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HORIZON SCANNING The Investment Litmus Test. Food & Beverage Industries. An orderly method. Here we use the SATERPLIDE acronym to prompt the scan for future events and their consequences. The segments are: S ocial (See Maslows’s Hierarchy of Human Needs)
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HORIZON SCANNINGThe Investment Litmus Test Food & Beverage Industries
An orderly method Here we use the SATERPLIDE acronym to prompt the scan for future events and their consequences. The segments are: • Social (See Maslows’s Hierarchy of Human Needs) • Approach (First response to an issue) • Technology (Applying our innovation to reliable approaches) • Economic (The benefits in productivity from technology) • Resources (Human and Natural, required and consumed) • Political (Ownership rights of tribes to resources) • Legal (Administration of political resolutions) • International (Resolution of international differences) • Demographic (Population shift to better circumstances) • Environment (Built by Humans and by Nature, our impact)
An orderly method • Note that there is a series of cause-and-effect relationships going around the circle. • This discovery technique ensures thorough scanning in our due diligence process.
SOCIAL Segment Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs Problem Solving What do you know? Observing local customs A roof over your head If your life is at risk, you may compromise on the items above survival
Human Need: Reliable high quality food & beverage supplies from sustainable sources
APPROACH Segment What to do if your human needs are being frustrated? Develop better relationships between farming and the environment
TECHNOLOGY Segment How to make a successful approach re-useable & reliable? How to make improved technology widely available? The universities are leading.
ECONOMIC Segment How do the improved farming integration solutions improve the quality of life? - In many ways.
RESOURCES Segment What are the human and natural resources required to sustain the economic activity? – Arable land and water to start with
POLITICAL Segment The food industry supply chains have political intersections between the regulators and suppliers of the various resources. The World Economic Forum assists with exchange of political views
LEGAL Segment Food industry operating procedures require detailed regulation for their success.
INTERNATIONAL Segment How are differences between international systems resolved?
DEMOGRAPHIC Segment What is the impact of economic success of chemicals manufacturing on population mix and location? In the case of China, the Food & Beverage industries have supported further development activities of all kinds. These have resulted in migration towards the east coast.
ENVIRONMENT Segment What is the impact of economic success of food industries on the natural and the built infrastructure? Fertilizer pollution can kill the fish and other animals.