefulness of detailed product information can increase consumer confidence during the purchase decision process, so that an individual should become more resistant to negative information. Hence, consumers' perceived usefulness of detailed product information is supposed to foster their resistance to negative information.…”

Section: Perceived Usefulness Of Product Information and Eco-friendlymentioning

confidence: 99%

How detailed product information strengthens eco-friendly consumption

Osburg

Yoganathan

Brueckner

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Purpose Whilst many studies consider labelling as means of aggregated communication of environmental product features, the presentation of detailed product information seems a promising alternative. However, the mechanisms through which detailed product information takes effect on consumers requires better understanding. The purpose of this paper is to empirically develop a framework that focuses on consumers’ perceived usefulness of, and trust in, detailed product information, whilst also considering the role of environmental self-identity. This understanding will help businesses to further stimulate eco-friendly consumption. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modelling and conditional process analysis are utilised to test hypotheses based on a sample of 279 respondents to a German online survey. Findings Results show that the perceived usefulness of product information (PUPI) has a positive effect on purchase intention, and this effect is intensified by an individual’s environmental self-identity. Furthermore, for consumers with high environmental self-identity, the effect of PUPI on purchase intention is mediated in turn by trust in detailed product information and resistance to negative information. Originality/value This study contributes to the debate on the role of product information in ethical consumption by showing how detailed product information gives rise to favourable behavioural outcomes. When detailed information is perceived as being useful, it can affect purchase intention through greater trust and an increased resistance to negative information. Further, detailed product information appears beneficial for both, the mass market and specific segments with high environmental self-identity. Hence, this study empirically establishes the effects of detailed product information on consumer decision making, thus informing sustainability-related marketing theory and practice.

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Section: Perceived Usefulness Of Product Information and Eco-friendlymentioning

confidence: 99%

How detailed product information strengthens eco-friendly consumption

Osburg

Yoganathan

Brueckner

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“…The state of the art for tracing and tracking products throughout a supply chain is storing records of suppliers and customers in a centralized manner with each participant's supply chain management system [4]. This information is isolated or shared among suppliers and customers to achieve comprehensive insights on supply chain provenance [12].…”

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“…To cope with these requirements, supply chain management systems should ideally be operated by multiple business partners to trace a product's origin and its transformation process. However, traditional supply chain management systems are operated isolated from other participants and are not capable of providing comprehensible provenance information [4]. Resulting shortcomings include insufficient trust between parties, isolated data storage and unsatisfactory standardization in communication and data formats [5], [6].…”

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Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Traceability: Token Recipes Model Manufacturing Processes

Westerkamp

Victor

Küpper

2018

2018 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things (iThings) and IEEE Green Computing and Communications (GreenCom) and I

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Growing consumer awareness as well as manufacturers' internal quality requirements lead to novel demands on supply chain traceability. Existing centralized solutions suffer from isolated data storage and lacking trust when multiple parties are involved. Decentralized blockchain-based approaches attempt to overcome these shortcomings by creating digital representations of physical goods to facilitate tracking across multiple entities. However, they currently do not capture the transformation of goods in manufacturing processes. Therefore, the relation between ingredients and product is lost, limiting the ability to trace a product's provenance. We propose a blockchainbased supply chain traceability system using smart contracts. In such contracts, manufacturers define the composition of products in the form of recipes. Each ingredient of the recipe is a nonfungible token that corresponds to a batch of physical goods. When the recipe is applied, its ingredients are consumed and a new token is produced. This mechanism preserves the traceability of product transformations. The system is implemented for the Ethereum Virtual Machine and is applicable to any blockchain configuration that supports it. Our evaluation reveals that the gas costs scale linearly with the number of products considered in the system. This leads to the conclusion that the solution can handle complex use cases.

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“…To support this, consumers should be informed and instructed about the new service possibilities [69].…”

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Forest Sector Sustainability Communication in Europe: a Systematic Literature Review on the Contents and Gaps

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Purpose of Review Stakeholder communication plays an important role in enhancing the societal sustainability and business acceptability of the forest sector. The purpose of this study is to present the current state of forest sector communication research with its stakeholders at different hierarchical levels of sustainability (i.e., societal, sectorial, corporate, and product sustainability) in Europe. stakeholders via two-way and proactive information exchange. In the development process of forest sector communication and image building, more efforts on sending wellspecified messages for well-targeted audiences should be made.

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Traceability system for capturing, processing and providing consumer-relevant information about wood products: system solution and its economic feasibility

Cited by 71 publications

References 25 publications

How detailed product information strengthens eco-friendly consumption

How detailed product information strengthens eco-friendly consumption

Blockchain-Based Supply Chain Traceability: Token Recipes Model Manufacturing Processes

Forest Sector Sustainability Communication in Europe: a Systematic Literature Review on the Contents and Gaps

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