The trick, he says, is to harness material efficiency so people can enjoy goods that are equivalent or almost equivalent.

BBC: Savings needed to meet future demand for resources

While companies try to capitalize on the feature-richness, efficiency, or material quality of their products, increasing competition pushes existing products towards commoditization.

FORBES: Shifting The Imperative From Knowledge Management To Expertise Management

He says this will create regional jobs, increase resource security, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, increase material efficiency and prevent carbon emissions and industrial waste - all on a big scale.

BBC: Savings needed to meet future demand for resources

That decreased the cost and increased the speed, efficiency and availability of print material.

FORBES: Jeremy Rifkin's Third Industrial Revolution

Twelve nonprofits list 100% fundraising efficiency, some because of large amounts of donated material, which require relatively little solicitation.

FORBES: Self-Employment

He leads a committee of supply-chain executives, currently focused on 18 "high-impact" opportunities to improve efficiency in making major products, including respiratory face masks, stethoscopes and reflective material for highway signs.

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The design aims to increase efficiency by reducing the amount of energy lost when sunlight is reflected off the solar cell or absorbed into the material before reaching the contact wires.

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