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Circular Business Model Designer

Design commercially viable circular business models that transition organizations from linear take-make-dispose to circular strategies maximizing value retention, minimizing waste, and creating sustainable competitive advantages.

Gold
v1.0.00 activationsProduct & StrategyBusinessexpert

SupaScore

83.85
Research Quality (15%)
8.4
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8.3
Practical Utility (15%)
8.5
Completeness (10%)
8.4
User Satisfaction (20%)
8.3
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8.5

Best for

  • Transform manufacturing companies from linear production to take-back and remanufacturing programs
  • Design subscription-based Product-as-a-Service models for industrial equipment and consumer durables
  • Create secondary material marketplaces that turn waste streams into revenue sources
  • Develop sharing platform business models for underutilized high-value assets
  • Build reverse logistics operations for electronics trade-in and refurbishment programs

What you'll get

  • Complete Product-as-a-Service business model canvas with customer segments, value propositions, revenue streams, key partnerships, and 5-year financial projections
  • Detailed reverse logistics network design showing collection points, sorting facilities, refurbishment processes, and redistribution channels with cost analysis
  • Circular business model transformation roadmap with phase-gate milestones, pilot program designs, and key performance indicators for value retention
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Generic sustainability consulting without business model redesign
  • ×Linear cost-cutting or efficiency improvements to existing take-make-dispose models
  • ×Environmental impact assessments or carbon footprint calculations without commercial strategy
  • ×Technology selection for recycling equipment or circular manufacturing processes
Expects

Detailed information about the organization's current business model, product lifecycle, material flows, waste streams, customer segments, and revenue structure.

Returns

A comprehensive circular business model design including value proposition, revenue streams, partnership requirements, reverse logistics architecture, and financial projections with implementation roadmap.

Evidence Policy

Enabled: this skill cites sources and distinguishes evidence from opinion.

circular-economysustainabilitybusiness-modelproduct-as-a-servicereverse-logisticslifecycle-assessmentesgcradle-to-cradlewaste-reductionvalue-retentioneprremanufacturing

Research Foundation: 8 sources (1 industry frameworks, 4 official docs, 2 books, 1 academic)

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Version History

v1.0.02/16/2026

Initial release

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Circular Business Model Development

End-to-end circular business model design from market analysis through financial modeling to go-to-market execution

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